Electoral results for the Division of Burke (1969–2004)

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Burke in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1969 to its abolition in 2004.

Members[edit]

	Party	Term
Keith Johnson	Labor	1969–1980
Andrew Theophanous	Labor	1980–1984
Neil O'Keefe	Labor	1984–2001
Brendan O'Connor	Labor	2001–2004

Election results[edit]

Elections in the 2000s[edit]

2001[edit]

2001 Australian federal election: Burke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brendan O'Connor	39,138	47.74	−2.25
	Liberal	Chris Dawe	31,282	38.16	+2.13
	Greens	Marcus Ward	6,062	7.39	+5.48
	Democrats	Geoff Lutz	5,493	6.70	+0.72
Total formal votes			81,975	96.43	+1.61
Informal votes			3,031	3.57	−1.61
Turnout			85,006	95.98
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Brendan O'Connor	45,504	55.51	−2.10
	Liberal	Chris Dawe	36,471	44.49	+2.10
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.10

Elections in the 1990s[edit]

1998[edit]

1998 Australian federal election: Burke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Neil O'Keefe	36,516	50.00	−0.95
	Liberal	Serge Petrovich	26,317	36.03	−2.41
	Democrats	Vaughan Williams	4,365	5.98	−3.64
	One Nation	Frank Preston	3,319	4.54	+4.54
	Greens	Paul Fyffe	1,397	1.91	+1.91
	Independent	Rod Hardy	957	1.31	+1.31
	Natural Law	Ngaire Mason	163	0.22	−0.78
Total formal votes			73,034	94.82	−2.21
Informal votes			3,988	5.18	+2.21
Turnout			77,022	95.98	−0.23
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Neil O'Keefe	42,074	57.61	+0.58
	Liberal	Serge Petrovich	30,960	42.39	−0.58
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.58

1996[edit]

1996 Australian federal election: Burke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Neil O'Keefe	35,949	50.95	−1.93
	Liberal	Anthony Moore	27,122	38.44	−1.41
	Democrats	Victor Kaye	6,782	9.61	+5.08
	Natural Law	Michael Dickins	705	1.00	+0.28
Total formal votes			70,558	97.04	−0.40
Informal votes			2,155	2.96	+0.40
Turnout			72,713	96.21	−0.22
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Neil O'Keefe	40,069	57.03	−0.69
	Liberal	Anthony Moore	30,191	42.97	+0.69
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.69

1993[edit]

1993 Australian federal election: Burke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Neil O'Keefe	40,067	55.39	+12.51
	Liberal	Stephen Mitchell	27,047	37.39	−3.92
	Democrats	Iain Ralph	3,180	4.40	−11.42
	Call to Australia	Ian Burrowes	1,491	2.06	+2.06
	Natural Law	Michael Dickins	552	0.76	+0.76
Total formal votes			72,337	97.29	+1.19
Informal votes			2,013	2.71	−1.19
Turnout			74,350	96.43
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Neil O'Keefe	43,345	59.96	+6.66
	Liberal	Stephen Mitchell	28,941	40.04	−6.66
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.66

1990[edit]

1990 Australian federal election: Burke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Neil O'Keefe	27,102	42.9	−11.1
	Liberal	Ian Lindsay	26,114	41.3	+7.5
	Democrats	Patrick McCurry	9,996	15.8	+8.6
Total formal votes			63,212	96.1
Informal votes			2,564	3.9
Turnout			65,776	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Neil O'Keefe	33,684	53.3	−5.8
	Liberal	Ian Lindsay	29,505	46.7	+5.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.8

Elections in the 1980s[edit]

1987[edit]

1987 Australian federal election: Burke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Neil O'Keefe	32,738	49.3	+0.6
	Liberal	Peter Dale	25,534	38.5	−2.8
	Democrats	Susan Mullington	4,793	7.2	+1.4
	National	Barry McLeod	3,278	4.9	+1.7
Total formal votes			66,343	95.4
Informal votes			3,214	4.6
Turnout			69,557	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Neil O'Keefe	36,098	54.4	+1.5
	Liberal	Peter Dale	30,206	45.6	−1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.5

1984[edit]

1984 Australian federal election: Burke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Neil O'Keefe	27,445	48.7	−0.5
	Liberal	Marisa d'Agostino	23,273	41.3	−2.4
	Democrats	George Hunter	2,985	5.3	−0.8
	National	Leslie Vidler	1,823	3.2	+3.2
	Democratic Labor	Genevieve Cormick	862	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			56,389	91.7
Informal votes			5,073	8.3
Turnout			61,462	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Neil O'Keefe	29,836	52.9	−0.9
	Liberal	Marisa d'Agostino	26,546	47.1	+0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.9

1983[edit]

1983 Australian federal election: Burke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Andrew Theophanous	46,171	60.9	+6.8
	Liberal	Bernie Finn	24,294	32.0	−6.2
	Democrats	George Hunter	4,611	6.1	−1.6
	Socialist Workers	Evelyn Robson	788	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			75,864	97.2
Informal votes			2,163	2.8
Turnout			78,027	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Andrew Theophanous		65.5	+6.7
	Liberal	Bernie Finn		34.5	−6.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.7

1980[edit]

1980 Australian federal election: Burke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Andrew Theophanous	37,984	54.1	+3.7
	Liberal	Greg Ross	26,803	38.2	+5.9
	Democrats	Eric Spencer	5,413	7.7	−3.4
Total formal votes			70,200	96.8
Informal votes			2,357	3.2
Turnout			72,557	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Andrew Theophanous		58.8	+2.2
	Liberal	Greg Ross		41.2	−2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.2

Elections in the 1970s[edit]

1977[edit]

1977 Australian federal election: Burke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Johnson	32,248	50.4	−0.7
	Liberal	Mihaly Lengyel	20,680	32.3	−7.8
	Democrats	Eric Spencer	7,122	11.1	+11.1
	Democratic Labor	Colin Walsh	3,963	6.2	+0.9
Total formal votes			64,013	96.5
Informal votes			2,341	3.5
Turnout			66,354	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Keith Johnson		56.6	+2.7
	Liberal	Mihaly Lengyel		43.4	−2.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.7

1975[edit]

1975 Australian federal election: Burke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Johnson	45,634	54.2	−7.0
	Liberal	Claus Salger	31,103	37.0	+9.1
	Democratic Labor	Colin Walsh	4,442	5.3	−0.3
	Independent	Michael Dupla	2,949	3.5	+3.5
Total formal votes			84,128	97.3
Informal votes			2,318	2.7
Turnout			86,446	96.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Keith Johnson		57.0	−8.8
	Liberal	Claus Salger		43.0	+8.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−8.8

1974[edit]

1974 Australian federal election: Burke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Johnson	46,977	61.2	−2.4
	Liberal	Claus Salger	21,411	27.9	+1.9
	Democratic Labor	Colin Walsh	4,328	5.6	−4.9
	Australia	Alexander Gerocs	4,017	5.2	+5.2
Total formal votes			76,733	97.0
Informal votes			2,382	3.0
Turnout			79,115	96.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Keith Johnson		65.8	+1.1
	Liberal	Claus Salger		34.2	−1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.1

1972[edit]

1972 Australian federal election: Burke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Johnson	39,510	63.6	+6.8
	Liberal	Howard Thain	16,143	26.0	−4.2
	Democratic Labor	Colin Walsh	6,502	10.5	−0.1
Total formal votes			62,155	96.8
Informal votes			2,034	3.2
Turnout			64,189	96.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Keith Johnson		64.7	+5.5
	Liberal	Howard Thain		35.3	−5.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.5

Elections in the 1960s[edit]

1969[edit]

1969 Australian federal election: Burke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Johnson	26,798	56.8	+10.4
	Liberal	John Williams	14,230	30.2	−0.9
	Democratic Labor	Terence Scully	5,003	10.6	−3.3
	Independent	Kathleen Laherty	633	1.3	+1.3
	Australia	Richard Smith	506	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			47,170	94.7
Informal votes			2,621	5.3
Turnout			49,791	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Keith Johnson		59.2	+7.2
	Liberal	John Williams		40.8	−7.2
	Labor notional hold		Swing	+7.2

References[edit]

Australian Electoral Commission. Federal election results
Carr, Adam. Psephos