Electoral results for the Division of Blaxland

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Blaxland in Australian federal elections since the electorate's creation in 1949 until the present.

Members

Member Party Term
  Jim Harrison Labor 1949–1969
  Paul Keating Labor 1969–1996
  Michael Hatton Labor 1996–2007
  Jason Clare Labor 2007–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2022

2022 Australian federal election: Blaxland[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jason Clare 44,905 54.98 −2.80
Liberal Oz Guney 22,059 27.01 −1.81
Greens Linda Eisler 5,187 6.35 +0.99
United Australia Elvis Sinosic 5,105 6.25 +3.37
One Nation Adam Stepanoff 4,421 5.41 +5.41
Total formal votes 81,677 89.21 +2.51
Informal votes 9,884 10.79 −2.51
Turnout 91,561 85.37 −3.08
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jason Clare 53,039 64.94 +0.22
Liberal Oz Guney 28,638 35.06 −0.22
Labor hold Swing +0.22
Alluvial diagram for preference flows in the seat of Blaxland in the 2022 federal election. The winning candidate got over 50% of first preference votes, so this alluvial diagram is indicative only, and preference flows were not used to determine the final result. The preference flows were used to determine the two-candidate-preferred.

Elections in the 2010s

2019

2019 Australian federal election: Blaxland[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jason Clare 46,689 57.78 −5.53
Liberal Oz Guney 23,289 28.82 +4.00
Greens James Rooney 4,329 5.36 +0.73
Christian Democrats Veronica Rowe 4,173 5.16 −0.86
United Australia Nadeem Ashraf 2,328 2.88 +2.88
Total formal votes 80,808 86.70 −1.75
Informal votes 12,401 13.30 +1.75
Turnout 93,209 88.45 +1.20
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jason Clare 52,299 64.72 −4.76
Liberal Oz Guney 28,509 35.28 +4.76
Labor hold Swing −4.76

2016

2016 Australian federal election: Blaxland[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jason Clare 50,572 63.31 +8.07
Liberal Felicity Findlay 19,825 24.82 −8.49
Christian Democrats Clint Nasr 4,810 6.02 +3.91
Greens Suzan Virago 3,698 4.63 +1.34
Socialist Equality Gabriela Zabala 980 1.23 +1.23
Total formal votes 79,885 88.45 +1.81
Informal votes 10,429 11.55 −1.81
Turnout 90,314 87.25 −3.20
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jason Clare 55,507 69.48 +8.24
Liberal Felicity Findlay 24,378 30.52 −8.24
Labor hold Swing +8.24

2013

2013 Australian federal election: Blaxland[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jason Clare 43,568 55.73 +4.75
Liberal Anthony Khouri 25,579 32.72 −0.58
Greens John Ky 2,416 3.09 −3.17
Palmer United Zali Burrows 2,119 2.71 +2.71
Katter's Australian Nafez Taleb 1,921 2.46 +2.46
Christian Democrats Juliat Nasr 1,757 2.25 +2.25
Democratic Labour Boutros Zalloua 817 1.05 +1.05
Total formal votes 78,177 86.33 +0.39
Informal votes 12,380 13.67 −0.39
Turnout 90,557 90.30 +0.21
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jason Clare 48,025 61.43 −0.80
Liberal Anthony Khouri 30,152 38.57 +0.80
Labor hold Swing −0.80

2010

2010 Australian federal election: Blaxland[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jason Clare 37,641 50.98 −8.78
Liberal Mark Majewski 24,583 33.30 +7.11
Greens Malikeh Michels 4,625 6.26 +0.69
Independent Abdul Charaf 2,131 2.89 +2.89
Socialist Equality Richard Phillips 2,058 2.79 +2.79
One Nation Bob Vinnicombe 1,351 1.83 +0.74
Independent David Ball 1,153 1.56 +1.56
  Communist League Ronald Poulsen 288 0.39 +0.39
Total formal votes 73,830 85.94 −5.17
Informal votes 12,081 14.06 +5.17
Turnout 85,911 90.10 −2.65
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jason Clare 45,948 62.23 −4.42
Liberal Mark Majewski 27,882 37.77 +4.42
Labor hold Swing −4.42

Elections in the 2000s

2007

2007 Australian federal election: Blaxland[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jason Clare 47,495 61.32 +5.09
Liberal Mark Majewski 18,665 24.10 −5.34
Greens John Ky 5,004 6.46 +1.14
Christian Democrats Chris McLachlan 1,850 2.39 −0.14
Independent Harry Stavrinos 1,535 1.98 +1.98
One Nation Bob Vinnicombe 1,202 1.55 −1.86
Family First Gabrielle Kent 1,183 1.53 +1.53
Socialist Alliance Raul Bassi 522 0.67 +0.17
Total formal votes 77,456 90.51 +0.78
Informal votes 8,126 9.49 −0.78
Turnout 85,582 93.26 +0.12
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jason Clare 52,953 68.37 +3.14
Liberal Mark Majewski 24,503 31.63 −3.14
Labor hold Swing +3.14

2004

2004 Australian federal election: Blaxland[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Michael Hatton 37,117 53.79 −0.34
Liberal Mark Majewski 21,407 31.02 +5.11
One Nation Bob Vinnicombe 3,300 4.78 −1.28
Greens Marlene Marquez-Obeid 3,205 4.64 +2.02
Christian Democrats Matthew Squires 2,378 3.45 +1.26
Democrats Martine Eve-Macleod 875 1.27 −3.67
Socialist Alliance Raul Bassi 493 0.71 +0.71
Citizens Electoral Council Terry Boath 230 0.33 +0.33
Total formal votes 69,005 89.30 −0.92
Informal votes 8,271 10.70 +0.92
Turnout 77,276 93.73 −0.17
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Michael Hatton 43,383 62.87 −2.34
Liberal Mark Majewski 25,622 37.13 +2.34
Labor hold Swing −2.34

2001

2001 Australian federal election: Blaxland[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Michael Hatton 37,956 54.13 −6.40
Liberal Les Osmond 18.170 25.91 +3.78
One Nation Bob Vinnicombe 4,248 6.06 −0.94
Democrats Colin McDermott 3,461 4.94 +2.53
Greens Sonya McKay 1,839 2.62 +1.07
Christian Democrats Janne Peterson 1,535 2.19 −0.03
Unity Dario Hawat 1,493 2.13 −1.35
Independent Peter Sayegh 975 1.39 +1.39
Independent Munther Anny 443 0.63 +0.63
Total formal votes 70,120 90.22 −4.26
Informal votes 7,605 9.78 +4.26
Turnout 77,725 94.49
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Michael Hatton 45,725 65.21 −6.50
Liberal Les Osmond 24,395 34.79 +6.50
Labor hold Swing −6.50

Elections in the 1990s

1998

1998 Australian federal election: Blaxland[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Michael Hatton 44,096 61.42 +2.71
Liberal Maureen Shelley 15,649 21.80 −9.25
One Nation Hussein Abou-Ghaida 5,052 7.04 +7.04
Unity Harold Hassapis 2,536 3.53 +3.53
Democrats Matthew Hua 1,733 2.41 −1.05
Christian Democrats Kylie Mary Laurence 1,623 2.26 +0.93
Greens Benjamin Donnelly 1,107 1.54 +1.54
Total formal votes 71,796 94.46 +1.08
Informal votes 4,211 5.54 −1.08
Turnout 76,007 94.31 −1.75
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Michael Hatton 51,738 72.06 +9.08
Liberal Maureen Shelley 20,058 27.94 −9.08
Labor hold Swing +9.08

1996 by-election

1996 Blaxland by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Michael Hatton 37,804 58.83 +0.12
Against Further Immigration Peter John Krumins 8,759 13.63 +10.88
Reclaim Australia John Hutchinson 5,771 8.98 +8.98
Greens Vicki Kearney 3,148 4.90 +4.90
Call to Australia Melodie Rahme 2,782 4.33 +4.16
Independent Peter Sayegh 2,334 3.63 +2.65
Independent Neil Baird 1,499 2.33 +2.33
Independent Bob Reid 750 1.17 +1.17
  Anti-Super League Adam Spencer 499 0.78 +0.78
Marnie Kennedy 388 0.60 +0.60
Independent Marc Aussie-Stone 298 0.46 +0.11
Natural Law Linda Cogger 224 0.35 +0.10
Total formal votes 64,256 92.66 −0.72
Informal votes 5,092 7.34 +0.72
Turnout 69,348 87.00 −9.06
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Michael Hatton 69.06 +6.08
Reclaim Australia John Hutchinson 30.94 +30.94
Labor hold Swing +6.08

1996

1996 Australian federal election: Blaxland[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Keating 41,444 58.71 −10.69
Liberal Nick Korovin 21,916 31.05 +6.80
Democrats Jeffrey Meikle 2,442 3.46 +1.47
Against Further Immigration Michael Lavis 1,944 2.75 +2.75
Call to Australia Melodie Rahme 936 1.33 +0.17
Independent Peter Sayegh 695 0.98 +0.98
Independent Eric Lawrence 526 0.75 +0.75
Independent Marc Aussie-Stone 267 0.38 +0.09
Nick Beams 244 0.35 +0.35
Natural Law Peter Smith 176 0.25 −0.29
Total formal votes 70,590 93.38 −1.59
Informal votes 5,005 6.62 +1.59
Turnout 75,595 96.06 +0.55
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Paul Keating 44,328 62.98 −9.12
Liberal Nick Korovin 26,056 37.02 +9.12
Labor hold Swing −9.12

1993

1993 Australian federal election: Blaxland[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Keating 48,446 69.40 +13.88
Liberal Les Osmond 16,927 24.25 −6.40
Democrats Peter Hennessy 1,388 1.99 −6.43
Call to Australia Trevor Carrick 804 1.15 +0.48
Independent Jon Hillman 678 0.97 +0.97
Linda Tenenbaum 413 0.59 +0.59
Independent Bob Reid 388 0.56 +0.56
Natural Law Peter O'Neill 378 0.54 +0.54
Independent Marcus Aussie-Stone 204 0.29 +0.29
Independent Wilfred Kelvin 179 0.26 +0.26
Total formal votes 69,805 94.97 +0.44
Informal votes 3,698 5.03 −0.44
Turnout 73,503 95.51
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Paul Keating 50,283 72.10 +9.10
Liberal Les Osmond 19,461 27.90 −9.10
Labor hold Swing +9.10

1990

1990 Australian federal election: Blaxland[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Keating 33,780 55.3 +2.1
Liberal David Voight 19,243 31.5 −2.1
Democrats Fiona Richardson 5,382 8.8 +5.0
Independent Mohamad Arja 1,313 2.1 +2.1
Democratic Socialist Stephanie Miller 707 1.2 +1.2
New Australia Michael Irsak 646 1.1 +1.1
Total formal votes 61,071 94.5
Informal votes 3,567 5.5
Turnout 64,638 95.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Paul Keating 37,887 62.2 +3.4
Liberal David Voight 23,056 37.8 −3.4
Labor hold Swing +3.4

Elections in the 1980s

1987

1987 Australian federal election: Blaxland[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Keating 30,968 53.2 −8.6
Liberal Andrew Thorn 19,573 33.6 +2.7
Independent Philip Black 2,782 4.8 +4.8
Democrats John Young 2,222 3.8 −3.5
Independent Paul Keating 1,239 2.1 +2.1
Independent Tony Leitao 759 1.3 +1.3
Independent Frank Rayner 431 0.7 +0.7
Independent Kaye Tucker 221 0.4 +0.4
Total formal votes 58,195 90.9
Informal votes 5,860 9.1
Turnout 64,055 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Paul Keating 34,192 58.8 −7.4
Liberal Andrew Thorn 23,950 41.2 +7.4
Labor hold Swing −7.4

1984

1984 Australian federal election: Blaxland[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Keating 35,139 61.8 −0.9
Liberal Bob Young 17,581 30.9 −2.0
Democrats Samuel Adams 4,165 7.3 +3.5
Total formal votes 56,885 90.5
Informal votes 6,006 9.5
Turnout 62,891 94.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Paul Keating 37,646 66.2 +1.3
Liberal Bob Young 19,197 33.8 −1.3
Labor hold Swing +1.3

1983

1983 Australian federal election: Blaxland[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Keating 41,609 62.9 +3.3
Liberal David Brown 21,604 32.7 +1.7
Democrats Phillip Grattan 2,504 3.8 +0.5
Socialist Workers Siong Hoe Goh 388 0.6 −4.4
Total formal votes 66,105 96.5
Informal votes 2,407 3.5
Turnout 68,512 94.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Paul Keating 42,982 65.02 −2.18
Liberal David Brown 23,123 34.98 +2.18
Labor hold Swing −2.18

1980

1980 Australian federal election: Blaxland[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Keating 38,493 59.6 +5.4
Liberal Salvatore Napoli 20,024 31.0 −2.0
Socialist Workers James Doughney 3,203 5.0 +5.0
Democrats Phillip Grattan 2,103 3.3 −3.5
Socialist Labour Craig Marley 802 1.2 +1.2
Total formal votes 64,625 96.3
Informal votes 2,485 3.7
Turnout 67,110 93.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Paul Keating 67.2 +5.6
Liberal Salvatore Napoli 32.8 −5.6
Labor hold Swing +5.6

Elections in the 1970s

1977

1977 Australian federal election: Blaxland[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Keating 36,109 54.2 −3.1
Liberal Salvatore Napoli 21,978 33.0 −7.3
Democrats Steven Suli 4,500 6.8 +6.8
Independent William Haggerty 3,974 6.0 +6.0
Total formal votes 66,561 96.3
Informal votes 2,541 3.7
Turnout 69,102 95.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Paul Keating 61.6 +3.8
Liberal Salvatore Napoli 38.4 −3.8
Labor hold Swing +3.8

1975

1975 Australian federal election: Blaxland[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Keating 36,338 59.8 −7.0
Liberal Joseph Touma 22,957 37.8 +9.1
Workers Robert Symes 1,463 2.4 +2.4
Total formal votes 60,758 97.5
Informal votes 1,584 2.5
Turnout 62,342 96.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Paul Keating 60.3 −9.5
Liberal Joseph Touma 39.7 +9.5
Labor hold Swing −9.5

1974

1974 Australian federal election: Blaxland[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Keating 40,484 66.8 +0.1
Liberal Wallace Smallwood 17,398 28.7 −0.9
Australia Kenneth Higgs 2,689 4.4 +4.4
Total formal votes 60,571 97.9
Informal votes 1,311 2.1
Turnout 61,882 96.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Paul Keating 69.8 +2.4
Liberal Wallace Smallwood 30.2 −2.4
Labor hold Swing +2.4

1972

1972 Australian federal election: Blaxland[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Keating 36,724 66.7 +5.0
Liberal John Ghent 16,317 29.6 −2.1
Democratic Labor Anthony Young 2,020 3.7 −2.9
Total formal votes 55,061 97.8
Informal votes 1,231 2.2
Turnout 56,292 95.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Paul Keating 67.4 +4.6
Liberal John Ghent 32.6 −4.6
Labor hold Swing +4.6

Elections in the 1960s

1969

1969 Australian federal election: Blaxland[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Keating 32,426 61.7 +10.1
Liberal John Ghent 16,658 31.7 −11.5
Democratic Labor Joseph Conroy 3,493 6.6 +1.4
Total formal votes 52,577 97.2
Informal votes 1,508 2.8
Turnout 54,085 95.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Paul Keating 62.8 +10.2
Liberal John Ghent 37.2 −10.2
Labor hold Swing +10.2

1966

1966 Australian federal election: Blaxland[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Harrison 24,924 55.8 −5.2
Liberal Robert Lovell 17,411 39.0 +6.4
Democratic Labor Terence Keenan 2,299 5.2 −1.2
Total formal votes 44,634 96.6
Informal votes 1,582 3.4
Turnout 46,216 94.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jim Harrison 56.8 −6.3
Liberal Robert Lovell 43.2 +6.3
Labor hold Swing −6.3

1963

1963 Australian federal election: Blaxland[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Harrison 27,558 61.0 −5.3
Liberal Terence Morrish 14,741 32.6 +7.2
Democratic Labor Kevin Davis 2,883 6.4 −2.0
Total formal votes 45,182 98.1
Informal votes 894 1.9
Turnout 46,076 95.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jim Harrison 63.1 −4.7
Liberal Terence Morrish 36.9 +4.7
Labor hold Swing −4.7

1961

1961 Australian federal election: Blaxland[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Harrison 29,565 66.3 +2.6
Liberal David Cowan 11,319 25.4 −2.1
Democratic Labor Bernard Atkinson 3,742 8.4 −0.4
Total formal votes 44,626 97.0
Informal votes 1,363 3.0
Turnout 45,989 95.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jim Harrison 67.8 +1.5
Liberal David Cowan 32.2 −1.5
Labor hold Swing +1.5

Elections in the 1950s

1958

1958 Australian federal election: Blaxland[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Harrison 27,548 63.7 +1.2
Liberal Winston Pickering 11,908 27.5 −10.0
Democratic Labor Carlyle Dalgleish 3,784 8.8 +8.8
Total formal votes 43,240 96.5
Informal votes 1,554 3.5
Turnout 44,794 95.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jim Harrison 66.3 +3.8
Liberal Winston Pickering 33.7 −3.8
Labor hold Swing +3.8

1955

1955 Australian federal election: Blaxland[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Harrison 25,577 62.5 −0.6
Liberal Reginald Allsop 15,371 37.5 +5.5
Total formal votes 40,948 96.6
Informal votes 1,429 3.4
Turnout 42,377 95.0
Labor hold Swing −5.0

1954

1954 Australian federal election: Blaxland[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Harrison 27,621 64.9 +1.0
Liberal Reginald Allsop 13,604 32.0 −4.1
Communist Jack Hughes 1,308 3.1 +3.1
Total formal votes 42,533 98.7
Informal votes 539 1.3
Turnout 43,072 95.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jim Harrison 67.7 +3.8
Liberal Reginald Allsop 32.3 −3.8
Labor hold Swing +3.8

1951

1951 Australian federal election: Blaxland[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Harrison 25,749 63.9 +14.6
Liberal Jim Dennison 14,547 36.1 +12.3
Total formal votes 40,296 97.5
Informal votes 1,039 2.5
Turnout 41,335 94.9
Labor hold Swing +10.5

Elections in the 1940s

1949

1949 Australian federal election: Blaxland[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Harrison 19,403 49.3 +21.7
Lang Labor Jack Lang 9,752 24.8 −15.0
Liberal Thomas Handran-Smith 9,364 23.8 −7.7
Communist Roy Kirby 865 2.2 +2.2
Total formal votes 39,384 98.0
Informal votes 802 2.0
Turnout 40,186 96.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jim Harrison 53.4 +53.4
Lang Labor Jack Lang 46.6 −13.9
Labor notional gain from Lang Labor Swing +53.4

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