Electoral results for the Division of Fraser (Australian Capital Territory)

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Fraser (Australian Capital Territory) in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1974 until its abolition in 2016.

Members[edit]

	Party	Term
Ken Fry	Labor	1974–1984
John Langmore	Labor	1984–1996
Steve Dargavel	Labor	1997–1998
Bob McMullan	Labor	1998–2010
Andrew Leigh	Labor	2010–2016

Election results[edit]

Elections in the 2010s[edit]

2013[edit]

2013 Australian federal election: Fraser^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Andrew Leigh	56,063	44.66	−1.15
	Liberal	Elizabeth Lee	39,693	31.62	−0.79
	Greens	Adam Verwey	17,665	14.07	−5.77
	Bullet Train	Sam Huggins	5,099	4.06	+4.06
	Palmer United	Freddy Alcazar	3,063	2.44	+2.44
	Democrats	Darren Churchill	2,444	1.95	+1.95
	Rise Up Australia	Jill Ross	1,508	1.20	+1.20
Total formal votes			125,535	96.27	+0.70
Informal votes			4,859	3.73	−0.70
Turnout			130,394	94.46	+0.07
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Andrew Leigh	78,614	62.62	−1.58
	Liberal	Elizabeth Lee	46,921	37.38	+1.58
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.58

2010[edit]

2010 Australian federal election: Fraser^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Andrew Leigh	51,092	45.81	-5.29
	Liberal	James Milligan	36,148	32.41	+1.18
	Greens	Indra Esguerra	22,126	19.84	+6.46
	Secular	Quintin Hedges-Phillips	2,175	1.95	+1.95
Total formal votes			111,541	95.57	-2.07
Informal votes			5,171	4.43	+2.07
Turnout			116,712	94.55	-1.12
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Andrew Leigh	71,613	64.20	-0.87
	Liberal	James Milligan	39,928	35.80	+0.87
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.87

Elections in the 2000s[edit]

2007[edit]

2007 Australian federal election: Fraser
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob McMullan	55,533	51.10	+0.50
	Liberal	Troy Williams	33,936	31.23	−2.41
	Greens	Meredith Hunter	14,546	13.38	+2.12
	Democrats	Darren Churchill	2,509	2.31	−0.27
	Independent	Kerri Taranto	1,275	1.17	+1.17
	Socialist Alliance	Farida Iqbal	539	0.50	−1.42
	Citizens Electoral Council	Jim Arnold	342	0.31	+0.31
Total formal votes			108,680	97.64	+1.15
Informal votes			2,629	2.36	−1.15
Turnout			111,309	95.67	+0.92
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob McMullan	70,715	65.07	+1.75
	Liberal	Troy Williams	37,965	34.93	−1.75
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.75

2004[edit]

2004 Australian federal election: Fraser
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob McMullan	54,622	50.60	+3.13
	Liberal	Adam Giles	36,270	33.60	+2.82
	Greens	David Turbayne	12,197	11.30	+3.42
	Democrats	Lynne Grimsey	2,792	2.59	−5.39
	Socialist Alliance	James Vassilopoulos	2,067	1.91	+1.91
Total formal votes			107,948	96.52	+0.14
Informal votes			3,887	3.48	−0.14
Turnout			111,835	94.72	+0.11
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob McMullan	68,359	63.33	+0.64
	Liberal	Adam Giles	39,589	36.67	−0.64
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.64

2001[edit]

2001 Australian federal election: Fraser
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob McMullan	48,583	47.47	−4.94
	Liberal	Martin Dunn	31,503	30.78	+2.71
	Democrats	Fleur Wimborne	8,168	7.98	+0.56
	Greens	Ben O'Callaghan	8,067	7.88	+3.35
	One Nation	Paul Kemp	2,397	2.34	−2.60
	Christian Democrats	Caroline O'Sullivan	2,251	2.20	+2.20
		James Vassilopoulos	1,369	1.34	+1.34
Total formal votes			102,338	96.58	−0.72
Informal votes			3,844	3.62	+0.72
Turnout			106,182	95.19
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob McMullan	64,154	62.69	−2.17
	Liberal	Martin Dunn	38,184	37.31	+2.17
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.17

Elections in the 1990s[edit]

1998[edit]

1998 Australian federal election: Fraser
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob McMullan	50,573	52.41	+1.89
	Liberal	Peter Smith	27,088	28.07	−9.72
	Democrats	Jason Wood	7,157	7.42	+7.42
	One Nation	Chris Spence	4,773	4.95	+4.95
	Greens	Gordon McAllister	4,371	4.53	−5.45
	Democratic Socialist	Sue Bull	1,214	1.26	+1.26
	Independent	Joanne Clark	1,057	1.10	+1.10
	Natural Law	David Seaton	258	0.27	−0.16
Total formal votes			96,491	97.10	+0.32
Informal votes			2,883	2.90	−0.32
Turnout			99,374	95.39	−1.45
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob McMullan	62,580	64.86	+6.00
	Liberal	Peter Smith	33,911	35.14	−6.00
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.00

1997 by-election[edit]

1997 Fraser by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Steve Dargavel	25,867	49.10	−1.41
	Independent	Cheryl Hill	9,642	18.30	+18.30
	Greens	Dierk von Behrens	5,584	10.60	+0.70
	Independent	Alice Chu	4,135	7.85	+7.85
	Against Further Immigration	Angela Walker	1,870	3.55	+3.55
	Call to Australia	John Richard Miller	1,766	3.35	+3.35
	Independent	Douglas S. Thompson	1,456	2.76	+2.76
	Reclaim Australia	John Hutchinson	1,228	2.33	+2.33
	Advance Australia	Kevin Connor	490	0.93	+0.93
	Independent	Joanne Clarke	455	0.86	+0.86
	Independent	Jim Bernard	189	0.36	+0.36
Total formal votes			52,682	94.08	−2.66
Informal votes			3,313	5.92	+2.66
Turnout			55,995	85.25	−11.59
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Steve Dargavel	34,370	65.24	+7.92
	Independent	Cheryl Hill	18,312	34.76	+34.76
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1996[edit]

1996 Australian federal election: Fraser
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Langmore	30,459	50.51	−3.77
	Liberal	Cheryl Hill	23,877	39.59	+7.15
	Greens	Miko Kirschbaum	5,970	9.90	+9.90
Total formal votes			60,306	96.74	+0.55
Informal votes			2,032	3.26	−0.55
Turnout			62,338	96.84	+0.32
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Langmore	34,443	57.32	−4.74
	Liberal	Cheryl Hill	25,647	42.68	+4.74
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.74

1993[edit]

1993 Australian federal election: Fraser
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Langmore	49,098	54.42	+8.52
	Liberal	Martin Dunn	29,031	32.18	+0.64
	Democrats	Greg Kramer	5,559	6.16	−9.75
	Independent	David Eastman	2,070	2.29	+2.29
		Sue Bolton	2,023	2.24	+2.24
	Independent	Emile Brunoro	672	0.74	−0.37
	Independent	Kev Wise	657	0.73	+0.73
	Natural Law	Andrew Gordon	654	0.72	+0.72
	Independent	Peter Joseph	463	0.51	+0.51
Total formal votes			90,227	96.16	−0.56
Informal votes			3,600	3.84	+0.56
Turnout			90,227	96.52
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Langmore	56,623	62.81	+1.78
	Liberal	Martin Dunn	33,521	37.19	−1.78
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.78

1990[edit]

1990 Australian federal election: Fraser
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Langmore	36,544	46.0	−8.0
	Liberal	Sandie Brooke	24,746	31.1	+2.2
	Democrats	Heather Jeffcoat	12,876	16.2	+9.0
	Green Democratic	Sue Bolton	3,213	4.0	+4.0
	Nuclear Disarmament	Gareth Smith	1,185	1.5	−3.6
	Independent	Emile Brunoro	949	1.2	+0.6
Total formal votes			79,513	96.7
Informal votes			2,680	3.3
Turnout			82,193	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Langmore	48,626	61.3	−3.2
	Liberal	Sandie Brooke	30,677	38.7	+3.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.2

Elections in the 1980s[edit]

1987[edit]

1987 Australian federal election: Fraser
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Langmore	40,616	54.0	−1.0
	Liberal	Ian Farrow	21,767	28.9	−2.2
	Democrats	Peter Hayes	5,412	7.2	−1.6
	Nuclear Disarmament	Gareth Smith	3,852	5.1	+5.1
	Family Movement	Dawn Casley-Smith	2,050	2.7	+2.7
	Independent	Larry O'Sullivan	539	0.7	+0.7
	Independent	Kevin Wise	536	0.7	+0.2
	Independent	Emile Brunoro	473	0.6	−0.5
Total formal votes			75,245	96.2
Informal votes			2,988	3.8
Turnout			78,233	93.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Langmore	48,505	64.5	+2.2
	Liberal	Ian Farrow	26,718	35.5	−2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.2

1984[edit]

1984 Australian federal election: Fraser
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Langmore	38,183	55.0	−10.0
	Liberal	John McLaren	21,558	31.1	+0.9
	Democrats	Andrew Freeman	6,138	8.8	+8.8
	Deadly Serious	Rozalyn Daniell	2,102	3.0	+0.5
	Independent	Emile Brunoro	737	1.1	+1.1
	Independent	Kevin Wise	353	0.5	−1.7
	Independent	Arthur Burns	345	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			69,416	94.1
Informal votes			4,375	5.9
Turnout			73,791	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Langmore	43,261	62.3	−5.1
	Liberal	John McLaren	26,143	37.7	+5.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.1

1983[edit]

1983 Australian federal election: Fraser
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ken Fry	41,755	65.6	+8.3
	Liberal	Liz Grant	18,848	29.6	−5.0
	Deadly Serious	Rohan Greenland	1,619	2.5	+2.5
	Independent	Kevin Wise	1,419	2.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			63,641	97.6
Informal votes			1,572	2.4
Turnout			65,213	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ken Fry		68.0	+5.5
	Liberal	Liz Grant		32.0	−5.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.5

1980[edit]

1980 Australian federal election: Fraser
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ken Fry	36,564	57.3	−2.1
	Liberal	Michael Yabsley	22,059	34.6	−6.0
	Democrats	Dimmen de Graaff	4,156	6.5	+6.5
	Independent	Kevin Wise	636	1.0	+1.0
	Independent	Basil Yakimov	367	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			63,782	97.6
Informal votes			1,537	2.4
Turnout			65,319	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ken Fry		62.5	+3.1
	Liberal	Michael Yabsley		37.5	−3.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.1

Elections in the 1970s[edit]

1977[edit]

1977 Australian federal election: Fraser
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ken Fry	34,609	59.4	+8.3
	Liberal	George Mailath	23,612	40.6	−4.7
Total formal votes			58,221	97.5
Informal votes			1,522	2.5
Turnout			59,743	92.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.4

1975[edit]

1975 Australian federal election: Fraser
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ken Fry	28,227	51.1	−6.2
	Liberal	George Mailath	25,030	45.3	+10.3
	Liberal Movement	Claude Hammond	1,944	3.5	+3.5
Total formal votes			55,201	98.3
Informal votes			969	1.7
Turnout			56,170	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ken Fry		52.0	−8.7
	Liberal	George Mailath		48.0	+8.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−8.7

1974[edit]

1974 Australian federal election: Fraser
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ken Fry	27,294	57.3	+5.2
	Liberal	Larry Pickering	16,662	35.0	+12.2
	Australia	John Filler	1,610	3.4	−10.3
	Country	Stephen Lamb	1,429	3.0	+3.0
	Independent	Anthony Emerson-Elliott	393	0.8	+0.8
	Independent	Kevin Wise	279	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			47,667	98.5
Informal votes			741	1.5
Turnout			48,408	91.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ken Fry		60.7	−4.8
	Liberal	Larry Pickering		39.3	+4.8
	Labor notional hold		Swing	−4.8

References[edit]

^ 2013 results for Fraser, AEC.
^ "2010 results for Fraser". AEC.

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

[1] 2013 results for Fraser, AEC.

[2] "2010 results for Fraser". AEC.

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