Electoral results for the Division of Hotham
Appearance
This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Hotham in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1969 until the present.
Members
Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Don Chipp | Liberal | 1969–1977 | |
Independent | 1977–1977 | ||
Democrats | 1977–1977 | ||
Roger Johnston | Liberal | 1977–1980 | |
Lewis Kent | Labor | 1980–1990 | |
Simon Crean | Labor | 1990–2013 | |
Clare O'Neil | Labor | 2013–present |
Election results
Elections in the 2010s
2019
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Clare O'Neil | 43,310 | 45.18 | +2.10 | |
Liberal | George Hua | 37,447 | 39.06 | −1.28 | |
Greens | Jess Gonsalvez | 8,722 | 9.10 | +0.04 | |
United Australia | Jin Luan | 3,483 | 3.63 | +3.63 | |
Sustainable Australia | Dennis Bilic | 1,772 | 1.85 | +1.85 | |
Rise Up Australia | Peter Dorian | 1,134 | 1.18 | −0.41 | |
Total formal votes | 95,868 | 96.21 | +0.12 | ||
Informal votes | 3,780 | 3.79 | −0.12 | ||
Turnout | 99,648 | 92.41 | −0.89 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Clare O'Neil | 53,597 | 55.91 | +1.70 | |
Liberal | George Hua | 42,271 | 44.09 | −1.70 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +1.70 |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Clare O'Neil | 39,881 | 45.75 | −1.38 | |
Liberal | George Hua | 32,512 | 37.30 | +0.16 | |
Greens | James Bennett | 8,042 | 9.23 | +0.71 | |
Animal Justice | Helen Jeges | 2,593 | 2.97 | +2.97 | |
Family First | Tatiana Rathbone | 2,106 | 2.42 | +0.31 | |
Rise Up Australia | Peter Vassiliou | 2,030 | 2.33 | +0.71 | |
Total formal votes | 87,164 | 96.13 | +0.96 | ||
Informal votes | 3,511 | 3.87 | −0.96 | ||
Turnout | 90,675 | 90.68 | −1.85 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Clare O'Neil | 50,104 | 57.48 | +0.21 | |
Liberal | George Hua | 37,060 | 42.52 | −0.21 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +0.21 |
2013
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Clare O'Neil | 40,512 | 47.13 | −7.22 | |
Liberal | Fazal Cader | 31,929 | 37.14 | +4.79 | |
Greens | Lorna Wyatt | 7,327 | 8.52 | −1.64 | |
Palmer United | Samuel Porter | 2,981 | 3.47 | +3.47 | |
Family First | Stephen Nowland | 1,818 | 2.11 | −0.25 | |
Rise Up Australia | Peter Vassiliou | 1,392 | 1.62 | +1.62 | |
Total formal votes | 85,959 | 95.17 | −0.35 | ||
Informal votes | 4,365 | 4.83 | +0.35 | ||
Turnout | 90,324 | 92.53 | −0.56 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Clare O'Neil | 49,232 | 57.27 | −6.69 | |
Liberal | Fazal Cader | 36,727 | 42.73 | +6.69 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −6.69 |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Simon Crean | 42,920 | 54.08 | −1.07 | |
Liberal | Fazal Cader | 26,110 | 32.90 | −0.85 | |
Greens | Geoff Payne | 8,086 | 10.19 | +3.34 | |
Family First | Gary Ong | 1,688 | 2.13 | +0.09 | |
Secular | Trent Reardon | 556 | 0.70 | +0.70 | |
Total formal votes | 79,360 | 95.56 | −1.14 | ||
Informal votes | 3,684 | 4.44 | +1.14 | ||
Turnout | 83,044 | 92.70 | −2.09 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Simon Crean | 50,394 | 63.50 | +0.50 | |
Liberal | Fazal Cader | 28,966 | 36.50 | −0.50 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +0.50 |
Elections in the 2000s
2007
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Simon Crean | 44,853 | 55.15 | +3.93 | |
Liberal | Vince Arborea | 27,451 | 33.75 | −5.22 | |
Greens | Matthew Billman | 5,572 | 6.85 | +1.46 | |
Family First | Peter Dorian | 1,657 | 2.04 | −0.53 | |
Democrats | Craig Cadby | 800 | 0.98 | −0.25 | |
Democratic Labor | Terry Farrell | 758 | 0.93 | +0.93 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | Mike Woodward | 240 | 0.30 | +0.02 | |
Total formal votes | 81,331 | 96.70 | +0.94 | ||
Informal votes | 2,772 | 3.30 | −0.94 | ||
Turnout | 84,103 | 94.85 | +0.30 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Simon Crean | 51,240 | 63.00 | +5.60 | |
Liberal | Vince Arborea | 30,091 | 37.00 | −5.60 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +5.60 |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Simon Crean | 40,735 | 51.22 | −3.19 | |
Liberal | Jennifer Marriner | 30,992 | 38.97 | +3.87 | |
Greens | Kiera Perrott | 4,287 | 5.39 | +1.04 | |
Family First | Roger Coombe | 2,045 | 2.57 | +2.57 | |
Democrats | Jessica Joss | 975 | 1.23 | −4.16 | |
Socialist Alliance | Josephine Cox | 274 | 0.34 | +0.34 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | Adam Ellery | 224 | 0.28 | −0.45 | |
Total formal votes | 79,532 | 95.76 | −0.68 | ||
Informal votes | 3,525 | 4.24 | +0.68 | ||
Turnout | 83,057 | 94.55 | −0.27 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Simon Crean | 45,655 | 57.40 | −3.59 | |
Liberal | Jennifer Marriner | 33,877 | 42.60 | +3.59 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −3.59 |
2001
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Simon Crean | 44,351 | 54.45 | −2.53 | |
Liberal | Priscilla Ruffolo | 28,579 | 35.09 | +2.88 | |
Democrats | Jessica Joss | 4,383 | 5.38 | +0.78 | |
Greens | Ollie Bennett | 3,544 | 4.35 | +2.51 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | Simon Hall | 598 | 0.73 | +0.73 | |
Total formal votes | 81,455 | 96.44 | +0.08 | ||
Informal votes | 3,005 | 3.56 | −0.08 | ||
Turnout | 84,460 | 95.08 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Simon Crean | 49,701 | 61.01 | −2.58 | |
Liberal | Priscilla Ruffolo | 31,754 | 38.99 | +2.58 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −2.58 |
Elections in the 1990s
1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Simon Crean | 46,107 | 56.98 | +1.95 | |
Liberal | John Pesutto | 26,059 | 32.21 | −3.71 | |
Democrats | Polly Morgan | 3,720 | 4.60 | −0.72 | |
One Nation | Alan Salter | 2,559 | 3.16 | +3.16 | |
Greens | Susan Walters | 1,492 | 1.84 | −0.04 | |
Unity | Stan Rosenthal | 841 | 1.04 | +1.04 | |
Natural Law | John Cordon | 137 | 0.17 | −0.21 | |
Total formal votes | 80,915 | 96.36 | −0.66 | ||
Informal votes | 3,058 | 3.64 | +0.66 | ||
Turnout | 83,973 | 95.29 | −0.56 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Simon Crean | 51,451 | 63.59 | +3.03 | |
Liberal | John Pesutto | 29,464 | 36.41 | −3.03 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.03 |
1996
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Simon Crean | 44,182 | 55.04 | +0.65 | |
Liberal | Brad Maunsell | 28,834 | 35.92 | −3.64 | |
Democrats | Brad Starkie | 4,271 | 5.32 | +1.98 | |
Greens | Emma Rush | 1,511 | 1.88 | +1.88 | |
Against Further Immigration | John Casley | 1,176 | 1.46 | +1.46 | |
Natural Law | John Cordon | 303 | 0.38 | −0.75 | |
Total formal votes | 80,277 | 97.02 | +0.02 | ||
Informal votes | 2,468 | 2.98 | −0.02 | ||
Turnout | 82,745 | 95.85 | −0.35 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Simon Crean | 48,437 | 60.56 | +1.43 | |
Liberal | Brad Maunsell | 31,546 | 39.44 | −1.43 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +1.43 |
1993
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Simon Crean | 42,514 | 59.30 | +15.20 | |
Liberal | Robert Hicks | 25,308 | 35.30 | +0.90 | |
Democrats | Giancarlo Squillacciotti | 1,743 | 2.43 | −8.59 | |
Sue Phillips | 876 | 1.22 | +1.22 | ||
Petar Pjesivac | 765 | 1.07 | +1.07 | ||
Natural Law | Gabrielle De Wan | 482 | 0.67 | +0.67 | |
Total formal votes | 71,688 | 96.74 | +1.58 | ||
Informal votes | 2,419 | 3.26 | −1.58 | ||
Turnout | 74,107 | 96.20 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Simon Crean | 45,119 | 62.99 | +8.78 | |
Liberal | Robert Hicks | 26,511 | 37.01 | −8.78 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +8.78 |
1990
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Simon Crean | 29,570 | 44.1 | −10.5 | |
Liberal | Erdem Aydin | 24,278 | 36.2 | −2.2 | |
Democrats | Phillip Anderson | 7,388 | 11.0 | +4.0 | |
Independent | Vincent Alfonso | 3,025 | 4.5 | +4.5 | |
Call to Australia | Daryl Esmore | 1,874 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
Socialist | Peter Stamatopoulos | 918 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
Total formal votes | 67,053 | 95.2 | |||
Informal votes | 3,410 | 4.8 | |||
Turnout | 70,463 | 95.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Simon Crean | 36,309 | 54.2 | −4.5 | |
Liberal | Erdem Aydin | 30,668 | 45.8 | +4.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −4.5 |
Elections in the 1980s
1987
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Lewis Kent | 33,035 | 52.5 | −1.0 | |
Liberal | Peter McCall | 25,432 | 40.5 | +5.6 | |
Democrats | Len de Koning | 4,402 | 7.0 | −1.5 | |
Total formal votes | 62,869 | 93.3 | |||
Informal votes | 4,543 | 6.7 | |||
Turnout | 67,412 | 95.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Lewis Kent | 35,535 | 56.5 | −1.6 | |
Liberal | Peter McCall | 27,328 | 43.5 | +1.6 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −1.6 |
1984
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Lewis Kent | 31,821 | 53.5 | −4.4 | |
Liberal | Michael Heffernan | 20,736 | 34.9 | −1.1 | |
Democrats | Greg Chipp | 5,028 | 8.5 | +2.4 | |
Democratic Labor | Edward Woods | 1,845 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Total formal votes | 59,430 | 90.1 | |||
Informal votes | 6,505 | 9.9 | |||
Turnout | 65,935 | 95.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Lewis Kent | 34,551 | 58.2 | −3.5 | |
Liberal | Michael Heffernan | 24,865 | 41.8 | +3.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −3.5 |
1983
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Lewis Kent | 43,083 | 56.4 | +7.9 | |
Liberal | Peter Bolitho | 28,656 | 37.5 | −1.2 | |
Democrats | Erwin Frenkel | 4,683 | 6.1 | −5.1 | |
Total formal votes | 76,422 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 1,850 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 78,272 | 96.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Lewis Kent | 60.1 | +6.1 | ||
Liberal | Peter Bolitho | 39.9 | −6.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +6.1 |
1980
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Lewis Kent | 35,201 | 48.5 | +10.4 | |
Liberal | Roger Johnston | 28,054 | 38.7 | −1.7 | |
Democrats | Robyn Groves | 8,138 | 11.2 | −7.2 | |
Democratic Labor | Edward Woods | 1,128 | 1.6 | −1.5 | |
Total formal votes | 72,521 | 97.0 | |||
Informal votes | 2,250 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 74,771 | 95.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Lewis Kent | 39,177 | 54.0 | +5.7 | |
Liberal | Roger Johnston | 33,344 | 46.0 | −5.7 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.7 |
Elections in the 1970s
1977
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Roger Johnston | 27,663 | 40.4 | −11.7 | |
Labor | Tony Ross | 26,144 | 38.1 | −5.6 | |
Democrats | Kenneth Weaver | 12,587 | 18.4 | +18.4 | |
Democratic Labor | Edward Woods | 2,153 | 3.1 | −0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 68,547 | 97.0 | |||
Informal votes | 2,099 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 70,646 | 95.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Roger Johnston | 35,450 | 51.7 | −3.8 | |
Labor | Tony Ross | 33,097 | 48.3 | +3.8 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −3.8 |
1975
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Don Chipp | 32,278 | 54.3 | +6.1 | |
Labor | Tony Ross | 24,623 | 41.5 | −4.9 | |
Democratic Labor | Frank Gaffy | 1,948 | 3.3 | −0.4 | |
Independent | John Murray | 555 | 0.9 | +0.6 | |
Total formal votes | 59,404 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 2979 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 60,383 | 95.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Don Chipp | 57.7 | +5.4 | ||
Labor | Tony Ross | 42.3 | −5.4 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +5.4 |
1974
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Don Chipp | 27,826 | 48.2 | +0.1 | |
Labor | Tony Ross | 26,822 | 46.4 | +4.9 | |
Democratic Labor | Frank Gaffy | 2,163 | 3.7 | −4.3 | |
Australia | Richard Franklin | 801 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
Republican | John Murray | 177 | 0.3 | −0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 57,789 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,118 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 58,907 | 96.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Don Chipp | 30,235 | 52.3 | −4.8 | |
Labor | Tony Ross | 27,554 | 47.7 | +4.8 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.8 |
1972
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Don Chipp | 25,242 | 48.1 | −0.1 | |
Labor | Barry Johnston | 21,796 | 41.5 | +1.5 | |
Democratic Labor | Henry Beven | 4,211 | 8.0 | −1.3 | |
Independent | Ian Kenner | 846 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Independent | John Murray | 418 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Total formal votes | 52,513 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,453 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 53,966 | 96.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Don Chipp | 30,003 | 57.1 | −1.1 | |
Labor | Barry Johnston | 22,510 | 42.9 | +1.1 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.1 |
Elections in the 1960s
1969
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Don Chipp | 23,776 | 48.2 | −0.2 | |
Labor | Kevin Vaughan | 19,717 | 40.0 | +5.5 | |
Democratic Labor | Ian Radnell | 4,563 | 9.3 | −0.5 | |
Australia | Kenneth Nolan | 1,238 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
Total formal votes | 49,294 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,379 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 50,673 | 96.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Don Chipp | 28,667 | 58.2 | −2.6 | |
Labor | Keith Vaughan | 20,627 | 41.8 | +2.6 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.6 |
References
- ^ Hotham, VIC, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^ Hotham, VIC, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^ 2013 results for Hotham, AEC.
- ^ "2010 results for Hotham". AEC.