This is a list of electoral results for the Division of McPherson in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1949 until the present.
Members
editMember | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
(Sir) Arthur Fadden | Country | 1949–1958 | |
Charles Barnes | Country | 1958–1972 | |
Eric Robinson | Liberal | 1972–1981 | |
Peter White | Liberal | 1981–1990 | |
John Bradford | Liberal | 1990–1998 | |
Christian Democratic | 1998 | ||
Margaret May | Liberal | 1998–2010 | |
Karen Andrews | Liberal National | 2010–present |
Election results
editElections in the 2020s
edit2022
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal National | Karen Andrews | 42,288 | 43.56 | −4.68 | |
Labor | Carl Ungerer | 21,354 | 22.00 | −0.85 | |
Greens | Scott Turner | 14,971 | 15.42 | +4.43 | |
One Nation | Kevin Hargraves | 7,013 | 7.22 | +1.36 | |
United Australia | Joshua Berrigan | 6,490 | 6.69 | +3.36 | |
Australian Values | Andy Cullen | 2,310 | 2.38 | +2.38 | |
Liberal Democrats | Glenn Pyne | 2,063 | 2.12 | −1.36 | |
Australian Federation | Gary Pead | 594 | 0.61 | +0.61 | |
Total formal votes | 97,083 | 94.58 | +0.91 | ||
Informal votes | 5,565 | 5.42 | −0.91 | ||
Turnout | 102,648 | 87.56 | −2.84 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal National | Karen Andrews | 57,605 | 59.34 | −2.86 | |
Labor | Carl Ungerer | 39,478 | 40.66 | +2.86 | |
Liberal National hold | Swing | −2.86 |
Elections in the 2010s
edit2019
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal National | Karen Andrews | 44,634 | 48.24 | −5.05 | |
Labor | Aaron Santelises | 21,138 | 22.85 | −3.15 | |
Greens | Alan Quinn | 10,167 | 10.99 | +0.71 | |
One Nation | John Spellman | 5,421 | 5.86 | +5.86 | |
Liberal Democrats | Scott Crowe | 3,222 | 3.48 | +3.48 | |
United Australia | Fiona Mackenzie | 3,078 | 3.33 | +3.33 | |
Animal Justice | Renee Stewart | 2,367 | 2.56 | +2.56 | |
Independent | Michael Kaff | 1,648 | 1.78 | +1.78 | |
Conservative National | Sean Gaffy | 846 | 0.91 | +0.91 | |
Total formal votes | 92,521 | 93.67 | −1.86 | ||
Informal votes | 6,250 | 6.33 | +1.86 | ||
Turnout | 98,771 | 90.40 | +0.91 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal National | Karen Andrews | 57,545 | 62.20 | +0.56 | |
Labor | Aaron Santelises | 34,976 | 37.80 | −0.56 | |
Liberal National hold | Swing | +0.56 |
2016
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal National | Karen Andrews | 47,284 | 53.29 | +3.13 | |
Labor | Sandy Gadd | 23,069 | 26.00 | +3.25 | |
Greens | Peter Burgoyne | 9,119 | 10.28 | +3.42 | |
Family First | Simon Green | 5,404 | 6.09 | +2.37 | |
Independent | Rob Jones | 3,850 | 4.34 | +4.34 | |
Total formal votes | 88,726 | 95.53 | +0.74 | ||
Informal votes | 4,151 | 4.47 | −0.74 | ||
Turnout | 92,877 | 89.51 | −3.10 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal National | Karen Andrews | 54,687 | 61.64 | −1.36 | |
Labor | Sandy Gadd | 34,039 | 38.36 | +1.36 | |
Liberal National hold | Swing | −1.36 |
2013
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal National | Karen Andrews | 41,594 | 50.16 | −3.74 | |
Labor | Gail Hislop | 18,866 | 22.75 | −6.11 | |
Palmer United | Susan Douglas | 13,203 | 15.92 | +15.92 | |
Greens | David Wyatt | 5,689 | 6.86 | −5.54 | |
Family First | Simon Green | 3,084 | 3.72 | −1.12 | |
Australian Voice | Charles Blake | 491 | 0.59 | +0.59 | |
Total formal votes | 82,927 | 94.79 | +0.69 | ||
Informal votes | 4,559 | 5.21 | −0.69 | ||
Turnout | 87,486 | 92.61 | +0.60 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal National | Karen Andrews | 52,244 | 63.00 | +2.72 | |
Labor | Gail Hislop | 30,683 | 37.00 | −2.72 | |
Liberal National hold | Swing | +2.72 |
2010
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal National | Karen Andrews | 42,069 | 53.90 | -0.93 | |
Labor | Dan Byron | 22,526 | 28.86 | -6.99 | |
Greens | Ben O'Callaghan | 9,676 | 12.40 | +6.49 | |
Family First | Matthew Reeves | 3,777 | 4.84 | +3.33 | |
Total formal votes | 78,048 | 94.10 | −2.73 | ||
Informal votes | 4,890 | 5.90 | +2.73 | ||
Turnout | 82,938 | 92.06 | −2.67 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal National | Karen Andrews | 47,044 | 60.28 | +1.63 | |
Labor | Dan Byron | 31,004 | 39.72 | -1.63 | |
Liberal National hold | Swing | +1.63 |
Elections in the 2000s
edit2007
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Margaret May | 45,979 | 54.98 | -3.96 | |
Labor | Eddy Sarroff | 29,798 | 35.63 | +5.55 | |
Greens | Ben O'Callaghan | 4,986 | 5.96 | +0.79 | |
Family First | Kevin Davis | 1,282 | 1.53 | -1.30 | |
Democrats | Lori Carnwell | 791 | 0.95 | -0.13 | |
Independent | Tyrone Jackson | 666 | 0.80 | +0.80 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | Geoff Cornell | 127 | 0.15 | +0.10 | |
Total formal votes | 83,629 | 96.84 | +2.09 | ||
Informal votes | 2,727 | 3.16 | −2.09 | ||
Turnout | 86,356 | 93.54 | −0.55 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Margaret May | 49,195 | 58.83 | -5.11 | |
Labor | Eddy Sarroff | 34,434 | 41.17 | +5.11 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -5.11 |
2004
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Margaret May | 43,124 | 58.95 | +4.06 | |
Labor | Kellie Trigger | 22,037 | 30.13 | +1.37 | |
Greens | Ian Latto | 3,789 | 5.18 | +0.25 | |
Family First | Rob Davey | 2,063 | 2.82 | +2.82 | |
One Nation | Paul Lewis | 1,347 | 1.84 | -4.21 | |
Democrats | Russell White | 788 | 1.08 | -3.02 | |
Total formal votes | 73,148 | 94.73 | −0.01 | ||
Informal votes | 4,069 | 5.27 | +0.01 | ||
Turnout | 77,217 | 93.16 | +1.69 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Margaret May | 46,737 | 63.89 | +1.72 | |
Labor | Kellie Trigger | 26,411 | 36.11 | -1.72 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.72 |
2001
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Margaret May | 46,641 | 55.21 | +10.04 | |
Labor | Kellie Trigger | 24,055 | 28.47 | -4.65 | |
One Nation | Paul Lewis | 4,989 | 5.91 | -3.67 | |
Greens | Inge Light | 4,220 | 5.00 | +1.76 | |
Democrats | Russell White | 3,485 | 4.13 | +0.30 | |
Independent | Ronald Bradley | 607 | 0.72 | +0.72 | |
Independent | Kevin Goodwin | 481 | 0.57 | -0.17 | |
Total formal votes | 84,478 | 94.67 | −1.13 | ||
Informal votes | 4,754 | 5.33 | +1.13 | ||
Turnout | 89,232 | 95.26 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Margaret May | 52,839 | 62.55 | +4.21 | |
Labor | Kellie Trigger | 31,639 | 37.45 | -4.21 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.21 |
Elections in the 1990s
edit1998
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Margaret May | 33,329 | 45.17 | -16.39 | |
Labor | Robert Poole | 24,441 | 33.12 | +6.96 | |
One Nation | Peter Murphy | 7,065 | 9.58 | +9.58 | |
National | Ted Shepherd | 3,190 | 4.32 | +4.30 | |
Democrats | Lynne Grimsey | 2,826 | 3.83 | -2.61 | |
Greens | John Palmer | 2,390 | 3.24 | -1.25 | |
Independent | Kevin Goodwin | 544 | 0.74 | -0.18 | |
Total formal votes | 73,785 | 95.80 | −1.39 | ||
Informal votes | 3,235 | 4.20 | +1.39 | ||
Turnout | 77,020 | 93.81 | −0.14 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Margaret May | 43,045 | 58.34 | -8.82 | |
Labor | Robert Poole | 30,740 | 41.66 | +8.82 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -8.82 |
1996
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Bradford | 42,640 | 61.57 | +12.39 | |
Labor | Margaret Andrews | 18,122 | 26.17 | -10.29 | |
Democrats | Melinda Norman-Hicks | 4,460 | 6.44 | +2.65 | |
Greens | Anja Light | 3,109 | 4.49 | +0.32 | |
Independent | Kevin Goodwin | 634 | 0.92 | +0.92 | |
Indigenous Peoples | David Dillon | 284 | 0.41 | +0.41 | |
Total formal votes | 69,249 | 97.18 | −0.23 | ||
Informal votes | 2,013 | 2.82 | +0.23 | ||
Turnout | 71,262 | 93.95 | −0.93 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | John Bradford | 46,298 | 67.00 | +8.56 | |
Labor | Margaret Andrews | 22,803 | 33.00 | -8.56 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +8.56 |
1993
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Bradford | 34,497 | 49.95 | +0.81 | |
Labor | Mark Whillans | 24,718 | 35.79 | +2.11 | |
National | Allan de Brenni | 3,082 | 4.46 | -0.40 | |
Greens | Christine Lovison | 2,813 | 4.07 | +4.07 | |
Democrats | Jason Neville | 2,574 | 3.73 | -6.13 | |
Confederate Action | Bruce Whiteside | 1,381 | 2.00 | +2.00 | |
Total formal votes | 69,065 | 97.42 | −0.47 | ||
Informal votes | 1,831 | 2.58 | +0.47 | ||
Turnout | 70,896 | 94.88 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | John Bradford | 40,790 | 59.08 | -0.83 | |
Labor | Mark Whillans | 28,253 | 40.92 | +0.83 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -0.83 |
1990
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Bradford | 40,986 | 50.2 | +11.8 | |
Labor | Pat Stern | 26,607 | 32.6 | -1.1 | |
Democrats | Robert North | 8,088 | 9.9 | +4.6 | |
National | Randall Cook | 4,102 | 5.0 | -17.6 | |
Independent | Bert Cockerill | 1,703 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Independent | Otto Kuhne | 170 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 81,656 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 1,812 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 83,468 | 93.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | John Bradford | 49,760 | 61.0 | -1.6 | |
Labor | Pat Stern | 31,769 | 39.0 | +1.6 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.6 |
Elections in the 1980s
edit1987
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Peter White | 27,147 | 38.4 | -1.4 | |
Labor | Pat Stern | 23,850 | 33.7 | +1.5 | |
National | Max McMahon | 15,974 | 22.6 | -0.6 | |
Democrats | Yvonne Stoelhorst | 3,746 | 5.3 | +1.0 | |
Total formal votes | 70,717 | 96.8 | |||
Informal votes | 2,367 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 73,084 | 90.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Peter White | 44,263 | 62.6 | -0.9 | |
Labor | Pat Stern | 26,454 | 37.4 | +0.9 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -0.9 |
1984
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Peter White | 22,437 | 39.8 | +3.3 | |
Labor | Rupe Granrott | 18,156 | 32.2 | -1.0 | |
National | Warren Tapp | 13,072 | 23.2 | -0.3 | |
Democrats | Ken Peterson | 2,398 | 4.3 | -0.6 | |
Independent | Maria Parer | 321 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Total formal votes | 56,384 | 94.7 | |||
Informal votes | 3,157 | 5.3 | |||
Turnout | 59,541 | 91.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Peter White | 35,820 | 63.5 | +2.6 | |
Labor | Rupe Granrott | 20,564 | 36.5 | -2.6 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.6 |
1983
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Peter White | 31,118 | 35.9 | -7.4 | |
Labor | Darryl McArthur | 29,265 | 33.8 | +3.0 | |
National | Trevor Watt | 20,328 | 23.5 | +23.5 | |
Democrats | Kenneth Peterson | 4,254 | 4.9 | -0.1 | |
Humanitarian | Peter Courtney | 1,687 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Total formal votes | 86,652 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 1,277 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 87,929 | 92.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Peter White | 52,282 | 60.3 | +6.7 | |
Labor | Darryl McArthur | 34,370 | 39.7 | -6.7 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +6.7 |
1981 by-election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Peter White | 29,776 | 41.9 | -1.4 | |
National Country | Glen Sheil | 21,189 | 29.8 | +29.8 | |
Labor | Ronald McKenna | 18,278 | 25.7 | -5.1 | |
Progress | Kevine Chaffey | 537 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Independent | William Aabraham-Steer | 512 | 0.7 | -1.1 | |
Independent | Hubert Giesberts | 469 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Independent | Peter Courtney | 290 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 71,051 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 1,575 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 72,626 | 84.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Peter White | 46,336 | 65.2 | +11.6 | |
National Country | Glen Sheil | 24,715 | 34.8 | +34.8 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +11.6 |
1980
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Eric Robinson | 32,459 | 43.3 | -16.8 | |
Labor | Walter Ehrich | 23,061 | 30.8 | +3.2 | |
Independent | Louis Rowan | 14,350 | 19.1 | +19.1 | |
Democrats | Ian Crick | 3,761 | 5.0 | -4.2 | |
Independent | William Aabraham-Steer | 1,339 | 1.8 | +0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 74,970 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 1,778 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 76,748 | 92.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Eric Robinson | 40,170 | 53.6 | -12.7 | |
Labor | Walter Ehrich | 34,800 | 46.4 | +12.7 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -12.7 |
Elections in the 1970s
edit1977
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Eric Robinson | 37,962 | 60.1 | -4.3 | |
Labor | Jon Guerson | 17,419 | 27.6 | -4.5 | |
Democrats | Leonard Fairman | 5,819 | 9.2 | +9.2 | |
Independent | William Aabraham-Steer | 964 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
Progress | Neva Maxim | 951 | 1.5 | -2.0 | |
Total formal votes | 63,115 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,138 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 64,253 | 94.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Eric Robinson | 66.3 | -0.1 | ||
Labor | Jon Guerson | 33.7 | +0.1 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -0.1 |
1975
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Eric Robinson | 61,455 | 64.4 | +7.8 | |
Labor | Brian Paterson | 30,644 | 32.1 | -7.2 | |
Workers | Coral Finlay | 3,378 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
Total formal votes | 95,477 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 1,152 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 96,629 | 94.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Eric Robinson | 66.4 | +7.6 | ||
Labor | Brian Paterson | 33.6 | -7.6 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +7.6 |
1974
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Eric Robinson | 47,496 | 56.6 | +30.2 | |
Labor | Tom Veivers | 33,001 | 39.3 | -1.5 | |
Australia | Robert Richardson | 3,427 | 4.1 | +1.1 | |
Total formal votes | 83,924 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 1,046 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 84,970 | 95.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Eric Robinson | 58.8 | +4.1 | ||
Labor | Tom Veivers | 41.2 | -4.1 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.1 |
1972
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Tom Veivers | 27,180 | 40.8 | +3.7 | |
Liberal | Eric Robinson | 17,571 | 26.4 | +26.4 | |
Country | Howard Richter | 16,949 | 25.5 | -28.7 | |
Australia | Robert Richardson | 2,009 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
Democratic Labor | Victor Kearney | 1,978 | 3.0 | -5.7 | |
Independent | John Black | 753 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Independent | James Drabsch | 120 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 66,560 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,903 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 68,463 | 95.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Eric Robinson | 36,415 | 54.7 | +54.7 | |
Labor | Tom Veivers | 30,145 | 45.3 | +6.5 | |
Liberal gain from Country | Swing | -6.5 |
Elections in the 1960s
edit1969
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Charles Barnes | 26,691 | 54.2 | -9.0 | |
Labor | Wayne Randall | 18,310 | 37.1 | +9.0 | |
Democratic Labor | Thomas McKenzie | 4,287 | 8.7 | +3.9 | |
Total formal votes | 49,288 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 694 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 49,982 | 93.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Charles Barnes | 61.2 | -7.8 | ||
Labor | Wayne Randall | 38.8 | +7.8 | ||
Country hold | Swing | -7.8 |
1966
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Charles Barnes | 39,271 | 59.5 | +1.4 | |
Labor | Allan Swinton | 21,001 | 31.8 | -5.8 | |
Democratic Labor | Frederick Burges | 3,137 | 4.8 | +0.5 | |
Independent | Harold Brennan | 2,578 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
Total formal votes | 65,987 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 1,465 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 67,452 | 94.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Charles Barnes | 65.3 | +3.8 | ||
Labor | Allan Swinton | 34.7 | -3.8 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +3.8 |
1963
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Charles Barnes | 33,422 | 58.1 | +4.3 | |
Labor | Gerry Jones | 21,657 | 37.6 | +0.6 | |
Democratic Labor | Michael O'Connor | 2,481 | 4.3 | -2.2 | |
Total formal votes | 57,560 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 1,347 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 58,907 | 94.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Charles Barnes | 61.5 | +1.1 | ||
Labor | Gerry Jones | 38.5 | -1.1 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +1.1 |
1961
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Charles Barnes | 28,076 | 53.8 | -9.3 | |
Labor | William Ware | 19,293 | 37.0 | +9.6 | |
Queensland Labor | John O'Connell | 3,406 | 6.5 | -3.0 | |
Independent | Allen Kirkegaard | 797 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
Independent | Thomas Masterton | 624 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Total formal votes | 52,196 | 96.9 | |||
Informal votes | 1,691 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 53,887 | 94.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Charles Barnes | 60.4 | -10.3 | ||
Labor | William Ware | 39.6 | +10.3 | ||
Country hold | Swing | -10.3 |
Elections in the 1950s
edit1958
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Charles Barnes | 29,346 | 63.1 | +3.6 | |
Labor | Harold Evans | 12,730 | 27.4 | -1.9 | |
Queensland Labor | John Hilton | 4,413 | 9.5 | +9.5 | |
Total formal votes | 46,489 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 1,202 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 47,691 | 94.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Charles Barnes | 70.7 | +5.6 | ||
Labor | Harold Evans | 29.3 | -5.6 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +5.6 |
1955
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Sir Arthur Fadden | 24,269 | 59.5 | -4.9 | |
Labor | David Clarke | 11,942 | 29.3 | +29.3 | |
Independent | Thomas Green | 4,555 | 11.2 | +11.2 | |
Total formal votes | 40,766 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 946 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 41,712 | 94.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Sir Arthur Fadden | 65.1 | -0.2 | ||
Labor | David Clarke | 34.9 | +34.9 | ||
Country hold | Swing | -0.2 |
1954
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Sir Arthur Fadden | 22,397 | 65.3 | -9.6 | |
Independent Democrat | Sir Raphael Cilento | 11,905 | 34.7 | +34.7 | |
Total formal votes | 34,302 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 350 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 34,652 | 96.1 | |||
Country hold | Swing | -9.6 |
1951
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Arthur Fadden | 24,899 | 74.9 | +0.7 | |
Independent | John Rosser | 8,338 | 25.1 | +25.1 | |
Total formal votes | 33,237 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 747 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 33,984 | 96.4 | |||
Country hold | Swing | +0.7 |
Elections in the 1940s
edit1949
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Arthur Fadden | 24,263 | 74.2 | +46.6 | |
Labor | John Hilton | 8,436 | 25.8 | -5.1 | |
Total formal votes | 32,699 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 521 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 33,220 | 94.0 | |||
Country notional gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.1 |
References
edit- ^ McPherson, QLD, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^ McPherson, QLD, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^ McPherson, QLD, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^ 2013 results for McPherson, AEC.
- ^ "2010 results for McPherson". AEC.