Electoral results for the Division of Dunkley

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

Members[]

	Party	Term
Bob Chynoweth	Labor	1984–1990
Frank Ford	Liberal	1990–1993
Bob Chynoweth	Labor	1993–1996
Bruce Billson	Liberal	1996–2016
Chris Crewther	Liberal	2016–2019
Peta Murphy	Labor	2019–present

Election results[]

Elections in the 2010s[]

2019[]

2019 Australian federal election: Dunkley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Chris Crewther	38,616	39.88	−1.22
	Labor	Peta Murphy	37,301	38.52	+2.00
	Greens	Emily Green	8,125	8.39	−1.09
	Justice	Lachlan O'Connell	5,027	5.19	+0.19
	Animal Justice	Elizabeth Johnston	2,961	3.06	+0.18
	United Australia	Ron Jean	2,513	2.60	+2.60
	Conservative National	Christopher James	1,337	1.38	+1.38
	Rise Up Australia	Yvonne Gentle	948	0.98	+0.34
Total formal votes			96,828	94.86	+0.90
Informal votes			5,250	5.14	−0.90
Turnout			102,078	92.26	+1.10
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peta Murphy	51,066	52.74	+1.71
	Liberal	Chris Crewther	45,762	47.26	−1.71
	Labor notional hold		Swing	+1.71

As a result of the 2018 boundary redistribution, the Liberal-held seats of Corangamite and Dunkley became notionally marginal Labor seats.

2016[]

2016 Australian federal election: Dunkley^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Chris Crewther	38,158	42.73	−6.02
	Labor	Peta Murphy	29,620	33.17	+2.29
	Greens	Jeanette Swain	8,616	9.65	+0.33
	Justice	Ruth Stanfield	5,510	6.17	+6.17
	Animal Justice	Tyson Jack	1,926	2.16	+2.16
	Family First	Michael Rathbone	1,393	1.56	−0.35
	Independent	Joseph Toscano	1,132	1.27	+1.27
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Wilms	1,037	1.16	+1.16
	Rise Up Australia	Lin Tregenza	682	0.76	+0.22
	Christians	Jeff Reaney	677	0.76	+0.76
	Arts	Sally Baillieu	542	0.61	+0.61
Total formal votes			89,293	93.56	−1.65
Informal votes			6,151	6.44	+1.65
Turnout			95,444	90.94	−2.35
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Chris Crewther	45,925	51.43	−4.14
	Labor	Peta Murphy	43,368	48.57	+4.14
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.14

2013[]

2013 Australian federal election: Dunkley^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Billson	42,869	48.75	+1.42
	Labor	Sonya Kilkenny	27,155	30.88	−7.44
	Greens	Simon Tiller	8,199	9.32	−2.37
	Palmer United	Kate Ryder	3,707	4.22	+4.22
	Sex Party	Eloise Palmi	2,589	2.94	+2.94
	Family First	Cameron Eastman	1,682	1.91	−0.75
	Independent	Rod Burt	740	0.84	+0.84
	Independent	Roy Broff	516	0.59	+0.59
	Rise Up Australia	Yvonne Gentle	477	0.54	+0.54
Total formal votes			87,934	95.21	−0.87
Informal votes			4,424	4.79	+0.87
Turnout			92,358	93.28	−0.32
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Billson	48,861	55.57	+4.53
	Labor	Sonya Kilkenny	39,073	44.43	−4.53
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.53

2010[]

2010 Australian federal election: Dunkley^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Billson	40,602	47.32	−2.47
	Labor	Helen Constas	32,889	38.33	+0.07
	Greens	Simon Tiller	10,033	11.69	+3.94
	Family First	Yasmin de Zilwa	2,276	2.65	+0.06
Total formal votes			85,800	96.08	−1.30
Informal votes			3,498	3.92	+1.30
Turnout			89,298	93.68	−1.55
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Billson	43,777	51.02	−3.02
	Labor	Helen Constas	42,023	48.98	+3.02
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.02

Elections in the 2000s[]

2007[]

2007 Australian federal election: Dunkley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Billson	43,024	49.79	−5.75
	Labor	Graham McBride	33,055	38.26	+4.69
	Greens	Neale Adams	6,695	7.75	+1.51
	Family First	Steven Ashdown	2,235	2.59	+0.24
	Democrats	Karen Bailey	1,395	1.61	+0.39
Total formal votes			86,404	97.38	+1.29
Informal votes			2,328	2.62	−1.29
Turnout			88,732	95.24	+0.16
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Billson	46,693	54.04	−5.34
	Labor	Graham McBride	39,711	45.96	+5.34
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.34

2004[]

2004 Australian federal election: Dunkley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Billson	46,067	55.54	+5.81
	Labor	Helen Constas	27,845	33.57	−2.38
	Greens	Paula Johnson	5,179	6.24	+0.62
	Family First	Cameron Eastman	1,949	2.35	+2.35
	Democrats	Karen Bailey	1,008	1.22	−4.31
	Independent	Fletcher Davis	722	0.87	−0.32
	CEC	Gabrielle M Peut	178	0.21	+0.20
Total formal votes			82,948	96.09	−0.43
Informal votes			3,376	3.91	+0.43
Turnout			86,324	95.08	−0.52
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Billson	49,253	59.38	+4.16
	Labor	Helen Constas	33,695	40.62	−4.16
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.16

2001[]

2001 Australian federal election: Dunkley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Billson	39,203	49.90	+3.66
	Labor	Mark Conroy	28,088	35.75	−3.23
	Greens	Henry Kelsall	4,486	5.71	+1.82
	Democrats	Ian Woodhouse	4,350	5.54	−0.22
	One Nation	Michael Cartwright	1,438	1.83	−2.62
	Independent	Fletcher Davis	995	1.27	+1.27
Total formal votes			78,560	96.55	−0.57
Informal votes			2,805	3.45	+0.57
Turnout			81,365	96.27
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Billson	43,537	55.42	+3.88
	Labor	Mark Conroy	35,023	44.58	−3.88
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.88

Elections in the 1990s[]

1998[]

1998 Australian federal election: Dunkley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Billson	35,297	46.24	−2.18
	Labor	Michael Quayle	29,755	38.98	−1.12
	Democrats	Tony Seals	4,392	5.75	−1.25
	One Nation	Robyn Brown	3,399	4.45	+4.45
	Greens	Henry Kelsall	2,971	3.89	+1.47
	Unity	Jan Chapman Davis	335	0.44	+0.44
	Natural Law	Ben Mason	185	0.24	−0.29
Total formal votes			76,334	97.12	−0.39
Informal votes			2,264	2.88	+0.39
Turnout			78,598	96.03	−0.39
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Billson	39,721	52.04	−1.32
	Labor	Michael Quayle	36,613	47.96	+1.32
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.32

1996[]

1996 Australian federal election: Dunkley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Billson	36,330	48.42	−1.04
	Labor	Bob Chynoweth	30,084	40.10	−3.59
	Democrats	Reba Jacobs	5,257	7.01	+3.10
	Greens	Paul Higgins	1,817	2.42	+2.42
	AAFI	Travis Peak	1,144	1.52	+1.52
	Natural Law	Bev Nelson	399	0.53	−2.18
Total formal votes			75,031	97.51	−0.26
Informal votes			1,914	2.49	+0.26
Turnout			76,945	96.42	+0.11
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Billson	39,885	53.36	+1.02
	Labor	Bob Chynoweth	34,865	46.64	−1.02
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.02

1993[]

1993 Australian federal election: Dunkley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Chynoweth	32,461	47.16	+9.52
	Liberal	Frank Ford	31,621	45.94	+2.16
	Democrats	Barrie Rowland-Hornblow	2,696	3.92	−9.32
	Natural Law	Bev Nelson	2,056	2.99	+2.99
Total formal votes			68,834	97.75	+1.59
Informal votes			1,584	2.25	−1.59
Turnout			70,418	96.32
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Chynoweth	34,813	50.61	+1.81
	Liberal	Frank Ford	33,969	49.39	−1.81
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+1.81

1990[]

1990 Australian federal election: Dunkley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frank Ford	28,759	43.8	+5.1
	Labor	Bob Chynoweth	24,724	37.6	−13.0
	Democrats	Peter Lindemann	8,695	13.2	+6.9
	Independent	Peter Seitanidis	1,458	2.2	+2.2
	Pensioner	Keith Edwards	910	1.4	+1.4
	Call to Australia	Arthur Comer	554	0.8	+0.8
	Independent	Mike Toldy	297	0.5	+0.5
	Independent	Len Cosmavich	294	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			65,691	96.2	+0.5
Informal votes			2,625	3.8	−0.5
Turnout			68,316	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Frank Ford	33,582	51.2	+6.8
	Labor	Bob Chynoweth	32,012	48.8	−6.8
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+6.8

Elections in the 1980s[]

1987[]

1987 Australian federal election: Dunkley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Chynoweth	28,740	46.7	+0.3
	Liberal	Tom Warwick	26,267	42.6	−1.1
	Democrats	Robyn Kirby	3,881	6.3	+0.2
	Independent	Chris van Lieshout	1,898	3.1	+3.1
	Pensioner	Andrew Murray	615	1.0	+1.0
	Independent	Les Johnson	193	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			61,594	95.6	+3.3
Informal votes			2,804	4.4	−3.3
Turnout			64,398	96.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Chynoweth	31,837	51.7	+0.6
	Liberal	Tom Warwick	29,723	48.3	−0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.6

1984[]

1984 Australian federal election: Dunkley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Chynoweth	26,605	46.4	−2.5
	Liberal	Leonie Clark	25,070	43.7	+1.7
	Democrats	Grenville Charles	3,519	6.1	−0.4
	National	Judy Hale	1,494	2.6	+2.6
	Democratic Labor	John Cass	621	1.1	−1.1
Total formal votes			57,309	92.3
Informal votes			4,749	7.7
Turnout			62,058	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Chynoweth	29,296	51.1	−2.1
	Liberal	Leonie Clark	28,003	48.9	+2.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.1

References[]

^ Dunkley, VIC, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.
^ Dunkley, VIC, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
^ 2013 results for Dunkley, AEC.
^ "2010 results for Dunkley". AEC.

Australian Electoral Commission. Federal election results
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[1] Dunkley, VIC, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.

[2] Dunkley, VIC, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

[3] 2013 results for Dunkley, AEC.

[4] "2010 results for Dunkley". AEC.

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