This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Charlton in Australian federal elections since the division's creation in 1984 until its abolition in 2016.
Members
Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Bob Brown | Labor | 1984–1998 | |
Kelly Hoare | Labor | 1998–2007 | |
Greg Combet | Labor | 2007–2013 | |
Pat Conroy | Labor | 2013–2016 |
Election results
Elections in the 2010s
2013
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Pat Conroy | 40,125 | 46.44 | −6.71 | |
Liberal | Kevin Baker | 24,646 | 28.53 | −2.18 | |
Palmer United | Bronwyn Reid | 9,412 | 10.89 | +10.89 | |
Greens | Dessie Kocher | 5,820 | 6.74 | −2.09 | |
Christian Democrats | Steve Camilleri | 2,671 | 3.09 | +0.27 | |
One Nation | Brian Burston | 2,266 | 2.62 | +2.62 | |
Bullet Train | Trevor Anthoney | 1,460 | 1.69 | +1.69 | |
Total formal votes | 86,400 | 92.89 | −0.19 | ||
Informal votes | 6,618 | 7.11 | +0.19 | ||
Turnout | 93,018 | 94.40 | −0.08 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Pat Conroy | 51,173 | 59.23 | −3.44 | |
Liberal | Kevin Baker | 35,227 | 40.77 | +3.44 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −3.44 |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Greg Combet | 44,159 | 53.15 | +0.09 | |
Liberal | John McDonald | 25,514 | 30.71 | −0.89 | |
Greens | Ian McKenzie | 7,339 | 8.83 | +0.75 | |
Independent | Patrick Barry | 2,846 | 3.43 | +1.94 | |
Christian Democrats | Mitchell Pickstone | 2,341 | 2.82 | +0.42 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | Ann Lawler | 881 | 1.06 | +0.71 | |
Total formal votes | 83,080 | 93.08 | −2.25 | ||
Informal votes | 6,176 | 6.92 | +2.25 | ||
Turnout | 89,256 | 94.47 | −1.53 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Greg Combet | 52,064 | 62.67 | −0.24 | |
Liberal | John McDonald | 31,016 | 37.33 | +0.24 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −0.24 |
Elections in the 2000s
2007
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Greg Combet | 44,156 | 53.08 | +6.47 | |
Liberal | Lindsay Paterson | 26,353 | 31.68 | −3.49 | |
Greens | Suzanne Pritchard | 6,708 | 8.06 | −0.71 | |
Independent | Stuart Ulrich | 2,008 | 2.41 | +2.41 | |
Christian Democrats | Jim Kendall | 2,007 | 2.41 | +2.41 | |
Independent | Patrick Barry | 1,253 | 1.51 | +1.51 | |
Socialist Equality | Terry Cook | 404 | 0.49 | +0.49 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | David Stow | 294 | 0.35 | −0.23 | |
Total formal votes | 83,183 | 95.34 | +0.46 | ||
Informal votes | 4,066 | 4.66 | −0.46 | ||
Turnout | 87,249 | 95.74 | +0.14 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Greg Combet | 52,298 | 62.87 | +4.47 | |
Liberal | Lindsay Paterson | 30,885 | 37.13 | −4.47 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +4.47 |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Kelly Hoare | 35,765 | 45.95 | −0.11 | |
Liberal | Kurt Darcey | 27,480 | 35.31 | +2.00 | |
Greens | Suzanne Pritchard | 6,964 | 8.95 | +4.01 | |
Family First | Paul Scarfe | 3,317 | 4.26 | +4.26 | |
One Nation | Bob Johnson | 2,416 | 3.10 | −4.63 | |
Democrats | Ben Roffey | 1,513 | 1.94 | −3.13 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | David Stow | 380 | 0.49 | +0.49 | |
Total formal votes | 77,835 | 95.04 | −0.38 | ||
Informal votes | 4,059 | 4.96 | +0.38 | ||
Turnout | 81,894 | 95.73 | +0.10 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Kelly Hoare | 45,084 | 57.92 | +1.26 | |
Liberal | Kurt Darcey | 32,751 | 42.08 | −1.26 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +1.26 |
2001
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Kelly Hoare | 35,079 | 46.06 | −2.53 | |
Liberal | Lindsay Paterson | 25,371 | 33.31 | +5.07 | |
One Nation | Bob Johnson | 5,884 | 7.73 | −4.28 | |
Democrats | Joshua Bell | 3,865 | 5.07 | +0.44 | |
Greens | David Blyth | 3,765 | 4.94 | +1.63 | |
Christian Democrats | Jim Kendall | 1,859 | 2.44 | −0.62 | |
Unity | John Thorpe | 339 | 0.45 | +0.45 | |
Total formal votes | 76,162 | 95.43 | −1.58 | ||
Informal votes | 3,651 | 4.57 | +1.58 | ||
Turnout | 79,813 | 96.04 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Kelly Hoare | 43,151 | 56.66 | −5.54 | |
Liberal | Lindsay Paterson | 33,011 | 43.34 | +5.54 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −5.54 |
Elections in the 1990s
1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Kelly Hoare | 39,604 | 49.32 | −0.68 | |
Liberal | Bruce Gatgens | 22,175 | 27.61 | −5.86 | |
One Nation | Pamela Young | 9,664 | 12.03 | +12.03 | |
Democrats | Stephen Bisgrove | 3,689 | 4.59 | −3.80 | |
Greens | Nathan Ross | 2,679 | 3.34 | −1.66 | |
Christian Democrats | Ralph Gourlay | 2,494 | 3.11 | +3.11 | |
Total formal votes | 80,305 | 96.97 | +0.42 | ||
Informal votes | 2,513 | 3.03 | −0.42 | ||
Turnout | 82,818 | 96.20 | −1.14 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Kelly Hoare | 50,570 | 62.97 | +3.65 | |
Liberal | Bruce Gatgens | 29,735 | 37.03 | −3.65 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.65 |
1996
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bob Brown | 38,665 | 50.00 | −10.91 | |
Liberal | Peter Craig | 25,884 | 33.47 | +6.64 | |
Democrats | Lyn Godfrey | 6,494 | 8.40 | +2.98 | |
Greens | Bernadette Brugman | 3,863 | 5.00 | +5.00 | |
Against Further Immigration | Ron Franks | 2,428 | 3.14 | +3.14 | |
Total formal votes | 77,334 | 96.55 | −0.22 | ||
Informal votes | 2,767 | 3.45 | +0.22 | ||
Turnout | 80,101 | 97.34 | +0.11 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bob Brown | 45,646 | 59.32 | −7.78 | |
Liberal | Peter Craig | 31,298 | 40.68 | +7.78 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −7.78 |
1993
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bob Brown | 44,680 | 60.90 | +8.33 | |
Liberal | Laurence Brewster | 19,681 | 26.83 | +6.18 | |
Democrats | Lyn Godfrey | 3,976 | 5.42 | −7.97 | |
Independent | John Baldwin | 2,216 | 3.02 | +3.02 | |
Call to Australia | Mick Sandford | 1,273 | 1.74 | +1.74 | |
Independent | Ryan Wilson | 780 | 1.06 | +1.06 | |
Independent | Charles Sievers | 516 | 0.70 | +0.70 | |
Natural Law | Zdenek Kviz | 239 | 0.33 | +0.33 | |
Total formal votes | 73,361 | 96.77 | −0.76 | ||
Informal votes | 2,449 | 3.23 | +0.76 | ||
Turnout | 75,810 | 97.23 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bob Brown | 49,215 | 67.10 | +2.09 | |
Liberal | Laurence Brewster | 24,127 | 32.90 | −2.09 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +2.09 |
1990
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bob Brown | 36,750 | 54.4 | −3.3 | |
Liberal | Mollie Blake | 13,950 | 20.7 | −6.6 | |
Democrats | Lyn Godfrey | 9,299 | 13.8 | +2.2 | |
Independent | Geoff Pendlebury | 7,510 | 11.1 | +11.1 | |
Total formal votes | 67,509 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 1,650 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 69,159 | 96.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bob Brown | 44,224 | 65.7 | −1.2 | |
Liberal | Mollie Blake | 23,115 | 34.3 | +1.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −1.2 |
Elections in the 1980s
1987
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bob Brown | 36,113 | 57.7 | −4.6 | |
Liberal | Mollie Blake | 17,084 | 27.3 | −0.1 | |
Democrats | Lyn Godfrey | 7,252 | 11.6 | +1.3 | |
Independent | Vishnu Chaudhary | 2,110 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
Total formal votes | 62,559 | 95.8 | |||
Informal votes | 2,760 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 65,319 | 95.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bob Brown | 41,830 | 66.9 | −0.4 | |
Liberal | Mollie Blake | 20,729 | 33.1 | +0.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −0.4 |
1984
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bob Brown | 36,860 | 62.3 | −4.2 | |
Liberal | Don Harris | 16,216 | 27.4 | +3.4 | |
Democrats | Lyn Godfrey | 6,105 | 10.3 | +2.2 | |
Total formal votes | 59,181 | 94.0 | |||
Informal votes | 3,750 | 6.0 | |||
Turnout | 62,931 | 95.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bob Brown | 39,827 | 67.3 | −3.2 | |
Liberal | Don Harris | 19,354 | 32.7 | +3.2 | |
Labor notional hold | Swing | −3.2 |
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