Electoral results for the Division of Blaxland

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Blaxland in Australian federal elections since the electorate's creation in 1949 until the present.

Members

	Party	Term
Jim Harrison	Labor	1949–1969
Paul Keating	Labor	1969–1996
Michael Hatton	Labor	1996–2007
Jason Clare	Labor	2007–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2022

2022 Australian federal election: Blaxland^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jason Clare	44,905	54.98	−2.80
	Liberal	Oz Guney	22,059	27.01	−1.81
	Greens	Linda Eisler	5,187	6.35	+0.99
	United Australia	Elvis Sinosic	5,105	6.25	+3.37
	One Nation	Adam Stepanoff	4,421	5.41	+5.41
Total formal votes			81,677	89.21	+2.51
Informal votes			9,884	10.79	−2.51
Turnout			91,561	85.37	−3.08
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jason Clare	53,039	64.94	+0.22
	Liberal	Oz Guney	28,638	35.06	−0.22
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.22

Elections in the 2010s

2019

2019 Australian federal election: Blaxland^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jason Clare	46,689	57.78	−5.53
	Liberal	Oz Guney	23,289	28.82	+4.00
	Greens	James Rooney	4,329	5.36	+0.73
	Christian Democrats	Veronica Rowe	4,173	5.16	−0.86
	United Australia	Nadeem Ashraf	2,328	2.88	+2.88
Total formal votes			80,808	86.70	−1.75
Informal votes			12,401	13.30	+1.75
Turnout			93,209	88.45	+1.20
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jason Clare	52,299	64.72	−4.76
	Liberal	Oz Guney	28,509	35.28	+4.76
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.76

2016

2016 Australian federal election: Blaxland^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jason Clare	50,572	63.31	+8.07
	Liberal	Felicity Findlay	19,825	24.82	−8.49
	Christian Democrats	Clint Nasr	4,810	6.02	+3.91
	Greens	Suzan Virago	3,698	4.63	+1.34
	Socialist Equality	Gabriela Zabala	980	1.23	+1.23
Total formal votes			79,885	88.45	+1.81
Informal votes			10,429	11.55	−1.81
Turnout			90,314	87.25	−3.20
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jason Clare	55,507	69.48	+8.24
	Liberal	Felicity Findlay	24,378	30.52	−8.24
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.24

2013

2013 Australian federal election: Blaxland^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jason Clare	43,568	55.73	+4.75
	Liberal	Anthony Khouri	25,579	32.72	−0.58
	Greens	John Ky	2,416	3.09	−3.17
	Palmer United	Zali Burrows	2,119	2.71	+2.71
	Katter's Australian	Nafez Taleb	1,921	2.46	+2.46
	Christian Democrats	Juliat Nasr	1,757	2.25	+2.25
	Democratic Labour	Boutros Zalloua	817	1.05	+1.05
Total formal votes			78,177	86.33	+0.39
Informal votes			12,380	13.67	−0.39
Turnout			90,557	90.30	+0.21
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jason Clare	48,025	61.43	−0.80
	Liberal	Anthony Khouri	30,152	38.57	+0.80
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.80

2010

2010 Australian federal election: Blaxland^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jason Clare	37,641	50.98	−8.78
	Liberal	Mark Majewski	24,583	33.30	+7.11
	Greens	Malikeh Michels	4,625	6.26	+0.69
	Independent	Abdul Charaf	2,131	2.89	+2.89
	Socialist Equality	Richard Phillips	2,058	2.79	+2.79
	One Nation	Bob Vinnicombe	1,351	1.83	+0.74
	Independent	David Ball	1,153	1.56	+1.56
	Communist League	Ronald Poulsen	288	0.39	+0.39
Total formal votes			73,830	85.94	−5.17
Informal votes			12,081	14.06	+5.17
Turnout			85,911	90.10	−2.65
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jason Clare	45,948	62.23	−4.42
	Liberal	Mark Majewski	27,882	37.77	+4.42
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.42

Elections in the 2000s

2007

2007 Australian federal election: Blaxland ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jason Clare	47,495	61.32	+5.09
	Liberal	Mark Majewski	18,665	24.10	−5.34
	Greens	John Ky	5,004	6.46	+1.14
	Christian Democrats	Chris McLachlan	1,850	2.39	−0.14
	Independent	Harry Stavrinos	1,535	1.98	+1.98
	One Nation	Bob Vinnicombe	1,202	1.55	−1.86
	Family First	Gabrielle Kent	1,183	1.53	+1.53
	Socialist Alliance	Raul Bassi	522	0.67	+0.17
Total formal votes			77,456	90.51	+0.78
Informal votes			8,126	9.49	−0.78
Turnout			85,582	93.26	+0.12
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jason Clare	52,953	68.37	+3.14
	Liberal	Mark Majewski	24,503	31.63	−3.14
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.14

2004

2004 Australian federal election: Blaxland ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Hatton	37,117	53.79	−0.34
	Liberal	Mark Majewski	21,407	31.02	+5.11
	One Nation	Bob Vinnicombe	3,300	4.78	−1.28
	Greens	Marlene Marquez-Obeid	3,205	4.64	+2.02
	Christian Democrats	Matthew Squires	2,378	3.45	+1.26
	Democrats	Martine Eve-Macleod	875	1.27	−3.67
	Socialist Alliance	Raul Bassi	493	0.71	+0.71
	Citizens Electoral Council	Terry Boath	230	0.33	+0.33
Total formal votes			69,005	89.30	−0.92
Informal votes			8,271	10.70	+0.92
Turnout			77,276	93.73	−0.17
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michael Hatton	43,383	62.87	−2.34
	Liberal	Mark Majewski	25,622	37.13	+2.34
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.34

2001

2001 Australian federal election: Blaxland ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Hatton	37,956	54.13	−6.40
	Liberal	Les Osmond	18.170	25.91	+3.78
	One Nation	Bob Vinnicombe	4,248	6.06	−0.94
	Democrats	Colin McDermott	3,461	4.94	+2.53
	Greens	Sonya McKay	1,839	2.62	+1.07
	Christian Democrats	Janne Peterson	1,535	2.19	−0.03
	Unity	Dario Hawat	1,493	2.13	−1.35
	Independent	Peter Sayegh	975	1.39	+1.39
	Independent	Munther Anny	443	0.63	+0.63
Total formal votes			70,120	90.22	−4.26
Informal votes			7,605	9.78	+4.26
Turnout			77,725	94.49
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michael Hatton	45,725	65.21	−6.50
	Liberal	Les Osmond	24,395	34.79	+6.50
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.50

Elections in the 1990s

1998

1998 Australian federal election: Blaxland ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Hatton	44,096	61.42	+2.71
	Liberal	Maureen Shelley	15,649	21.80	−9.25
	One Nation	Hussein Abou-Ghaida	5,052	7.04	+7.04
	Unity	Harold Hassapis	2,536	3.53	+3.53
	Democrats	Matthew Hua	1,733	2.41	−1.05
	Christian Democrats	Kylie Mary Laurence	1,623	2.26	+0.93
	Greens	Benjamin Donnelly	1,107	1.54	+1.54
Total formal votes			71,796	94.46	+1.08
Informal votes			4,211	5.54	−1.08
Turnout			76,007	94.31	−1.75
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michael Hatton	51,738	72.06	+9.08
	Liberal	Maureen Shelley	20,058	27.94	−9.08
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.08

1996 by-election

1996 Blaxland by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Hatton	37,804	58.83	+0.12
	Against Further Immigration	Peter John Krumins	8,759	13.63	+10.88
	Reclaim Australia	John Hutchinson	5,771	8.98	+8.98
	Greens	Vicki Kearney	3,148	4.90	+4.90
	Call to Australia	Melodie Rahme	2,782	4.33	+4.16
	Independent	Peter Sayegh	2,334	3.63	+2.65
	Independent	Neil Baird	1,499	2.33	+2.33
	Independent	Bob Reid	750	1.17	+1.17
	Anti-Super League	Adam Spencer	499	0.78	+0.78
		Marnie Kennedy	388	0.60	+0.60
	Independent	Marc Aussie-Stone	298	0.46	+0.11
	Natural Law	Linda Cogger	224	0.35	+0.10
Total formal votes			64,256	92.66	−0.72
Informal votes			5,092	7.34	+0.72
Turnout			69,348	87.00	−9.06
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michael Hatton		69.06	+6.08
	Reclaim Australia	John Hutchinson		30.94	+30.94
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.08

1996

1996 Australian federal election: Blaxland ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Keating	41,444	58.71	−10.69
	Liberal	Nick Korovin	21,916	31.05	+6.80
	Democrats	Jeffrey Meikle	2,442	3.46	+1.47
	Against Further Immigration	Michael Lavis	1,944	2.75	+2.75
	Call to Australia	Melodie Rahme	936	1.33	+0.17
	Independent	Peter Sayegh	695	0.98	+0.98
	Independent	Eric Lawrence	526	0.75	+0.75
	Independent	Marc Aussie-Stone	267	0.38	+0.09
		Nick Beams	244	0.35	+0.35
	Natural Law	Peter Smith	176	0.25	−0.29
Total formal votes			70,590	93.38	−1.59
Informal votes			5,005	6.62	+1.59
Turnout			75,595	96.06	+0.55
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Keating	44,328	62.98	−9.12
	Liberal	Nick Korovin	26,056	37.02	+9.12
	Labor hold		Swing	−9.12

1993

1993 Australian federal election: Blaxland ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Keating	48,446	69.40	+13.88
	Liberal	Les Osmond	16,927	24.25	−6.40
	Democrats	Peter Hennessy	1,388	1.99	−6.43
	Call to Australia	Trevor Carrick	804	1.15	+0.48
	Independent	Jon Hillman	678	0.97	+0.97
		Linda Tenenbaum	413	0.59	+0.59
	Independent	Bob Reid	388	0.56	+0.56
	Natural Law	Peter O'Neill	378	0.54	+0.54
	Independent	Marcus Aussie-Stone	204	0.29	+0.29
	Independent	Wilfred Kelvin	179	0.26	+0.26
Total formal votes			69,805	94.97	+0.44
Informal votes			3,698	5.03	−0.44
Turnout			73,503	95.51
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Keating	50,283	72.10	+9.10
	Liberal	Les Osmond	19,461	27.90	−9.10
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.10

1990

1990 Australian federal election: Blaxland ^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Keating	33,780	55.3	+2.1
	Liberal	David Voight	19,243	31.5	−2.1
	Democrats	Fiona Richardson	5,382	8.8	+5.0
	Independent	Mohamad Arja	1,313	2.1	+2.1
	Democratic Socialist	Stephanie Miller	707	1.2	+1.2
	New Australia	Michael Irsak	646	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			61,071	94.5
Informal votes			3,567	5.5
Turnout			64,638	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Keating	37,887	62.2	+3.4
	Liberal	David Voight	23,056	37.8	−3.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.4

Elections in the 1980s

1987

1987 Australian federal election: Blaxland ^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Keating	30,968	53.2	−8.6
	Liberal	Andrew Thorn	19,573	33.6	+2.7
	Independent	Philip Black	2,782	4.8	+4.8
	Democrats	John Young	2,222	3.8	−3.5
	Independent	Paul Keating	1,239	2.1	+2.1
	Independent	Tony Leitao	759	1.3	+1.3
	Independent	Frank Rayner	431	0.7	+0.7
	Independent	Kaye Tucker	221	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			58,195	90.9
Informal votes			5,860	9.1
Turnout			64,055	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Keating	34,192	58.8	−7.4
	Liberal	Andrew Thorn	23,950	41.2	+7.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−7.4

1984

1984 Australian federal election: Blaxland ^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Keating	35,139	61.8	−0.9
	Liberal	Bob Young	17,581	30.9	−2.0
	Democrats	Samuel Adams	4,165	7.3	+3.5
Total formal votes			56,885	90.5
Informal votes			6,006	9.5
Turnout			62,891	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Keating	37,646	66.2	+1.3
	Liberal	Bob Young	19,197	33.8	−1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.3

1983

1983 Australian federal election: Blaxland ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Keating	41,609	62.9	+3.3
	Liberal	David Brown	21,604	32.7	+1.7
	Democrats	Phillip Grattan	2,504	3.8	+0.5
	Socialist Workers	Siong Hoe Goh	388	0.6	−4.4
Total formal votes			66,105	96.5
Informal votes			2,407	3.5
Turnout			68,512	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Keating	42,982	65.02	−2.18
	Liberal	David Brown	23,123	34.98	+2.18
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.18

1980

1980 Australian federal election: Blaxland ^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Keating	38,493	59.6	+5.4
	Liberal	Salvatore Napoli	20,024	31.0	−2.0
	Socialist Workers	James Doughney	3,203	5.0	+5.0
	Democrats	Phillip Grattan	2,103	3.3	−3.5
	Socialist Labour	Craig Marley	802	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			64,625	96.3
Informal votes			2,485	3.7
Turnout			67,110	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Keating		67.2	+5.6
	Liberal	Salvatore Napoli		32.8	−5.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.6

Elections in the 1970s

1977

1977 Australian federal election: Blaxland ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Keating	36,109	54.2	−3.1
	Liberal	Salvatore Napoli	21,978	33.0	−7.3
	Democrats	Steven Suli	4,500	6.8	+6.8
	Independent	William Haggerty	3,974	6.0	+6.0
Total formal votes			66,561	96.3
Informal votes			2,541	3.7
Turnout			69,102	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Keating		61.6	+3.8
	Liberal	Salvatore Napoli		38.4	−3.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.8

1975

1975 Australian federal election: Blaxland ^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Keating	36,338	59.8	−7.0
	Liberal	Joseph Touma	22,957	37.8	+9.1
	Workers	Robert Symes	1,463	2.4	+2.4
Total formal votes			60,758	97.5
Informal votes			1,584	2.5
Turnout			62,342	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Keating		60.3	−9.5
	Liberal	Joseph Touma		39.7	+9.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−9.5

1974

1974 Australian federal election: Blaxland ^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Keating	40,484	66.8	+0.1
	Liberal	Wallace Smallwood	17,398	28.7	−0.9
	Australia	Kenneth Higgs	2,689	4.4	+4.4
Total formal votes			60,571	97.9
Informal votes			1,311	2.1
Turnout			61,882	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Keating		69.8	+2.4
	Liberal	Wallace Smallwood		30.2	−2.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.4

1972

1972 Australian federal election: Blaxland ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Keating	36,724	66.7	+5.0
	Liberal	John Ghent	16,317	29.6	−2.1
	Democratic Labor	Anthony Young	2,020	3.7	−2.9
Total formal votes			55,061	97.8
Informal votes			1,231	2.2
Turnout			56,292	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Keating		67.4	+4.6
	Liberal	John Ghent		32.6	−4.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.6

Elections in the 1960s

1969

1969 Australian federal election: Blaxland ^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Keating	32,426	61.7	+10.1
	Liberal	John Ghent	16,658	31.7	−11.5
	Democratic Labor	Joseph Conroy	3,493	6.6	+1.4
Total formal votes			52,577	97.2
Informal votes			1,508	2.8
Turnout			54,085	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Keating		62.8	+10.2
	Liberal	John Ghent		37.2	−10.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.2

1966

1966 Australian federal election: Blaxland ^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Harrison	24,924	55.8	−5.2
	Liberal	Robert Lovell	17,411	39.0	+6.4
	Democratic Labor	Terence Keenan	2,299	5.2	−1.2
Total formal votes			44,634	96.6
Informal votes			1,582	3.4
Turnout			46,216	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Harrison		56.8	−6.3
	Liberal	Robert Lovell		43.2	+6.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.3

1963

1963 Australian federal election: Blaxland ^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Harrison	27,558	61.0	−5.3
	Liberal	Terence Morrish	14,741	32.6	+7.2
	Democratic Labor	Kevin Davis	2,883	6.4	−2.0
Total formal votes			45,182	98.1
Informal votes			894	1.9
Turnout			46,076	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Harrison		63.1	−4.7
	Liberal	Terence Morrish		36.9	+4.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.7

1961

1961 Australian federal election: Blaxland ^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Harrison	29,565	66.3	+2.6
	Liberal	David Cowan	11,319	25.4	−2.1
	Democratic Labor	Bernard Atkinson	3,742	8.4	−0.4
Total formal votes			44,626	97.0
Informal votes			1,363	3.0
Turnout			45,989	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Harrison		67.8	+1.5
	Liberal	David Cowan		32.2	−1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.5

Elections in the 1950s

1958

1958 Australian federal election: Blaxland ^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Harrison	27,548	63.7	+1.2
	Liberal	Winston Pickering	11,908	27.5	−10.0
	Democratic Labor	Carlyle Dalgleish	3,784	8.8	+8.8
Total formal votes			43,240	96.5
Informal votes			1,554	3.5
Turnout			44,794	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Harrison		66.3	+3.8
	Liberal	Winston Pickering		33.7	−3.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.8

1955

1955 Australian federal election: Blaxland ^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Harrison	25,577	62.5	−0.6
	Liberal	Reginald Allsop	15,371	37.5	+5.5
Total formal votes			40,948	96.6
Informal votes			1,429	3.4
Turnout			42,377	95.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.0

1954

1954 Australian federal election: Blaxland ^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Harrison	27,621	64.9	+1.0
	Liberal	Reginald Allsop	13,604	32.0	−4.1
	Communist	Jack Hughes	1,308	3.1	+3.1
Total formal votes			42,533	98.7
Informal votes			539	1.3
Turnout			43,072	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Harrison		67.7	+3.8
	Liberal	Reginald Allsop		32.3	−3.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.8

1951

1951 Australian federal election: Blaxland ^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Harrison	25,749	63.9	+14.6
	Liberal	Jim Dennison	14,547	36.1	+12.3
Total formal votes			40,296	97.5
Informal votes			1,039	2.5
Turnout			41,335	94.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.5

Elections in the 1940s

1949

1949 Australian federal election: Blaxland ^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Harrison	19,403	49.3	+21.7
	Lang Labor	Jack Lang	9,752	24.8	−15.0
	Liberal	Thomas Handran-Smith	9,364	23.8	−7.7
	Communist	Roy Kirby	865	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			39,384	98.0
Informal votes			802	2.0
Turnout			40,186	96.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Harrison		53.4	+53.4
	Lang Labor	Jack Lang		46.6	−13.9
	Labor notional gain from Lang Labor		Swing	+53.4

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