Electoral results for the Division of La Trobe
Appearance
This is a list of electoral results for the Division of La Trobe in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1949 until the present.
Members
Election results
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jason Wood | 40,925 | 46.05 | +3.01 | |
Labor | Laura Smyth | 28,488 | 32.06 | −7.35 | |
Greens | Michael Schilling | 8,905 | 10.02 | −1.98 | |
Palmer United | Jason Kennedy | 4,514 | 5.08 | +5.08 | |
Sex Party | Martin Leahy | 2,475 | 2.79 | +0.46 | |
Family First | Daniel Martin | 1,680 | 1.89 | −0.68 | |
Democratic Labour | Rachel Jenkins | 1,168 | 1.31 | +1.31 | |
Rise Up Australia | Kevin Seaman | 711 | 0.80 | +0.80 | |
Total formal votes | 88,866 | 95.61 | −0.35 | ||
Informal votes | 4,083 | 4.39 | +0.35 | ||
Turnout | 92,949 | 94.84 | +0.41 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Jason Wood | 47,998 | 54.01 | +5.67 | |
Labor | Laura Smyth | 40,868 | 45.99 | −5.67 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +5.67 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jason Wood | 39,053 | 43.88 | -2.60 | |
Labor | Laura Smyth | 33,970 | 38.17 | -2.22 | |
Greens | Jim Reiher | 10,931 | 12.28 | +3.44 | |
Sex Party | Martin Leahy | 2,539 | 2.85 | +2.85 | |
Family First | David Barrow | 1,917 | 2.15 | -0.69 | |
Liberal Democrats | Shem Bennett | 587 | 0.66 | +0.56 | |
Total formal votes | 88,997 | 95.93 | −0.79 | ||
Informal votes | 3,773 | 4.07 | +0.79 | ||
Turnout | 92,770 | 94.70 | −1.14 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Laura Smyth | 45,308 | 50.91 | +1.42 | |
Liberal | Jason Wood | 43,689 | 49.09 | -1.42 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.42 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jason Wood | 39,636 | 46.48 | -4.74 | |
Labor | Rodney Cocks | 34,448 | 40.39 | +6.62 | |
Greens | Bree Taylor | 7,539 | 8.84 | -0.57 | |
Family First | Jim Zubic | 2,423 | 2.43 | +0.49 | |
Democrats | Craig Beale | 1,012 | 1.19 | -0.30 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | Kurt Beilharz | 140 | 0.16 | -0.01 | |
Liberty & Democracy | Surome Singh | 85 | 0.10 | +0.10 | |
Total formal votes | 85,283 | 96.72 | +0.74 | ||
Informal votes | 2,896 | 3.28 | −0.74 | ||
Turnout | 88,179 | 95.82 | +0.36 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Jason Wood | 43,077 | 50.51 | -5.32 | |
Labor | Rodney Cocks | 42,206 | 49.49 | +5.32 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -5.32 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jason Wood | 39,810 | 51.22 | +4.68 | |
Labor | Susan Davies | 26,251 | 33.77 | -0.45 | |
Greens | Craig Smith | 7,313 | 9.41 | +2.01 | |
Democrats | Tony Holland | 1,160 | 1.49 | -6.53 | |
Family First | Darryl Bridges | 1,830 | 2.35 | +2.35 | |
Independent | Frank Dean | 777 | 1.00 | +0.52 | |
Christian Democrats | Wolf Voigt | 459 | 0.59 | -0.45 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | Kurt Beilharz | 131 | 0.17 | +0.17 | |
Total formal votes | 77,731 | 95.98 | +0.20 | ||
Informal votes | 3,254 | 4.02 | −0.20 | ||
Turnout | 80,985 | 95.46 | +0.59 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Jason Wood | 43,394 | 55.83 | +2.16 | |
Labor | Susan Davies | 34,337 | 44.17 | -2.16 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.16 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Bob Charles | 37,641 | 46.59 | +3.75 | |
Labor | Philip Staindl | 27,912 | 34.55 | -3.22 | |
Democrats | Tony Holland | 6,424 | 7.95 | -0.83 | |
Greens | Craig Smith | 5,740 | 7.10 | +3.29 | |
One Nation | June Scott | 1,304 | 1.61 | -2.71 | |
Christian Democrats | Wolfgang Voigt | 861 | 1.07 | +0.06 | |
Independent | Jason Allen | 530 | 0.66 | +0.66 | |
Independent | Frank Dean | 386 | 0.48 | +0.03 | |
Total formal votes | 80,798 | 95.80 | −0.59 | ||
Informal votes | 3,544 | 4.20 | +0.59 | ||
Turnout | 84,342 | 95.92 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Bob Charles | 46,366 | 53.67 | +2.68 | |
Labor | Philip Staindl | 37,432 | 46.33 | -2.68 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.68 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Bob Charles | 31,456 | 42.84 | -1.62 | |
Labor | Carolyn Hirsh | 27,733 | 37.77 | -1.06 | |
Democrats | Amanda Leeper | 6,447 | 8.78 | -0.67 | |
One Nation | Jeff Thomas | 3,173 | 4.32 | +4.32 | |
Greens | Robyn Holtham | 2,801 | 3.81 | -0.90 | |
Christian Democrats | Wolf Voigt | 740 | 1.01 | -0.25 | |
Unity | Assyl Haidar | 411 | 0.56 | +0.56 | |
Independent | Frank Dean | 331 | 0.45 | -0.33 | |
Abolish Child Support | Graham Woolley | 186 | 0.25 | +0.25 | |
Natural Law | Andrew Stenberg | 152 | 0.21 | -0.31 | |
Total formal votes | 73,430 | 96.39 | −1.08 | ||
Informal votes | 2,751 | 3.61 | +1.08 | ||
Turnout | 76,181 | 96.10 | −0.36 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Bob Charles | 37,442 | 50.99 | -0.38 | |
Labor | Carolyn Hirsh | 35,988 | 49.01 | +0.38 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -0.38 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Bob Charles | 30,806 | 44.46 | -2.90 | |
Labor | Carolyn Hirsh | 26,905 | 38.83 | -3.28 | |
Democrats | John Hastie | 6,549 | 9.45 | +5.02 | |
Greens | John Benton | 3,264 | 4.71 | +1.04 | |
Call to Australia | Wolf Voigt | 874 | 1.26 | +0.12 | |
Independent | Frank Dean | 542 | 0.78 | +0.78 | |
Natural Law | Andrew Stenberg | 350 | 0.51 | -0.11 | |
Total formal votes | 69,290 | 97.47 | −0.16 | ||
Informal votes | 1,799 | 2.53 | +0.16 | ||
Turnout | 71,089 | 96.45 | +0.03 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Bob Charles | 35,396 | 51.37 | +0.10 | |
Labor | Carolyn Hirsh | 33,508 | 48.63 | -0.10 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.10 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Bob Charles | 35,306 | 48.17 | +4.49 | |
Labor | Geoff Pain | 29,715 | 40.54 | +5.78 | |
Greens | Rebecca Wigney | 3,317 | 4.53 | +4.53 | |
Democrats | Raymond Jungwirth | 3,106 | 4.24 | -13.71 | |
Call to Australia | Wolfgang Voigt | 866 | 1.18 | -2.44 | |
Independent EFF | Peter Herbert | 552 | 0.75 | +0.75 | |
Natural Law | Juliana Kendi | 436 | 0.59 | +0.59 | |
Total formal votes | 73,298 | 97.64 | +0.06 | ||
Informal votes | 1,772 | 2.36 | −0.06 | ||
Turnout | 75,070 | 96.42 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Bob Charles | 38,348 | 52.36 | +1.01 | |
Labor | Geoff Pain | 34,893 | 47.64 | -1.01 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.01 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Bob Charles | 29,805 | 43.7 | +1.9 | |
Labor | Peter Milton | 23,720 | 34.8 | -12.9 | |
Democrats | Greta Jungwirth | 12,246 | 17.9 | +7.5 | |
Call to Australia | Teresa Kemp | 2,468 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
Total formal votes | 68,239 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 1,690 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 69,929 | 96.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Bob Charles | 34,980 | 51.4 | +5.6 | |
Labor | Peter Milton | 33,138 | 48.6 | -5.6 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +5.6 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Peter Milton | 31,510 | 50.8 | -3.2 | |
Liberal | Bob Charles | 24,013 | 38.7 | +2.3 | |
Democrats | John Benton | 6,461 | 10.4 | +2.6 | |
Total formal votes | 61,984 | 95.2 | |||
Informal votes | 3,121 | 4.8 | |||
Turnout | 65,105 | 95.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Peter Milton | 35,539 | 57.3 | -1.4 | |
Liberal | Bob Charles | 26,439 | 42.7 | +1.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Peter Milton | 28,853 | 54.0 | +1.6 | |
Liberal | Ted French | 19,438 | 36.4 | +2.0 | |
Democrats | Andrew McCann | 4,185 | 7.8 | -2.7 | |
Democratic Labor | Julie Garratt | 976 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Total formal votes | 53,452 | 92.1 | |||
Informal votes | 4,574 | 7.9 | |||
Turnout | 58,026 | 95.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Peter Milton | 31,370 | 58.7 | -1.8 | |
Liberal | Ted French | 22,077 | 41.3 | +1.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Peter Milton | 40,493 | 52.8 | +7.6 | |
Liberal | Peter Nugent | 26,045 | 34.0 | -6.7 | |
Democrats | Milton Blake | 8,010 | 10.5 | +0.1 | |
Christian | Cornelis Hellema | 2,085 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
Total formal votes | 76,633 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,439 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 78,072 | 96.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Peter Milton | 60.9 | +8.6 | ||
Liberal | Peter Nugent | 39.1 | -8.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +8.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Peter Milton | 31,439 | 45.2 | +4.9 | |
Liberal | Marshall Baillieu | 28,282 | 40.7 | -0.9 | |
Democrats | James Leicester | 7,201 | 10.4 | -3.7 | |
United Christian | Cornelis Hellema | 1,487 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Democratic Labor | Desmond Burke | 867 | 1.2 | -1.1 | |
Independent | Wilhelm Kapphan | 262 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 69,538 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 2,015 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 71,553 | 95.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Peter Milton | 36,360 | 52.3 | +3.1 | |
Liberal | Marshall Baillieu | 33,178 | 47.7 | -3.1 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.1 |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Marshall Baillieu | 26,060 | 41.6 | -8.9 | |
Labor | Tony Lamb | 25,250 | 40.3 | -3.2 | |
Democrats | Andrew McCann | 8,827 | 14.1 | +14.1 | |
Democratic Labor | James Penna | 1,410 | 2.3 | +0.0 | |
Independent | Cornelus Hellema | 1,099 | 1.8 | -0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 62,646 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,725 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 64,371 | 95.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Marshall Baillieu | 31,845 | 50.8 | -3.5 | |
Labor | Tony Lamb | 30,801 | 49.2 | +3.5 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -3.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Marshall Baillieu | 41,276 | 50.5 | +8.5 | |
Labor | Tony Lamb | 35,504 | 43.5 | -9.4 | |
Democratic Labor | James Penna | 1,889 | 2.3 | -0.4 | |
Independent | Cornelus Hellema | 1,837 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
Australia | Donald Walters | 1,029 | 1.3 | -0.7 | |
Independent | Ronald Neilsen | 169 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 18,704 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 1,647 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 83,351 | 95.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Marshall Baillieu | 54.3 | +8.9 | ||
Labor | Tony Lamb | 45.7 | -8.9 | ||
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | -3.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Tony Lamb | 40,444 | 52.9 | +2.4 | |
Liberal | Marshall Baillieu | 32,126 | 42.0 | +4.1 | |
Democratic Labor | Daniel Mason | 2,051 | 2.7 | -2.5 | |
Australia | Donald Walters | 1,501 | 2.0 | -1.3 | |
Independent | William Bryant | 323 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 76,445 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,467 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 77,912 | 95.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Tony Lamb | 54.6 | -0.4 | ||
Liberal | Marshall Baillieu | 45.4 | +0.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Tony Lamb | 31,885 | 50.5 | +8.8 | |
Liberal | John Jess | 23,961 | 37.9 | -6.7 | |
Democratic Labor | George Noone | 3,292 | 5.2 | -3.6 | |
Australia | Donald Walters | 2,083 | 3.3 | -1.7 | |
Defence of Government Schools | Eileen Fowler | 1,238 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Independent | Jeffrey Gill | 700 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Total formal votes | 63,159 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 1,505 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 64,664 | 96.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Tony Lamb | 55.0 | +10.2 | ||
Liberal | John Jess | 45.0 | -10.2 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | -3.5 |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Jess | 22,343 | 44.6 | -3.2 | |
Labor | Pauline McCarthy | 20,898 | 41.7 | +9.6 | |
Democratic Labor | Peter Tunstall | 4,393 | 8.8 | -4.0 | |
Australia | Brenda Elliott | 2,484 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
Total formal votes | 50,118 | 96.8 | |||
Informal votes | 1,658 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 51,776 | 94.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | John Jess | 27,641 | 55.2 | -5.7 | |
Labor | Pauline McCarthy | 22,477 | 44.8 | +5.7 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -5.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Jess | 38,427 | 47.6 | -1.1 | |
Labor | Don Pritchard | 26,847 | 33.3 | -7.6 | |
Democratic Labor | Kevin Adamson | 10,311 | 12.8 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Reform Group | Leonard Weber | 5,075 | 6.3 | +6.3 | |
Total formal votes | 80,660 | 97.0 | |||
Informal votes | 2,471 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 83,131 | 95.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | John Jess | 48,873 | 60.6 | +3.8 | |
Labor | Don Pritchard | 31,787 | 39.4 | -3.8 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Jess | 35,050 | 48.7 | +5.0 | |
Labor | Moss Cass | 29,466 | 40.9 | -1.1 | |
Democratic Labor | Kevin Adamson | 7,490 | 10.4 | -3.1 | |
Total formal votes | 72,006 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 797 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 72,803 | 96.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | John Jess | 40,866 | 56.8 | +0.2 | |
Labor | Moss Cass | 31,140 | 43.2 | -0.2 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Jess | 27,952 | 43.7 | -10.0 | |
Labor | Don Pritchard | 26,875 | 42.0 | +5.1 | |
Democratic Labor | John Hoare | 8,651 | 13.5 | +4.2 | |
Centre | Bernard Rees | 554 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Total formal votes | 64,032 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 1,344 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 65,376 | 96.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | John Jess | 36,236 | 56.6 | -5.5 | |
Labor | Don Pritchard | 27,797 | 43.4 | +5.5 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -5.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Don Pritchard | 23,387 | 43.7 | +6.8 | |
Liberal | John Jess | 22,880 | 42.8 | -10.9 | |
Democratic Labor | John Martyr | 6,834 | 12.8 | +3.5 | |
Republican | John Murray | 406 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Total formal votes | 53,507 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 872 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 54,379 | 91.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | John Jess | 28,999 | 54.2 | -6.9 | |
Labor | Don Pritchard | 24,508 | 45.8 | +6.9 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -6.9 |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Casey | 28,570 | 53.7 | -3.9 | |
Labor | Sam Goldbloom | 19,623 | 36.9 | +3.5 | |
Democratic Labor | Terence Kirley | 4,963 | 9.3 | +0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 53,156 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,031 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 54,187 | 95.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Richard Casey | 62.1 | -2.7 | ||
Labor | Sam Goldbloom | 37.9 | +2.7 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -2.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Casey | 24,442 | 57.6 | +5.8 | |
Labor | Bill Webber | 14,177 | 33.4 | -14.8 | |
Labor (A-C) | George Noone | 3,830 | 9.0 | +9.0 | |
Total formal votes | 42,449 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 1,101 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 43,550 | 94.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Richard Casey | 64.8 | +13.0 | ||
Labor | Bill Webber | 35.2 | -13.0 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +13.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Casey | 34,585 | 55.1 | -2.9 | |
Labor | Edward Smith | 26,943 | 42.9 | +0.9 | |
Communist | Gerry O'Day | 1,227 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Total formal votes | 62,755 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 699 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 63,454 | 96.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Richard Casey | 55.3 | -2.7 | ||
Labor | Edward Smith | 44.7 | +2.7 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -2.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Casey | 26,920 | 58.0 | -0.6 | |
Labor | Bernard Rees | 19,464 | 42.0 | +0.6 | |
Total formal votes | 46,384 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 877 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 47,261 | 96.0 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -0.6 |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Casey | 23,645 | 58.6 | +4.1 | |
Labor | Robert Balcombe | 16,714 | 41.4 | -4.1 | |
Total formal votes | 40,359 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 698 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 41,057 | 94.6 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.1 |