Electoral results for the Division of Lowe

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Lowe in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1949 until its abolition in 2010.

Members

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Member Party Term
  (Sir) William McMahon Liberal 1949–1982
  Michael Maher Labor 1982–1987
  Bob Woods Liberal 1987–1993
  Mary Easson Labor 1993–1996
  Paul Zammit Liberal 1996–1998
  Independent 1998–1998
  John Murphy Labor 1998–2010

Election results

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Elections in the 2000s

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2007

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2007 Australian federal election: Lowe [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Murphy 38,766 49.27 +6.23
Liberal Jim Tsolakis 31,518 40.06 −2.90
Greens Marc Rerceretnam 6,774 8.61 −0.07
Christian Democrats Bill Shailer 1,616 2.05 +0.04
Total formal votes 78,674 95.05 +1.65
Informal votes 4,098 4.95 −1.65
Turnout 82,772 94.97 +1.56
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Murphy 45,136 57.37 +4.34
Liberal Jim Tsolakis 33,538 42.63 −4.34
Labor hold Swing +4.34

2004

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2004 Australian federal election: Lowe [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Murphy 32,777 42.89 −1.88
Liberal John Sidoti 32,654 42.73 +0.77
Greens Shireen Murphy 7,057 9.24 +5.04
Christian Democrats Peter Rahme 1,519 1.99 +1.99
Democrats Biannca Pace 1,013 1.33 −3.16
Liberals for Forests Timothy Avery 717 0.94 +0.94
One Nation John Mason 678 0.89 −1.06
Total formal votes 76,415 93.45 −0.75
Informal votes 5,354 6.55 +0.75
Turnout 81,769 94.31 −0.60
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Murphy 40,727 53.30 −0.51
Liberal John Sidoti 35,688 46.70 +0.51
Labor hold Swing −0.51

2001

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2001 Australian federal election: Lowe [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Murphy 33,508 44.77 +8.64
Liberal David Doust 31,400 41.96 +8.72
Democrats Anna Garrett 3,359 4.49 +2.09
Greens Mersina Soulos 3,145 4.20 +2.42
Unity Ernest Wong 1,700 2.27 −1.76
One Nation Harry Krumins 1,463 1.95 −1.73
Max Lane 267 0.36 +0.36
Total formal votes 74,842 94.20 −1.26
Informal votes 4,606 5.80 +1.26
Turnout 79,448 95.38
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Murphy 40,271 53.81 −0.89
Liberal David Doust 34,571 46.19 +0.89
Labor hold Swing −0.89

Elections in the 1990s

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1998

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1998 Australian federal election: Lowe [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Murphy 26,730 36.03 −3.07
Liberal Robert Lee 24,617 33.18 −13.50
Independent Paul Zammit 11,700 15.77 +15.77
Unity Chris Wong 2,813 3.79 +3.79
One Nation John Wright 2,768 3.73 +3.73
Democrats Jeff Meikle 1,714 2.31 −2.01
No Aircraft Noise Vince Sicari 1,603 2.16 −0.78
Greens Natasha Verco 1,300 1.75 −0.13
Christian Democrats Owen Davies 597 0.80 −0.27
Independent Giancarlo Maisano 267 0.36 +0.36
Natural Law Gary Wilkinson 80 0.11 −0.17
Total formal votes 74,189 95.39 +0.62
Informal votes 3,585 4.61 −0.62
Turnout 77,774 94.95 −1.51
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Murphy 40,527 54.63 +7.09
Liberal Robert Lee 33,662 45.37 −7.09
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +7.09

1996

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1996 Australian federal election: Lowe [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Paul Zammit 33,966 46.68 +5.12
Labor Mary Easson 28,447 39.10 −8.41
Democrats Noel Plumb 3,143 4.32 +2.81
Independent Peter Woods 2,279 3.13 +0.72
No Aircraft Noise Michelle Calvert 2,137 2.94 +2.94
Greens Doug Hine 1,367 1.88 +1.88
Call to Australia Katie Wood 782 1.07 +0.40
Independent Dave Allen 271 0.37 +0.37
Natural Law Bob Hughes 204 0.28 +0.07
Max Lane 167 0.23 +0.23
Total formal votes 72,763 94.77 −0.85
Informal votes 4,016 5.23 +0.85
Turnout 76,779 96.46 +0.64
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Paul Zammit 37,978 52.47 +7.48
Labor Mary Easson 34,405 47.53 −7.48
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +7.48

1993

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1993 Australian federal election: Lowe [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Mary Easson 34,463 47.51 +8.73
Liberal Bob Woods 30,151 41.56 −2.85
  Greens in Lowe Bruce Threlfo 1,827 2.52 -1.89
Independent Peter Woods 1,751 2.41 +2.41
Independent Anthony Panzarino 1,395 1.92 +1.92
Democrats Jeff Meikle 1,092 1.51 −6.07
Against Further Immigration Erika Jones 717 0.99 +0.99
Call to Australia Peter Peterson 490 0.68 −0.70
Independent Kate Cummings 410 0.57 +0.57
Natural Law Richard Eager 155 0.21 +0.21
Erik Lowry 91 0.13 +0.13
Total formal votes 72,542 95.62 −0.54
Informal votes 3,326 4.38 +0.54
Turnout 75,868 95.81
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Mary Easson 39,868 55.01 +4.45
Liberal Bob Woods 32,610 44.99 −4.45
Labor hold Swing +4.45

1990

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1990 Australian federal election: Lowe [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bob Woods 28,892 45.9 −1.3
Labor Mary Easson 23,764 37.8 −9.3
Democrats Andrew Mignot 4,612 7.3 +7.3
  Greens in Lowe Bruce Threlfo 3,193 5.1 +5.1
Independent Corrado Galimberti 1,652 2.6 +2.6
Call to Australia Peter Peterson 828 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 62,941 96.4
Informal votes 2,349 3.6
Turnout 65,290 94.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bob Woods 31,794 50.6 −1.0
Labor Mary Easson 31,013 49.4 +1.0
Liberal hold Swing −1.0

Elections in the 1980s

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1987

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1987 Australian federal election: Lowe [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bob Woods 29,724 47.2 +3.7
Labor Michael Maher 29,644 47.1 −2.3
Independent George Turner 2,197 3.5 +3.5
Unite Australia Tony Farrell 1,432 2.3 +2.3
Total formal votes 62,997 94.4
Informal votes 3,702 5.6
Turnout 66,699 93.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bob Woods 32,520 51.6 +3.8
Labor Michael Maher 30,454 48.4 −3.8
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +3.8

1984

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1984 Australian federal election: Lowe [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Michael Maher 30,483 49.4 −1.1
Liberal Geoffrey Howe 26,812 43.5 −0.4
Democrats Kent Buncombe 4,400 7.1 +4.0
Total formal votes 61,695 92.3
Informal votes 5,118 7.7
Turnout 66,813 93.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Michael Maher 32,215 52.2 −2.3
Liberal Geoffrey Howe 29,472 47.8 +2.3
Labor hold Swing −2.3

1983

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1983 Australian federal election: Lowe [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Michael Maher 33,619 51.8 +5.4
Liberal Philip Taylor 27,633 42.6 −6.1
Democrats Ralph Rogers 2,030 3.1 +0.1
Socialist Workers Helen Jarvis 1,572 2.4 +2.4
Total formal votes 64,854 97.3
Informal votes 1,767 2.7
Turnout 66,621 95.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Michael Maher 55.9 +7.0
Liberal Philip Taylor 44.1 −7.0
Labor hold Swing +7.0

1982 by-election

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This section is an excerpt from 1982 Lowe by-election § Results.[edit]
1982 Lowe by-election [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Michael Maher 32,717 53.4 +7.0
Liberal Philip Taylor 23,637 38.6 −10.1
Democrats Stephen Kirkham 2,495 4.1 +1.1
Independent Maddalena Gustin 729 1.2 +1.2
Independent Katherine Wentworth 462 0.8 +0.8
Independent Charles Bellchambers 460 0.8 +0.8
Republican Peter Consandine 405 0.7 +0.7
Independent Maggie Lee 144 0.2 +0.2
Independent Robert Cameron 116 0.2 +0.2
Independent John Penninger 56 0.1 +0.1
Independent Frederick Martin 49 0.1 +0.1
Independent Robert Webeck 27 0.0 +0.0
Total formal votes 61,297 96.7 −0.4
Informal votes 2,091 3.3 +0.4
Turnout 63,388 89.1 −3.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Michael Maher 58.3 +9.4
Liberal Philip Taylor 41.7 −9.4
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +9.4
Sir William McMahon (Liberal) resigned.

1980

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1980 Australian federal election: Lowe [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir William McMahon 31,892 48.7 −4.1
Labor Jan Burnswoods 30,379 46.4 +7.2
Democrats Bradley Mulligan 1,987 3.0 −2.7
Independent Anthony Reasha 1,167 1.8 +1.8
Total formal votes 65,425 97.1
Informal votes 1,957 2.9
Turnout 67,382 92.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Sir William McMahon 33,416 51.1 −5.2
Labor Jan Burnswoods 32,009 48.9 +5.2
Liberal hold Swing −5.2

Elections in the 1970s

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1977

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1977 Australian federal election: Lowe [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir William McMahon 35,044 52.8 −3.4
Labor Dick Hall 35,044 39.2 −0.7
Democrats Frederick Tross 3,764 5.7 +5.7
Independent Charles Bingle 1,553 2.3 +2.3
Total formal votes 66,413 97.3
Informal votes 1,840 2.7
Turnout 68,253 93.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Sir William McMahon 56.3 −1.6
Labor Dick Hall 43.7 +1.6
Liberal hold Swing −1.6

1975

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1975 Australian federal election: Lowe [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William McMahon 32,908 57.3 +5.8
Labor Robert Hyde 22,299 38.8 −4.9
Australia Clifford Bros 1,039 1.8 −0.1
Workers Andris Kichno 626 1.1 +1.1
Independent Ben Doig 626 0.6 +0.6
Independent Bent Poulsen 168 0.3 +0.3
Total formal votes 57,402 97.9
Informal votes 1,231 2.1
Turnout 58,633 94.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal William McMahon 59.0 +5.3
Labor Robert Hyde 41.0 −5.3
Liberal hold Swing +5.3

1974

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1974 Australian federal election: Lowe [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William McMahon 29,110 51.5 +2.8
Labor Doug Sutherland 24,697 43.7 +0.8
Independent Bronte Douglas 1,578 2.8 +2.8
Australia Bent Poulsen 1,088 1.9 −1.6
Total formal votes 56,473 97.8
Informal votes 1,241 2.2
Turnout 57,714 94.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal William McMahon 54.2 +1.2
Labor Doug Sutherland 45.8 −1.2
Liberal hold Swing +1.2

1972

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1972 Australian federal election: Lowe [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William McMahon 25,971 48.7 +0.5
Labor Bill Fisher 22,879 42.9 +1.8
Australia John Steele 1,892 3.5 +3.5
Democratic Labor Agnes Bannon 1,378 2.6 −0.2
Defence of Government Schools Kathleen Taylor 545 1.0 +1.0
Independent Marc Aussie-Stone 312 0.6 +0.6
Independent David Widdup 207 0.4 +0.4
Independent John Morgan 87 0.2 +0.2
Independent Sandor Torzsok 33 0.1 +0.1
Total formal votes 53,304 97.1
Informal votes 1,578 2.9
Turnout 54,882 93.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal William McMahon 53.0 −1.9
Labor Bill Fisher 47.0 +1.9
Liberal hold Swing −1.9

Elections in the 1960s

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1969

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1969 Australian federal election: Lowe [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William McMahon 25,317 48.2 −12.0
Labor Peter Young 21,586 41.1 +8.4
Independent Patricia Bailey 2,417 4.6 +4.6
Independent Bernard MacMahon 1,700 3.2 +3.2
Democratic Labor Agnes Bannon 1,490 2.8 −0.3
Total formal votes 52,510 97.2
Informal votes 1,534 2.8
Turnout 54,044 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal William McMahon 54.9 −9.1
Labor Peter Young 45.1 +9.1
Liberal hold Swing −9.1

1966

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1966 Australian federal election: Lowe [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William McMahon 21,595 58.5 +2.9
Labor Peter Dunn 12,687 34.4 −5.1
Liberal Reform Group Francis James 1,485 4.0 +4.0
Democratic Labor Anthony Rooney 1,147 3.1 −1.8
Total formal votes 36,914 97.5
Informal votes 958 2.5
Turnout 37,872 94.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal William McMahon 62.3 +2.8
Labor Peter Dunn 37.7 −2.8
Liberal hold Swing +2.8

1963

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1963 Australian federal election: Lowe [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William McMahon 21,714 55.6 +7.8
Labor John Holland 15,426 39.5 −7.8
Democratic Labor Reginald Lawson 1,910 4.9 +1.0
Total formal votes 39,050 98.8
Informal votes 483 1.2
Turnout 39,533 94.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal William McMahon 59.5 +8.6
Labor John Holland 40.5 −8.6
Liberal hold Swing +8.6

1961

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1961 Australian federal election: Lowe [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William McMahon 18,472 47.8 −7.8
Labor John Holland 18,285 47.3 +12.1
Democratic Labor Denis Klein 1,846 3.8 −5.4
Republican Daniel Smith 396 1.0 +1.0
Total formal votes 38,639 97.4
Informal votes 1,035 2.6
Turnout 39,674 94.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal William McMahon 19,660 50.9 −12.3
Labor John Holland 18,979 49.1 +12.3
Liberal hold Swing −12.3

Elections in the 1950s

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1958

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1958 Australian federal election: Lowe [21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William McMahon 22,239 55.6 −4.7
Labor Joseph Sloss 14,086 35.2 −4.5
Democratic Labor Mollie Dolan 3,669 9.2 +9.2
Total formal votes 39,994 97.3
Informal votes 1,101 2.7
Turnout 41,095 94.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal William McMahon 63.2 +2.9
Labor Joseph Sloss 36.8 −2.9
Liberal hold Swing +2.9

1955

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1955 Australian federal election: Lowe [22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William McMahon 25,080 60.3 +3.8
Labor Edward Davies 16,508 39.7 −3.8
Total formal votes 41,588 97.2
Informal votes 1,219 2.8
Turnout 42,807 96.0
Liberal hold Swing +3.8

1954

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1954 Australian federal election: Lowe [23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William McMahon 21,380 57.8 +0.0
Labor William Webster 15,602 42.2 +0.0
Total formal votes 36,982 98.8
Informal votes 449 1.2
Turnout 37,431 96.6
Liberal hold Swing +0.0

1951

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1951 Australian federal election: Lowe [24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William McMahon 22,276 57.8 +5.1
Labor John Burton 16,250 42.2 +1.3
Total formal votes 38,526 98.7
Informal votes 521 1.3
Turnout 39,047 97.0
Liberal hold Swing −0.7

Elections in the 1940s

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1949

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1949 Australian federal election: Lowe [25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William McMahon 20,489 52.7 +3.8
Labor Hector McDonald 15,908 40.9 −8.0
Independent Liberal Edith Shortland 2,470 6.4 +6.4
Total formal votes 38,867 98.0
Informal votes 786 2.0
Turnout 39,653 97.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal William McMahon 58.5 +9.0
Labor Hector McDonald 41.5 −9.0
Liberal notional gain from Labor Swing +9.0

References

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