Electoral results for the Division of Hotham

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Hotham in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1969 until the present.

Members[]

	Party	Term
Don Chipp	Liberal	1969–1977
	Independent	1977–1977
	Democrats	1977–1977
Roger Johnston	Liberal	1977–1980
Lewis Kent	Labor	1980–1990
Simon Crean	Labor	1990–2013
Clare O'Neil	Labor	2013–present

Election results[]

Elections in the 2010s[]

2019[]

2019 Australian federal election: Hotham^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clare O'Neil	43,310	45.18	+2.10
	Liberal	George Hua	37,447	39.06	−1.28
	Greens	Jess Gonsalvez	8,722	9.10	+0.04
	United Australia	Jin Luan	3,483	3.63	+3.63
	Sustainable Australia	Dennis Bilic	1,772	1.85	+1.85
	Rise Up Australia	Peter Dorian	1,134	1.18	−0.41
Total formal votes			95,868	96.21	+0.12
Informal votes			3,780	3.79	−0.12
Turnout			99,648	92.41	−0.89
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Clare O'Neil	53,597	55.91	+1.70
	Liberal	George Hua	42,271	44.09	−1.70
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.70

2016[]

2016 Australian federal election: Hotham^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clare O'Neil	39,881	45.75	−1.38
	Liberal	George Hua	32,512	37.30	+0.16
	Greens	James Bennett	8,042	9.23	+0.71
	Animal Justice	Helen Jeges	2,593	2.97	+2.97
	Family First	Tatiana Rathbone	2,106	2.42	+0.31
	Rise Up Australia	Peter Vassiliou	2,030	2.33	+0.71
Total formal votes			87,164	96.13	+0.96
Informal votes			3,511	3.87	−0.96
Turnout			90,675	90.68	−1.85
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Clare O'Neil	50,104	57.48	+0.21
	Liberal	George Hua	37,060	42.52	−0.21
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.21

2013[]

2013 Australian federal election: Hotham^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clare O'Neil	40,512	47.13	−7.22
	Liberal	Fazal Cader	31,929	37.14	+4.79
	Greens	Lorna Wyatt	7,327	8.52	−1.64
	Palmer United	Samuel Porter	2,981	3.47	+3.47
	Family First	Stephen Nowland	1,818	2.11	−0.25
	Rise Up Australia	Peter Vassiliou	1,392	1.62	+1.62
Total formal votes			85,959	95.17	−0.35
Informal votes			4,365	4.83	+0.35
Turnout			90,324	92.53	−0.56
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Clare O'Neil	49,232	57.27	−6.69
	Liberal	Fazal Cader	36,727	42.73	+6.69
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.69

2010[]

2010 Australian federal election: Hotham^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Simon Crean	42,920	54.08	−1.07
	Liberal	Fazal Cader	26,110	32.90	−0.85
	Greens	Geoff Payne	8,086	10.19	+3.34
	Family First	Gary Ong	1,688	2.13	+0.09
	Secular	Trent Reardon	556	0.70	+0.70
Total formal votes			79,360	95.56	−1.14
Informal votes			3,684	4.44	+1.14
Turnout			83,044	92.70	−2.09
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Simon Crean	50,394	63.50	+0.50
	Liberal	Fazal Cader	28,966	36.50	−0.50
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.50

Elections in the 2000s[]

2007[]

2007 Australian federal election: Hotham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Simon Crean	44,853	55.15	+3.93
	Liberal	Vince Arborea	27,451	33.75	−5.22
	Greens	Matthew Billman	5,572	6.85	+1.46
	Family First	Peter Dorian	1,657	2.04	−0.53
	Democrats	Craig Cadby	800	0.98	−0.25
	Democratic Labor	Terry Farrell	758	0.93	+0.93
	CEC	Mike Woodward	240	0.30	+0.02
Total formal votes			81,331	96.70	+0.94
Informal votes			2,772	3.30	−0.94
Turnout			84,103	94.85	+0.30
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Simon Crean	51,240	63.00	+5.60
	Liberal	Vince Arborea	30,091	37.00	−5.60
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.60

2004[]

2004 Australian federal election: Hotham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Simon Crean	40,735	51.22	−3.19
	Liberal	Jennifer Marriner	30,992	38.97	+3.87
	Greens	Kiera Perrott	4,287	5.39	+1.04
	Family First	Roger Coombe	2,045	2.57	+2.57
	Democrats	Jessica Joss	975	1.23	−4.16
	Socialist Alliance	Josephine Cox	274	0.34	+0.34
	CEC	Adam Ellery	224	0.28	−0.45
Total formal votes			79,532	95.76	−0.68
Informal votes			3,525	4.24	+0.68
Turnout			83,057	94.55	−0.27
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Simon Crean	45,655	57.40	−3.59
	Liberal	Jennifer Marriner	33,877	42.60	+3.59
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.59

2001[]

2001 Australian federal election: Hotham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Simon Crean	44,351	54.45	−2.53
	Liberal	Priscilla Ruffolo	28,579	35.09	+2.88
	Democrats	Jessica Joss	4,383	5.38	+0.78
	Greens	Ollie Bennett	3,544	4.35	+2.51
	CEC	Simon Hall	598	0.73	+0.73
Total formal votes			81,455	96.44	+0.08
Informal votes			3,005	3.56	−0.08
Turnout			84,460	95.08
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Simon Crean	49,701	61.01	−2.58
	Liberal	Priscilla Ruffolo	31,754	38.99	+2.58
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.58

Elections in the 1990s[]

1998[]

1998 Australian federal election: Hotham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Simon Crean	46,107	56.98	+1.95
	Liberal	John Pesutto	26,059	32.21	−3.71
	Democrats	Polly Morgan	3,720	4.60	−0.72
	One Nation	Alan Salter	2,559	3.16	+3.16
	Greens	Susan Walters	1,492	1.84	−0.04
	Unity	Stan Rosenthal	841	1.04	+1.04
	Natural Law	John Cordon	137	0.17	−0.21
Total formal votes			80,915	96.36	−0.66
Informal votes			3,058	3.64	+0.66
Turnout			83,973	95.29	−0.56
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Simon Crean	51,451	63.59	+3.03
	Liberal	John Pesutto	29,464	36.41	−3.03
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.03

1996[]

1996 Australian federal election: Hotham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Simon Crean	44,182	55.04	+0.65
	Liberal	Brad Maunsell	28,834	35.92	−3.64
	Democrats	Brad Starkie	4,271	5.32	+1.98
	Greens	Emma Rush	1,511	1.88	+1.88
	AAFI	John Casley	1,176	1.46	+1.46
	Natural Law	John Cordon	303	0.38	−0.75
Total formal votes			80,277	97.02	+0.02
Informal votes			2,468	2.98	−0.02
Turnout			82,745	95.85	−0.35
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Simon Crean	48,437	60.56	+1.43
	Liberal	Brad Maunsell	31,546	39.44	−1.43
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.43

1993[]

1993 Australian federal election: Hotham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Simon Crean	42,514	59.30	+15.20
	Liberal	Robert Hicks	25,308	35.30	+0.90
	Democrats	Giancarlo Squillacciotti	1,743	2.43	−8.59
		Sue Phillips	876	1.22	+1.22
		Petar Pjesivac	765	1.07	+1.07
	Natural Law	Gabrielle De Wan	482	0.67	+0.67
Total formal votes			71,688	96.74	+1.58
Informal votes			2,419	3.26	−1.58
Turnout			74,107	96.20
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Simon Crean	45,119	62.99	+8.78
	Liberal	Robert Hicks	26,511	37.01	−8.78
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.78

1990[]

1990 Australian federal election: Hotham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Simon Crean	29,570	44.1	−10.5
	Liberal	Erdem Aydin	24,278	36.2	−2.2
	Democrats	Phillip Anderson	7,388	11.0	+4.0
	Independent	Vincent Alfonso	3,025	4.5	+4.5
	Call to Australia	Daryl Esmore	1,874	2.8	+2.8
	Socialist	Peter Stamatopoulos	918	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			67,053	95.2
Informal votes			3,410	4.8
Turnout			70,463	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Simon Crean	36,309	54.2	−4.5
	Liberal	Erdem Aydin	30,668	45.8	+4.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.5

Elections in the 1980s[]

1987[]

1987 Australian federal election: Hotham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lewis Kent	33,035	52.5	−1.0
	Liberal	Peter McCall	25,432	40.5	+5.6
	Democrats	Len de Koning	4,402	7.0	−1.5
Total formal votes			62,869	93.3
Informal votes			4,543	6.7
Turnout			67,412	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lewis Kent	35,535	56.5	−1.6
	Liberal	Peter McCall	27,328	43.5	+1.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.6

1984[]

1984 Australian federal election: Hotham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lewis Kent	31,821	53.5	−4.4
	Liberal	Michael Heffernan	20,736	34.9	−1.1
	Democrats	Greg Chipp	5,028	8.5	+2.4
	Democratic Labor	Edward Woods	1,845	3.1	+3.1
Total formal votes			59,430	90.1
Informal votes			6,505	9.9
Turnout			65,935	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lewis Kent	34,551	58.2	−3.5
	Liberal	Michael Heffernan	24,865	41.8	+3.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.5

1983[]

1983 Australian federal election: Hotham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lewis Kent	43,083	56.4	+7.9
	Liberal	Peter Bolitho	28,656	37.5	−1.2
	Democrats	Erwin Frenkel	4,683	6.1	−5.1
Total formal votes			76,422	97.6
Informal votes			1,850	2.4
Turnout			78,272	96.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lewis Kent		60.1	+6.1
	Liberal	Peter Bolitho		39.9	−6.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.1

1980[]

1980 Australian federal election: Hotham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lewis Kent	35,201	48.5	+10.4
	Liberal	Roger Johnston	28,054	38.7	−1.7
	Democrats	Robyn Groves	8,138	11.2	−7.2
	Democratic Labor	Edward Woods	1,128	1.6	−1.5
Total formal votes			72,521	97.0
Informal votes			2,250	3.0
Turnout			74,771	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lewis Kent	39,177	54.0	+5.7
	Liberal	Roger Johnston	33,344	46.0	−5.7
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+5.7

Elections in the 1970s[]

1977[]

1977 Australian federal election: Hotham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roger Johnston	27,663	40.4	−11.7
	Labor	Tony Ross	26,144	38.1	−5.6
	Democrats	Kenneth Weaver	12,587	18.4	+18.4
	Democratic Labor	Edward Woods	2,153	3.1	−0.2
Total formal votes			68,547	97.0
Informal votes			2,099	3.0
Turnout			70,646	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Roger Johnston	35,450	51.7	−3.8
	Labor	Tony Ross	33,097	48.3	+3.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.8

1975[]

1975 Australian federal election: Hotham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Don Chipp	32,278	54.3	+6.1
	Labor	Tony Ross	24,623	41.5	−4.9
	Democratic Labor	Frank Gaffy	1,948	3.3	−0.4
	Independent	John Murray	555	0.9	+0.6
Total formal votes			59,404	98.4
Informal votes			2979	1.6
Turnout			60,383	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Don Chipp		57.7	+5.4
	Labor	Tony Ross		42.3	−5.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.4

1974[]

1974 Australian federal election: Hotham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Don Chipp	27,826	48.2	+0.1
	Labor	Tony Ross	26,822	46.4	+4.9
	Democratic Labor	Frank Gaffy	2,163	3.7	−4.3
	Australia	Richard Franklin	801	1.4	+1.4
	Republican	John Murray	177	0.3	−0.5
Total formal votes			57,789	98.1
Informal votes			1,118	1.9
Turnout			58,907	96.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Don Chipp	30,235	52.3	−4.8
	Labor	Tony Ross	27,554	47.7	+4.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.8

1972[]

1972 Australian federal election: Hotham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Don Chipp	25,242	48.1	−0.1
	Labor	Barry Johnston	21,796	41.5	+1.5
	Democratic Labor	Henry Beven	4,211	8.0	−1.3
	Independent	Ian Kenner	846	1.6	+1.6
	Independent	John Murray	418	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			52,513	97.3
Informal votes			1,453	2.7
Turnout			53,966	96.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Don Chipp	30,003	57.1	−1.1
	Labor	Barry Johnston	22,510	42.9	+1.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.1

Elections in the 1960s[]

1969[]

1969 Australian federal election: Hotham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Don Chipp	23,776	48.2	−0.2
	Labor	Kevin Vaughan	19,717	40.0	+5.5
	Democratic Labor	Ian Radnell	4,563	9.3	−0.5
	Australia	Kenneth Nolan	1,238	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			49,294	97.3
Informal votes			1,379	2.7
Turnout			50,673	96.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Don Chipp	28,667	58.2	−2.6
	Labor	Keith Vaughan	20,627	41.8	+2.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.6

References[]

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

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

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

[3] 2013 results for Hotham, AEC.

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

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