Electoral results for the Division of Murray

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Murray in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1949 until its abolition in 2019.

Members

	Party	Term
John McEwen	Country	1949–1971
Bruce Lloyd	Country/National Country/Nationals	1971–1996
Sharman Stone	Liberal	1996–2016
Damian Drum	Nationals	2016–2019

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

2016

2016 Australian federal election: Murray^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Damian Drum	31,105	35.34	+35.34
	Liberal	Duncan McGauchie	28,194	32.03	−29.38
	Labor	Alan Williams	13,188	14.98	−5.76
	Greens	Ian Christoe	3,880	4.41	+0.48
	Country	Robert Danieli	3,556	4.04	+4.04
	Independent	Fern Summer	3,323	3.78	+3.78
	Independent	Andrew Bock	1,467	1.67	+1.67
	Rise Up Australia	Yasmin Gunasekera	1,195	1.36	+0.73
	Independent	Diane Teasdale	1,037	1.18	+1.18
	Independent	Nigel Hicks	844	0.96	+0.96
	Citizens Electoral Council	Jeff Davy	227	0.26	−0.10
Total formal votes			88,016	91.16	−2.51
Informal votes			8,530	8.84	+2.51
Turnout			96,546	92.51	−2.04
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Liberal	Duncan McGauchie	65,920	74.90	+4.03
	Labor	Alan Williams	22,096	25.10	−4.03
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Damian Drum	48,527	55.13	+55.13
	Liberal	Duncan McGauchie	39,489	44.87	−26.00
	National gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

2013

2013 Australian federal election: Murray^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sharman Stone	54,490	61.41	−2.78
	Labor	Rod Higgins	18,403	20.74	−3.07
	Greens	Damien Stevens	3,485	3.93	−2.40
	Palmer United	Catriona Thoolen	2,964	3.34	+3.34
	Katter's Australian	Michael Bourke	2,423	2.73	+2.73
	Sex Party	Tristram Chellew	2,337	2.63	+2.63
	Family First	Alan Walker	1,589	1.79	−1.79
	Independent	Wendy Buck	1,176	1.33	+1.33
	Bullet Train	Fern Summer	986	1.11	+1.11
	Rise Up Australia	Raymond Hungerford	563	0.63	+0.63
	Citizens Electoral Council	Jeff Davy	316	0.36	−0.20
Total formal votes			88,732	93.67	−0.62
Informal votes			5,992	6.33	+0.62
Turnout			94,724	94.60	+0.06
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Sharman Stone	62,882	70.87	+1.29
	Labor	Rod Higgins	25,850	29.13	−1.29
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.29

2010

2010 Australian federal election: Murray^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sharman Stone	52,337	64.98	+2.91
	Labor	Hugh Mortensen	18,842	23.39	−0.72
	Greens	Ian Christoe	4,906	6.09	+3.14
	Family First	Serena Moore	2,958	3.67	+0.35
	Christian Democrats	Ewan McDonald	632	0.78	+0.78
	Citizens Electoral Council	Jeff Davy	493	0.61	+0.36
	Secular	William Clarke-Hannaford	380	0.47	+0.47
Total formal votes			80,548	94.17	−0.59
Informal votes			4,986	5.83	+0.59
Turnout			85,534	94.81	−0.91
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Sharman Stone	56,666	70.35	+2.09
	Labor	Hugh Mortensen	23,882	29.65	−2.09
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.09

Elections in the 2000s

2007

2007 Australian federal election: Murray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sharman Stone	50,021	62.07	−3.46
	Labor	Bob Scates	19,429	24.11	+4.34
	Independent	Rob Bryant	4,373	5.43	−2.32
	Family First	Serena Moore	2,674	3.32	+0.94
	Greens	Ian Christoe	2,377	2.95	−0.10
	Independent	Diane Teasdale	615	0.76	−0.59
	Independent	Paul Merrigan	484	0.60	+0.60
	Democrats	Sarina Isgro	416	0.52	+0.52
	Citizens Electoral Council	Jeff Davy	203	0.25	+0.08
Total formal votes			80,592	94.76	−1.06
Informal votes			4,461	5.24	+1.06
Turnout			85,053	95.68	−0.09
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Sharman Stone	55,015	68.26	−5.82
	Labor	Bob Scates	25,577	31.74	+5.82
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.82

2004

2004 Australian federal election: Murray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sharman Stone	52,697	65.53	+1.49
	Labor	Norm Kelly	15,899	19.77	−2.04
	Independent	Rob Bryant	6,235	7.75	+7.75
	Greens	Monica Morgan	2,449	3.05	+0.64
	Family First	Janine Madill	1,917	2.38	+2.38
	Independent	Diane Teasdale	1,083	1.35	+1.35
	Citizens Electoral Council	Elisa Barwick	137	0.17	+0.17
Total formal votes			80,417	95.82	−0.47
Informal votes			3,504	4.18	+0.47
Turnout			83,921	95.77	−0.84
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Sharman Stone	59,574	74.08	+2.14
	Labor	Norm Kelly	20,843	25.92	−2.14
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.14

2001

2001 Australian federal election: Murray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sharman Stone	53,498	67.24	+7.81
	Labor	Alan Calder	16,083	20.21	−0.50
	One Nation	Robert Hellemons	3,162	3.97	−2.81
	Democrats	Elizabeth Taylor	2,514	3.16	+0.22
	Independent	Simon Bush	2,483	3.12	+3.12
	Greens	David Jones	1,827	2.30	+0.69
Total formal votes			79,567	96.47	−0.11
Informal votes			2,908	3.53	+0.11
Turnout			82,475	97.25
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Sharman Stone	58,824	73.93	+1.87
	Labor	Alan Calder	20,743	26.07	−1.87
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.87

Elections in the 1990s

1998

1998 Australian federal election: Murray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sharman Stone	46,070	59.43	+16.20
	Labor	John Stuart	16,061	20.72	−0.70
	Shooters	Geoff Wilson	5,274	6.80	+6.80
	One Nation	Robert Hellemons	5,259	6.78	+6.78
	Democrats	Ray Cadmore	2,276	2.94	−2.12
	Greens	Eleisha Mullane	1,243	1.60	+1.60
	Australia First	Diane Teasdale	955	1.23	+1.23
	Independent	Nino Marcucci	386	0.50	+0.50
Total formal votes			77,524	96.58	−0.75
Informal votes			2,742	3.42	+0.75
Turnout			80,266	96.05	−0.86
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Sharman Stone	55,866	72.06	+18.36
	Labor	John Stuart	21,658	27.94	+27.94
	Liberal hold		Swing	+18.36

1996

1996 Australian federal election: Murray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sharman Stone	33,565	43.22	+42.09
	National	John Walker	23,034	29.66	−36.75
	Labor	Bernie Moran	16,635	21.42	−5.20
	Democrats	Dennis Lacey	3,924	5.05	+2.44
	Natural Law	George Rose	497	0.64	−0.42
Total formal votes			77,655	97.33	−0.20
Informal votes			2,130	2.67	+0.20
Turnout			79,785	96.90	−0.05
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Sharman Stone	41,531	53.70	+53.70
	National	John Walker	35,814	46.30	−24.20
	Liberal gain from National		Swing	+53.70

1993

1993 Australian federal election: Murray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bruce Lloyd	49,506	67.31	+0.70
	Labor	John Sheen	19,555	26.59	+5.56
	Democrats	Allan Thomson	2,027	2.76	−6.41
	Independent	Dennis Lacey	1,678	2.28	+2.28
	Natural Law	Sonia Hyland	781	1.06	+1.06
Total formal votes			73,547	97.54	+0.10
Informal votes			1,856	2.46	−0.10
Turnout			75,403	96.95
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Bruce Lloyd	51,767	70.41	−2.86
	Labor	John Sheen	21,754	29.59	+2.86
	National hold		Swing	−2.86

1990

1990 Australian federal election: Murray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bruce Lloyd	46,901	66.6	+15.8
	Labor	Frank Purcell	14,808	21.0	−5.3
	Democrats	Barbara Leavesley	6,453	9.2	+5.1
	Independent	Anne Adams	2,250	3.2	+3.2
Total formal votes			70,412	97.4
Informal votes			1,852	2.6
Turnout			72,264	96.7
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Bruce Lloyd	51,568	73.3	+2.9
	Labor	Frank Purcell	18,812	26.7	−2.9
	National hold		Swing	+2.9

Elections in the 1980s

1987

1987 Australian federal election: Murray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bruce Lloyd	32,738	50.8	−7.5
	Labor	Mark Anderson	16,919	26.3	+1.7
	Liberal	Brendan Norden	9,545	14.8	+2.6
	Democrats	Ralph Linford	2,631	4.1	+0.7
	Independent	John Hargreaves	2,574	4.0	+4.0
Total formal votes			64,407	95.8
Informal votes			2,796	4.2
Turnout			67,203	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Bruce Lloyd	45,290	70.4	−2.7
	Labor	Mark Anderson	19,074	29.6	+2.7
	National hold		Swing	−2.7

1984

1984 Australian federal election: Murray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bruce Lloyd	35,681	58.3	+5.2
	Labor	Mark Anderson	15,034	24.6	+0.0
	Liberal	Anne Adams	7,484	12.2	−5.0
	Democrats	John Weir	2,096	3.4	−0.5
	Democratic Labor	Desmond Semmel	887	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			61,182	93.6
Informal votes			4,195	6.4
Turnout			65,377	96.1
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Bruce Lloyd	44,734	73.1	+2.0
	Labor	Mark Anderson	16,433	26.9	−2.0
	National hold		Swing	+2.0

1983

Australian federal election: Murray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bruce Lloyd	36,433	53.3	+7.1
	Labor	Mark Anderson	16,684	24.4	+0.5
	Liberal	Anne Adams	11,727	17.2	−5.1
	Democrats	John Weir	2,640	3.9	−2.0
	Independent	Diane Teasdale	835	1.2	−0.6
Total formal votes			68,319	97.8
Informal votes			1,506	2.2
Turnout			69,825	96.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Bruce Lloyd		71.3	+3.8
	Labor	Mark Anderson		28.7	−3.8
	National hold		Swing	+3.8

1980

1980 Australian federal election: Murray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Bruce Lloyd	30,338	46.2	−6.6
	Labor	Joan Groves	15,679	23.9	+6.9
	Liberal	Bill Hunter	14,616	22.3	+7.4
	Democrats	Douglas Linford	3,856	5.9	−4.7
	Independent	Diane Teasdale	1,171	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			65,660	97.0
Informal votes			2,009	3.0
Turnout			67,669	96.5
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Bruce Lloyd	44,323	67.5	+1.3
	Labor	Joan Groves	21,337	32.5	−1.3
	National Country hold		Swing	+1.3

Elections in the 1970s

1977

1977 Australian federal election: Murray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Bruce Lloyd	32,809	52.7	−17.1
	Labor	Graeme Macartney	10,573	17.0	−7.3
	Liberal	Robert Love	9,230	14.9	+14.9
	Democrats	George Murray	6,612	10.6	+10.6
	Democratic Labor	Patrick Payne	2,915	4.7	−1.1
Total formal votes			62,139	97.3
Informal votes			1,749	2.7
Turnout			63,888	96.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Bruce Lloyd		76.2	+1.1
	Labor	Graeme Macartney		23.8	−1.1
	National Country hold		Swing	+1.1

1975

1975 Australian federal election: Murray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Bruce Lloyd	39,050	69.9	+16.9
	Labor	Marjorie Gillies	13,547	24.3	−2.7
	Democratic Labor	Patrick Payne	3,239	5.8	+1.2
Total formal votes			55,836	98.1
Informal votes			1,084	1.9
Turnout			56,920	97.0
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Bruce Lloyd		75.1	+4.9
	Labor	Marjorie Gillies		24.9	−4.9
	National Country hold		Swing	+4.9

1974

1974 Australian federal election: Murray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bruce Lloyd	28,475	53.0	+6.9
	Labor	Dennis Dodd	14,503	27.0	−3.6
	Liberal	Bill Hunter	7,324	13.6	−2.3
	Democratic Labor	Patrick Payne	2,460	4.6	−2.7
	Australia	Peter Schoeffel	680	1.3	+1.3
	Independent	Hugh Dunn	242	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			53,684	97.6
Informal votes			1,299	2.4
Turnout			54,983	96.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Bruce Lloyd		70.2	+2.8
	Labor	Dennis Dodd		29.8	−2.8
	Country hold		Swing	+2.8

1972

1972 Australian federal election: Murray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bruce Lloyd	22,532	46.1	−7.2
	Labor	John Riordan	14,958	30.6	+7.4
	Liberal	Bill Hunter	7,774	15.9	+15.9
	Democratic Labor	Patrick Payne	3,570	7.3	−2.3
Total formal votes			48,834	98.2
Informal votes			899	1.8
Turnout			49,733	97.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Bruce Lloyd		67.4	−7.1
	Labor	John Riordan		32.6	+7.1
	Country hold		Swing	−7.1

1971 Murray by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bruce Lloyd	19,710	43.0	−10.3
	Labor	John Riordan	11,670	25.5	+2.3
	Liberal	Bill Hunter	9,622	21.0	+21.0
	Democratic Labor	Brian Lacey	4,316	9.4	−0.2
	Independent	Matthew Flynn	535	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			45,853	97.6
Informal votes			1,116	2.4
Turnout			46,969	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Bruce Lloyd		71.5	−3.0
	Labor	John Riordan		28.5	+3.0
	Country hold		Swing	−3.0

Elections in the 1960s

1969

1969 Australian federal election: Murray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John McEwen	24,450	53.3	−12.7
	Labor	Neil Frankland	10,634	23.2	+1.6
	Independent	Bill Hunter	6,426	14.0	+14.0
	Democratic Labor	Brian Lacey	4,405	9.6	−3.0
Total formal votes			45,915	97.0
Informal votes			1,427	3.0
Turnout			47,342	96.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	John McEwen		74.5	−2.8
	Labor	Neil Frankland		25.5	+2.8
	Country hold		Swing	−2.8

1966

1966 Australian federal election: Murray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John McEwen	31,209	66.4	+2.1
	Labor	Mervyn Huggins	9,848	21.0	−1.6
	Democratic Labor	Brian Lacey	5,927	12.6	−0.4
Total formal votes			46,984	96.8
Informal votes			1,570	3.2
Turnout			48,554	96.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	John McEwen		77.7	+1.7
	Labor	Mervyn Huggins		22.3	−1.7
	Country hold		Swing	+1.7

1963

1963 Australian federal election: Murray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John McEwen	29,240	64.3	+2.8
	Labor	Neil Frankland	10,292	22.6	−2.6
	Democratic Labor	Brian Lacey	5,914	13.0	−0.3
Total formal votes			45,446	98.6
Informal votes			622	1.4
Turnout			46,068	97.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	John McEwen		76.0	+2.5
	Labor	Neil Frankland		24.0	−2.5
	Country hold		Swing	+2.5

1961

1961 Australian federal election: Murray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John McEwen	26,773	61.5	−0.3
	Labor	Neil Frankland	10,971	25.2	−0.2
	Democratic Labor	Brian Lacey	5,784	13.3	+0.5
Total formal votes			43,528	97.8
Informal votes			982	2.2
Turnout			44,510	96.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	John McEwen		73.5	+0.2
	Labor	Neil Frankland		26.5	−0.2
	Country hold		Swing	+0.2

Elections in the 1950s

1958

1958 Australian federal election: Murray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John McEwen	25,710	61.8	+1.1
	Labor	Neil Frankland	10,560	25.4	−0.4
	Democratic Labor	Brian Lacey	5,303	12.8	−0.7
Total formal votes			41,573	97.5
Informal votes			1,066	2.5
Turnout			42,639	96.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	John McEwen		73.3	+1.8
	Labor	Neil Frankland		26.7	−1.8
	Country hold		Swing	+1.8

1955

1955 Australian federal election: Murray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John McEwen	24,192	60.7	−39.3
	Labor	James Cameron	10,269	25.8	+25.8
	Labor (A-C)	Michael Reilly	5,383	13.5	+13.5
Total formal votes			39,844	97.3
Informal votes			1,125	2.7
Turnout			40,969	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	John McEwen		71.5	−28.5
	Labor	James Cameron		28.5	+28.5
	Country hold		Swing	−28.5

1954

1954 Australian federal election: Murray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John McEwen	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

1951

1951 Australian federal election: Murray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John McEwen	23,248	61.0	−2.5
	Labor	Gordon Anderson	14,834	39.0	+2.5
Total formal votes			38,082	98.7
Informal votes			502	1.3
Turnout			38,584	96.1
	Country hold		Swing	−2.5

Elections in the 1940s

1949

1949 Australian federal election: Murray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John McEwen	23,778	63.5	+5.7
	Labor	Desmond Devlin	13,650	36.5	+1.4
Total formal votes			37,428	98.4
Informal votes			616	1.6
Turnout			38,044	95.9
	Country hold		Swing	−1.4

References

^ Murray, VIC, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
^ 2013 results for Murray, AEC.
^ "2010 results for Murray". AEC.

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

[1] Murray, VIC, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

[2] 2013 results for Murray, AEC.

[3] "2010 results for Murray". AEC.

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