Electoral results for the Division of Charlton

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Charlton in Australian federal elections since the division's creation in 1984 until its abolition in 2016.

Members[edit]

	Party	Term
Bob Brown	Labor	1984–1998
Kelly Hoare	Labor	1998–2007
Greg Combet	Labor	2007–2013
Pat Conroy	Labor	2013–2016

Election results[edit]

Elections in the 2010s[edit]

2013[edit]

2013 Australian federal election: Charlton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pat Conroy	40,125	46.44	−6.71
	Liberal	Kevin Baker	24,646	28.53	−2.18
	Palmer United	Bronwyn Reid	9,412	10.89	+10.89
	Greens	Dessie Kocher	5,820	6.74	−2.09
	Christian Democrats	Steve Camilleri	2,671	3.09	+0.27
	One Nation	Brian Burston	2,266	2.62	+2.62
	Bullet Train	Trevor Anthoney	1,460	1.69	+1.69
Total formal votes			86,400	92.89	−0.19
Informal votes			6,618	7.11	+0.19
Turnout			93,018	94.40	−0.08
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Pat Conroy	51,173	59.23	−3.44
	Liberal	Kevin Baker	35,227	40.77	+3.44
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.44

2010[edit]

2010 Australian federal election: Charlton^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Greg Combet	44,159	53.15	+0.09
	Liberal	John McDonald	25,514	30.71	−0.89
	Greens	Ian McKenzie	7,339	8.83	+0.75
	Independent	Patrick Barry	2,846	3.43	+1.94
	Christian Democrats	Mitchell Pickstone	2,341	2.82	+0.42
	Citizens Electoral Council	Ann Lawler	881	1.06	+0.71
Total formal votes			83,080	93.08	−2.25
Informal votes			6,176	6.92	+2.25
Turnout			89,256	94.47	−1.53
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Greg Combet	52,064	62.67	−0.24
	Liberal	John McDonald	31,016	37.33	+0.24
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.24

Elections in the 2000s[edit]

2007[edit]

2007 Australian federal election: Charlton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Greg Combet	44,156	53.08	+6.47
	Liberal	Lindsay Paterson	26,353	31.68	−3.49
	Greens	Suzanne Pritchard	6,708	8.06	−0.71
	Independent	Stuart Ulrich	2,008	2.41	+2.41
	Christian Democrats	Jim Kendall	2,007	2.41	+2.41
	Independent	Patrick Barry	1,253	1.51	+1.51
	Socialist Equality	Terry Cook	404	0.49	+0.49
	Citizens Electoral Council	David Stow	294	0.35	−0.23
Total formal votes			83,183	95.34	+0.46
Informal votes			4,066	4.66	−0.46
Turnout			87,249	95.74	+0.14
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Greg Combet	52,298	62.87	+4.47
	Liberal	Lindsay Paterson	30,885	37.13	−4.47
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.47

2004[edit]

2004 Australian federal election: Charlton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kelly Hoare	35,765	45.95	−0.11
	Liberal	Kurt Darcey	27,480	35.31	+2.00
	Greens	Suzanne Pritchard	6,964	8.95	+4.01
	Family First	Paul Scarfe	3,317	4.26	+4.26
	One Nation	Bob Johnson	2,416	3.10	−4.63
	Democrats	Ben Roffey	1,513	1.94	−3.13
	Citizens Electoral Council	David Stow	380	0.49	+0.49
Total formal votes			77,835	95.04	−0.38
Informal votes			4,059	4.96	+0.38
Turnout			81,894	95.73	+0.10
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kelly Hoare	45,084	57.92	+1.26
	Liberal	Kurt Darcey	32,751	42.08	−1.26
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.26

2001[edit]

2001 Australian federal election: Charlton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kelly Hoare	35,079	46.06	−2.53
	Liberal	Lindsay Paterson	25,371	33.31	+5.07
	One Nation	Bob Johnson	5,884	7.73	−4.28
	Democrats	Joshua Bell	3,865	5.07	+0.44
	Greens	David Blyth	3,765	4.94	+1.63
	Christian Democrats	Jim Kendall	1,859	2.44	−0.62
	Unity	John Thorpe	339	0.45	+0.45
Total formal votes			76,162	95.43	−1.58
Informal votes			3,651	4.57	+1.58
Turnout			79,813	96.04
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kelly Hoare	43,151	56.66	−5.54
	Liberal	Lindsay Paterson	33,011	43.34	+5.54
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.54

Elections in the 1990s[edit]

1998[edit]

1998 Australian federal election: Charlton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kelly Hoare	39,604	49.32	−0.68
	Liberal	Bruce Gatgens	22,175	27.61	−5.86
	One Nation	Pamela Young	9,664	12.03	+12.03
	Democrats	Stephen Bisgrove	3,689	4.59	−3.80
	Greens	Nathan Ross	2,679	3.34	−1.66
	Christian Democrats	Ralph Gourlay	2,494	3.11	+3.11
Total formal votes			80,305	96.97	+0.42
Informal votes			2,513	3.03	−0.42
Turnout			82,818	96.20	−1.14
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kelly Hoare	50,570	62.97	+3.65
	Liberal	Bruce Gatgens	29,735	37.03	−3.65
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.65

1996[edit]

1996 Australian federal election: Charlton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Brown	38,665	50.00	−10.91
	Liberal	Peter Craig	25,884	33.47	+6.64
	Democrats	Lyn Godfrey	6,494	8.40	+2.98
	Greens	Bernadette Brugman	3,863	5.00	+5.00
	Against Further Immigration	Ron Franks	2,428	3.14	+3.14
Total formal votes			77,334	96.55	−0.22
Informal votes			2,767	3.45	+0.22
Turnout			80,101	97.34	+0.11
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Brown	45,646	59.32	−7.78
	Liberal	Peter Craig	31,298	40.68	+7.78
	Labor hold		Swing	−7.78

1993[edit]

1993 Australian federal election: Charlton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Brown	44,680	60.90	+8.33
	Liberal	Laurence Brewster	19,681	26.83	+6.18
	Democrats	Lyn Godfrey	3,976	5.42	−7.97
	Independent	John Baldwin	2,216	3.02	+3.02
	Call to Australia	Mick Sandford	1,273	1.74	+1.74
	Independent	Ryan Wilson	780	1.06	+1.06
	Independent	Charles Sievers	516	0.70	+0.70
	Natural Law	Zdenek Kviz	239	0.33	+0.33
Total formal votes			73,361	96.77	−0.76
Informal votes			2,449	3.23	+0.76
Turnout			75,810	97.23
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Brown	49,215	67.10	+2.09
	Liberal	Laurence Brewster	24,127	32.90	−2.09
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.09

1990[edit]

1990 Australian federal election: Charlton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Brown	36,750	54.4	−3.3
	Liberal	Mollie Blake	13,950	20.7	−6.6
	Democrats	Lyn Godfrey	9,299	13.8	+2.2
	Independent	Geoff Pendlebury	7,510	11.1	+11.1
Total formal votes			67,509	97.6
Informal votes			1,650	2.4
Turnout			69,159	96.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Brown	44,224	65.7	−1.2
	Liberal	Mollie Blake	23,115	34.3	+1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.2

Elections in the 1980s[edit]

1987[edit]

1987 Australian federal election: Charlton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Brown	36,113	57.7	−4.6
	Liberal	Mollie Blake	17,084	27.3	−0.1
	Democrats	Lyn Godfrey	7,252	11.6	+1.3
	Independent	Vishnu Chaudhary	2,110	3.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			62,559	95.8
Informal votes			2,760	4.2
Turnout			65,319	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Brown	41,830	66.9	−0.4
	Liberal	Mollie Blake	20,729	33.1	+0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.4

1984[edit]

1984 Australian federal election: Charlton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Brown	36,860	62.3	−4.2
	Liberal	Don Harris	16,216	27.4	+3.4
	Democrats	Lyn Godfrey	6,105	10.3	+2.2
Total formal votes			59,181	94.0
Informal votes			3,750	6.0
Turnout			62,931	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Brown	39,827	67.3	−3.2
	Liberal	Don Harris	19,354	32.7	+3.2
	Labor notional hold		Swing	−3.2

References[edit]

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

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

[1] 2013 results for Charlton, AEC.

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

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