Electoral results for the Division of Gilmore

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This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Gilmore in Australian federal elections from the electorate's creation in 1984 until the present.

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[edit] Members

Member Party Term
  John Sharp National 1984—1993
  Peter Knott Labor 1993—1996
  Joanna Gash Liberal 1996—present

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

Australian federal election, 2007: Gilmore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joanna Gash 40,513 50.39 -3.83
Labor Neil Reilly 30,386 37.79 +5.71
Greens Ben van der Wijngaart 6,070 7.55 +0.32
Christian Democrats Bohdan Brumerskyj 1,755 2.18 -1.71
Independent Of The Above None 686 0.85 +0.85
Family First Brett Greenhalgh 407 0.51 +0.51
Conservatives for Climate Simon Blake 370 0.46 +0.46
Liberty and Democracy Kevin Ramsey 151 0.19 +0.19
Citizens Electoral Council Warwick Hunt 59 0.07 -0.09
Total formal votes 80,397 95.79 +0.24
Informal votes 3,536 4.21 -0.24
Turnout 83,933 95.88 +0.61
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Liberal Joanna Gash 43,467 54.07 -5.34
Labor Neil Reilly 36,930 45.93 +5.34
Liberal hold Swing -5.34
Australian federal election, 2004: Gilmore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joanna Gash 43,723 54.58 -1.53
Labor Megan Pikett 24,835 31.00 +4.95
Greens Ben van der Wijngaart 6,234 7.78 +2.29
Christian Democrats Paul Green 3,381 4.22 +2.59
One Nation Col Harding 1,762 2.20 -3.60
Citizens Electoral Council Jean McClung 176 0.22 +0.07
Total formal votes 80,111 95.77 +0.11
Informal votes 3,542 4.23 -0.11
Turnout 83,653 95.47 -0.21
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Liberal Joanna Gash 48,130 60.08 -4.55
Labor Megan Pikett 31,981 39.92 +4.55
Liberal hold Swing -4.55
Australian federal election, 2001: Gilmore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joanna Gash 43,089 56.11 +10.97
Labor Peter Knott 20,011 26.06 -9.78
One Nation Geoff Crocker 4,454 5.80 -5.24
Greens Jane Bange 4,218 5.49 +2.78
Democrats Michael Hayes 3,323 4.33 +1.04
Christian Democrats Steve Ryan 1,253 1.63 -0.36
Unity Paul McLeod 339 0.44 +0.44
Citizens Electoral Council Jean McClung 113 0.15 +0.15
Total formal votes 76,800 95.66 -2.05
Informal votes 3,485 4.34 +2.05
Turnout 80,285 96.49
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Liberal Joanna Gash 49,634 64.63 +10.08
Labor Peter Knott 27,166 35.37 -10.08
Liberal hold Swing +10.08

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

Australian federal election, 1998: Gilmore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joanna Gash 33,390 45.09 -5.42
Labor Sandra McCarthy 26,509 35.80 -2.51
One Nation Tom Dell 8,206 11.08 +11.08
Democrats Peter D Fraser 2,444 3.30 -1.50
Greens Jane Bange 2,020 2.73 -0.11
Christian Democrats Steve Ryan 1,481 2.00 +0.44
Total formal votes 74,050 97.70 +0.05
Informal votes 1,743 2.30 -0.05
Turnout 75,793 96.21 -0.86
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Liberal Joanna Gash 40,013 54.04 -2.20
Labor Sandra McCarthy 34,037 45.96 +2.20
Liberal hold Swing -2.20
Australian federal election, 1996: Gilmore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joanna Gash 36,261 50.51 +8.76
Labor Peter Knott 27,503 38.31 -4.38
Democrats Joanne Margaret McGrath 3,449 4.80 +1.35
Greens David Rothschild 2,039 2.84 -1.88
Independent Tom Dell 1,195 1.66 +1.66
Call to Australia Charles Chappell 1,117 1.56 +1.56
Natural Law Rosemary Keighley 220 0.31 +0.08
Total formal votes 71,784 97.65 -0.18
Informal votes 1,730 2.35 +0.18
Turnout 73,514 97.07 +0.05
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Liberal Joanna Gash 40,243 56.24 +6.69
Labor Peter Knott 31,317 43.76 -6.69
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +6.69
Australian federal election, 1993: Gilmore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Knott 28,559 42.7 +3.1
Liberal Bill Eddy 27,932 41.8 +41.8
National Max Atkins 3,380 5.1 -39.8
Greens May Leatch 3,160 4.7 +4.7
Democrats Greg Butler 2,312 3.5 -9.7
Independent Jeff Stanborough 925 1.4 +1.4
Independent Ruth Devenney 475 0.7 +0.7
Natural Law Rosemary Keighley 151 0.2 +0.2
Total formal votes 66,894 97.8
Informal votes 1,483 2.2
Turnout 68,377 97.8
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Labor Peter Knott 33,721 50.5 +1.1
Liberal Bill Eddy 33,115 49.6 -1.1
Labor gain from National Swing +1.1
Australian federal election, 1990: Gilmore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National John Sharp 32,819 48.7 -3.6
Labor Mick Shea 26,677 39.6 -1.3
Democrats Susan Nagy 7,935 11.8 +7.2
Total formal votes 67,431 97.5
Informal votes 1,745 2.5
Turnout 69,176 95.8
Two Candidate Preferred Result
National John Sharp 36,655 54.4 -1.8
Labor Mick Shea 30,725 45.6 +1.8
National hold Swing -1.8

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

Australian federal election, 1987: Gilmore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National John Sharp 32,216 52.3 +24.0
Labor John Wright 25,207 40.9 -3.5
Democrats Alan Blackshaw 2,849 4.6 +1.9
Independent Reen Dixon 1,356 2.2 +2.2
Total formal votes 61,628 97.1
Informal votes 1,826 2.9
Turnout 63,454 95.2
Two Candidate Preferred Result
National John Sharp 34,643 56.2 +5.0
Labor John Wright 26,977 43.8 -5.0
National hold Swing +5.0
Australian federal election, 1984: Gilmore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Stephens 25,812 44.4 -1.6
National John Sharp 16,463 28.3 +13.8
Liberal Noel Anderson 12,213 21.0 -11.9
Nuclear Disarmament Rodney Lander 2,003 3.4 +3.4
Democrats John Sanders 1,595 2.7 -1.6
Independent Ronald Sarina 114 0.2 +0.2
Total formal votes 58,200 95.9
Informal votes 2,458 4.1
Turnout 60,658 94.8
Two Candidate Preferred Result
National John Sharp 29,800 51.2 +51.2
Labor Bob Stephens 28,378 48.8 -1.7
National gain from Labor Swing +1.7

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