Electoral results for the Division of Hawker

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Hawker in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1969 until its abolition in 1993.

Members[]

Member		Party	Term
	Ralph Jacobi	Labor	1969–1987
	Elizabeth Harvey	Labor	1987–1990
	Chris Gallus	Liberal	1990–1993

Election results[]

Elections in the 1990s[]

1990[]

1990 Australian federal election: Hawker

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Chris Gallus	28,348	43.1	-0.8
	Labor	Elizabeth Harvey	26,641	40.5	-5.7
	Democrats	Elizabeth Williams	8,362	12.7	+5.8
	Call to Australia	Reg Macey	1,266	1.9	+1.9
	Grey Power	Glen Bottam	702	1.1	+1.1
	Democratic Socialist	Kathy Ragless	477	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			65,796	96.7
Informal votes			2,270	3.3
Turnout			68,066	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Chris Gallus	32,845	50.0	-1.2
	Labor	Elizabeth Harvey	32,831	50.0	+1.2
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+1.2

Elections in the 1980s[]

1987[]

1987 Australian federal election: Hawker

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Elizabeth Harvey	29,560	46.2	-3.0
	Liberal	Kim Jacobs	28,116	43.9	+2.4
	Democrats	Graham Pamount	4,439	6.9	-0.8
	National	David Dwyer	1,203	1.9	+0.2
	Unite Australia	Keith Draper	719	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			64,037	94.1
Informal votes			3,991	5.9
Turnout			68,028	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Elizabeth Harvey	32,782	51.2	-2.2
	Liberal	Kim Jacobs	31,243	48.8	+2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.2

1984[]

1984 Australian federal election: Hawker

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ralph Jacobi	30,956	49.2	-0.2
	Liberal	Charles Campbell	26,101	41.5	+0.0
	Democrats	Graham Pamount	4,852	7.7	+0.9
	National	Thomas Correll	1,045	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			62,954	92.4
Informal votes			5,171	7.6
Turnout			68,125	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ralph Jacobi	33,594	53.4	-1.2
	Liberal	Charles Campbell	29,341	46.6	+1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.2

1983[]

1983 Australian federal election: Hawker

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ralph Jacobi	36,483	52.1	+2.7
	Liberal	Bruce Harry	27,211	38.8	-3.5
	Democrats	Graham Pamount	4,792	6.8	-1.5
	Socialist Workers	John Garcia	1,568	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			70,054	97.5
Informal votes			1,769	2.5
Turnout			71,823	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ralph Jacobi		57.3	+3.5
	Liberal	Bruce Harry		42.7	-3.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.5

1980[]

1980 Australian federal election: Hawker

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ralph Jacobi	34,066	49.4	+4.6
	Liberal	Mark Hanckel	29,187	42.3	-1.7
	Democrats	Kenneth Johnson	5,720	8.3	-1.9
Total formal votes			68,973	97.7
Informal votes			1,590	2.3
Turnout			70,563	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ralph Jacobi	37,073	53.8	+3.2
	Liberal	Mark Hanckel	31,900	46.2	-3.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.2

Elections in the 1970s[]

1977[]

1977 Australian federal election: Hawker

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ralph Jacobi	31,685	44.8	-2.2
	Liberal	Steele Hall	31,062	44.0	-2.4
	Democrats	Bruce Miels	7,190	10.2	+10.2
	Independent	Warren Wallace	724	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			70,661	97.0
Informal votes			2,206	3.0
Turnout			72,867	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ralph Jacobi	35,760	50.6	+2.0
	Liberal	Steele Hall	34,901	49.4	-2.0
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+2.0

This was a "notional gain" to Labor at the 1977 election.^{[citation needed]}

1975[]

1975 Australian federal election: Hawker

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ralph Jacobi	29,036	49.4	-6.2
	Liberal	Craig Speil	25,842	44.0	+12.9
	Liberal Movement	Stewart Leggett	3,890	6.6	-5.2
Total formal votes			58,768	97.9
Informal votes			1,291	2.1
Turnout			60,059	96.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ralph Jacobi	29,974	51.0	-9.2
	Liberal	Craig Speil	28,794	49.0	+9.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-9.2

1974[]

1974 Australian federal election: Hawker

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ralph Jacobi	31,735	55.6	-0.9
	Liberal	Henry Winter	17,717	31.1	-5.6
	Liberal Movement	Peter Holder	6,744	11.8	+11.8
	Australia	Phillip Vickery	849	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			57,045	97.5
Informal votes			1,481	2.5
Turnout			58,526	96.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ralph Jacobi		60.2	+1.3
	Liberal	Henry Winter		39.8	-1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.3

1972[]

1972 Australian federal election: Hawker

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ralph Jacobi	29,778	56.5	+0.7
	Liberal	Phyllis Rogers	19,323	36.7	-1.0
	Independent	John Steele	1,859	3.5	+3.5
	Democratic Labor	James Kiley	1,754	3.3	-0.7
Total formal votes			52,714	97.7
Informal votes			1,229	2.3
Turnout			53,943	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ralph Jacobi		58.9	+1.0
	Liberal	Phyllis Rogers		41.1	-1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.0

Elections in the 1960s[]

1969[]

1969 Australian federal election: Hawker

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ralph Jacobi	28,305	55.8	+12.1
	Liberal	Alan Hickinbotham	19,086	37.7	-13.5
	Democratic Labor	Kathleen Anderson	2,020	4.0	-1.1
	Australia	Malcolm Hawkins	1,272	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			50,683	97.2
Informal votes			1,486	2.8
Turnout			52,169	96.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ralph Jacobi		57.9	+13.7
	Liberal	Alan Hickinbotham		42.1	-13.7
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+13.7

References[]

• Australian Electoral Commission. Federal Election results
• Carr, Adam. Psephos