McEwan, an Australian Electoral Division in the Australian state of Victoria, has existed since 1984.
Members
editElection | Member | Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1984 | Peter Cleeland | Labor | ||
1987 | ||||
1990 | Fran Bailey | Liberal | ||
1993 | Peter Cleeland | Labor | ||
1996 | Fran Bailey | Liberal | ||
1998 | ||||
2001 | ||||
2004 | ||||
2007 | ||||
2010 | Rob Mitchell | Labor | ||
2013 | ||||
2016 | ||||
2019 | ||||
2022 |
Election results
editElections in the 2020s
edit2022
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Rob Mitchell | 35,238 | 36.81 | −2.98 | |
Liberal | Richard Welch | 31,796 | 33.22 | −1.77 | |
Greens | Neil Barker | 13,524 | 14.13 | +4.66 | |
United Australia | Paul McRae | 5,474 | 5.72 | +2.46 | |
One Nation | Chris Bradbury | 5,387 | 5.63 | +0.51 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Herron | 2,579 | 2.69 | +2.69 | |
Australian Federation | Christopher Neil | 1,721 | 1.80 | +1.80 | |
Total formal votes | 95,719 | 96.07 | +1.01 | ||
Informal votes | 3,918 | 3.93 | −1.01 | ||
Turnout | 99,637 | 92.23 | +0.07 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Rob Mitchell | 50,998 | 53.28 | −2.00 | |
Liberal | Richard Welch | 44,721 | 46.72 | +2.00 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −2.00 |
Elections in the 2010s
edit2019
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Rob Mitchell | 37,911 | 39.44 | −2.77 | |
Liberal | Phillip Fusco | 33,162 | 34.50 | −1.32 | |
Greens | Neil Barker | 8,026 | 8.35 | −0.24 | |
One Nation | Ronnie Graham | 5,693 | 5.92 | +5.92 | |
Justice | Deb Butler | 3,878 | 4.03 | +4.03 | |
United Australia | Chris Hayman | 3,016 | 3.14 | +3.14 | |
Animal Justice | Ruth Parramore | 2,890 | 3.01 | +0.17 | |
Independent | Robert Hyndman | 1,552 | 1.61 | +1.61 | |
Total formal votes | 96,128 | 94.74 | +0.31 | ||
Informal votes | 5,334 | 5.26 | −0.31 | ||
Turnout | 101,462 | 93.91 | +4.20 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Rob Mitchell | 52,892 | 55.02 | −0.98 | |
Liberal | Phillip Fusco | 43,236 | 44.98 | +0.98 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −0.98 |
2016
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Rob Mitchell | 50,588 | 44.69 | +7.07 | |
Liberal | Chris Jermyn | 38,151 | 33.70 | −6.64 | |
Greens | Neil Barker | 8,583 | 7.58 | +0.48 | |
Family First | Dorothy Long | 3,707 | 3.27 | +0.40 | |
Independent | Ross Lee | 3,013 | 2.66 | +2.66 | |
Animal Justice | Cathy Vaina | 3,005 | 2.65 | +2.65 | |
National | James Anderson | 2,672 | 2.36 | +2.36 | |
Rise Up Australia | Jeff Truscott | 1,867 | 1.65 | +1.19 | |
Country | Tracey Andrew | 1,614 | 1.43 | +0.75 | |
Total formal votes | 113,200 | 94.03 | −1.35 | ||
Informal votes | 7,189 | 5.97 | +1.35 | ||
Turnout | 120,389 | 92.17 | −2.62 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Rob Mitchell | 65,482 | 57.85 | +7.70 | |
Liberal | Chris Jermyn | 47,718 | 42.15 | −7.70 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +7.70 |
2013
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Donna Petrovich | 40,853 | 40.34 | +4.11 | |
Labor | Rob Mitchell | 38,091 | 37.62 | −10.19 | |
Greens | Neil Barker | 7,187 | 7.10 | −3.59 | |
Palmer United | Trevor Dance | 6,822 | 6.74 | +6.74 | |
Sex Party | Victoria Nash | 3,256 | 3.22 | +3.22 | |
Family First | Barry Newton | 2,906 | 2.87 | −0.87 | |
Katter's Australian | Bruce Stevens | 997 | 0.98 | +0.98 | |
Country Alliance | Ian Cranson | 686 | 0.68 | +0.68 | |
Rise Up Australia | Ferdie Verdan | 463 | 0.46 | +0.46 | |
Total formal votes | 101,261 | 95.38 | +0.21 | ||
Informal votes | 4,910 | 4.62 | −0.21 | ||
Turnout | 106,171 | 94.83 | −1.81 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Rob Mitchell | 50,787 | 50.15 | −9.04 | |
Liberal | Donna Petrovich | 50,474 | 49.85 | +9.04 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −9.04 |
2010
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Rob Mitchell | 45,374 | 43.17 | +2.97 | |
Liberal | Cameron Caine | 42,054 | 40.01 | −5.76 | |
Greens | Steve Meacher | 12,440 | 11.84 | +3.16 | |
Family First | Belinda Clarkson | 3,358 | 3.19 | +0.70 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Bini | 1,332 | 1.27 | +0.44 | |
Secular | Robert Gordon | 549 | 0.52 | +0.52 | |
Total formal votes | 105,107 | 95.60 | −0.44 | ||
Informal votes | 4,843 | 4.40 | +0.44 | ||
Turnout | 109,950 | 94.96 | −1.28 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Rob Mitchell | 58,144 | 55.32 | +5.34 | |
Liberal | Cameron Caine | 46,963 | 44.68 | −5.34 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.34 |
Elections in the 2000s
edit2007
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Fran Bailey | 44,165 | 45.76 | -5.98 | |
Labor | Rob Mitchell | 38,819 | 40.22 | +5.67 | |
Greens | Steve Meacher | 8,379 | 8.68 | +1.03 | |
Family First | Ian Cranson | 2,398 | 2.48 | +0.76 | |
Democrats | David Kane | 948 | 0.98 | +0.16 | |
Independent | Darren Trueman | 849 | 0.88 | +0.88 | |
Liberty & Democracy | Robert Newnham | 799 | 0.83 | +0.83 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | Rod McLennan | 161 | 0.17 | -0.05 | |
Total formal votes | 96,518 | 95.91 | +0.57 | ||
Informal votes | 3,982 | 4.09 | −0.57 | ||
Turnout | 100,634 | 96.29 | +0.18 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Fran Bailey | 48,339 | 50.01 | -6.41 | |
Labor | Rob Mitchell | 48,308 | 49.99 | +6.41 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -6.41 |
Rob Mitchell (Labor) was initially announced as the winning candidate, by a mere seven votes. The first recount reduced this margin to five. The second re-count overturned the result with Fran Bailey (Liberal) instead winning by 12 votes.[8] The Court of Disputed Returns later increased this margin to 27 votes.[7][9][10]
2004
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Fran Bailey | 45,230 | 51.74 | +5.18 | |
Labor | Jenny Beales | 30,205 | 34.55 | -2.81 | |
Greens | Megan Hannes-Paterson | 6,686 | 7.65 | +0.41 | |
Independent | Robert Gordon | 2,220 | 2.54 | +2.54 | |
Family First | Mark Sach | 1,500 | 1.72 | +1.72 | |
Democrats | Marj White | 713 | 0.82 | -4.64 | |
Independent | Damon Gordon Lutz | 398 | 0.46 | +0.46 | |
Independent | Maurie Smith | 278 | 0.32 | +0.32 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | Rod McLennan | 188 | 0.22 | +0.22 | |
Total formal votes | 87,418 | 95.34 | −1.08 | ||
Informal votes | 4,273 | 4.66 | +1.08 | ||
Turnout | 91,691 | 96.11 | +0.34 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Fran Bailey | 49,322 | 56.42 | +4.10 | |
Labor | Jenny Beales | 38,096 | 43.58 | -4.10 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.10 |
2001
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Fran Bailey | 37,963 | 46.01 | +2.55 | |
Labor | Andrew MacLeod | 31,986 | 38.76 | -1.27 | |
Greens | Jim Romagnesi | 5,006 | 6.07 | +3.40 | |
Democrats | Tony Carden | 3,986 | 4.83 | +0.01 | |
One Nation | Alan Salter | 2,448 | 2.97 | -2.15 | |
Independent | Bill Lodwick | 1,129 | 1.37 | +1.37 | |
Total formal votes | 82,518 | 96.19 | −0.47 | ||
Informal votes | 3,272 | 3.81 | +0.47 | ||
Turnout | 85,790 | 97.24 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Fran Bailey | 42,249 | 51.20 | +0.16 | |
Labor | Andrew MacLeod | 40,269 | 48.80 | -0.16 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.16 |
Elections in the 1990s
edit1998
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Fran Bailey | 32,951 | 43.46 | -2.67 | |
Labor | Graeme McEwen | 30,350 | 40.03 | +0.93 | |
One Nation | Dennis Lacey | 3,877 | 5.11 | +5.11 | |
Democrats | Sean Carter | 3,652 | 4.82 | -1.45 | |
Greens | Pam Lawson | 2,020 | 2.66 | -1.24 | |
Shooters | Vicki Treble | 1,808 | 2.38 | +2.38 | |
Independent | Stephen Bowden | 611 | 0.81 | +0.81 | |
Independent | Elizabeth Savage Kooroonya | 363 | 0.48 | +0.48 | |
Natural Law | Susan Brown | 186 | 0.25 | -0.15 | |
Total formal votes | 75,818 | 96.66 | −0.80 | ||
Informal votes | 2,623 | 3.34 | +0.80 | ||
Turnout | 78,441 | 96.17 | −0.56 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Fran Bailey | 38,699 | 51.04 | -1.13 | |
Labor | Graeme McEwen | 37,119 | 48.96 | +1.13 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.13 |
1996
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Fran Bailey | 33,637 | 46.13 | -2.08 | |
Labor | Peter Cleeland | 28,516 | 39.10 | -4.36 | |
Democrats | David Zemdegs | 4,571 | 6.27 | +1.50 | |
Greens | Chris James | 2,843 | 3.90 | +3.90 | |
Against Further Immigration | Rick Lloyd | 2,235 | 3.06 | +3.05 | |
Independent | Jock Kyme | 835 | 1.15 | +1.15 | |
Natural Law | Martin Magee | 285 | 0.39 | -0.74 | |
Total formal votes | 72,922 | 97.45 | +0.08 | ||
Informal votes | 1,905 | 2.55 | −0.08 | ||
Turnout | 74,827 | 96.74 | +0.32 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Fran Bailey | 37,845 | 52.18 | +1.50 | |
Labor | Peter Cleeland | 34,689 | 47.82 | -1.50 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.50 |
1993
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Fran Bailey | 35,549 | 46.96 | +0.12 | |
Labor | Peter Cleeland | 34,320 | 45.34 | +7.04 | |
Democrats | Geoff Mosley | 3,022 | 3.99 | -6.37 | |
Independent | Harry Grey | 2,148 | 2.84 | +2.84 | |
Natural Law | Julie Nihill | 655 | 0.87 | +0.87 | |
Total formal votes | 75,694 | 97.35 | +0.10 | ||
Informal votes | 2,064 | 2.65 | −0.10 | ||
Turnout | 77,758 | 96.42 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Peter Cleeland | 38,347 | 50.69 | +3.90 | |
Liberal | Fran Bailey | 37,307 | 49.31 | -3.90 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.90 |
1990
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Fran Bailey | 31,323 | 46.8 | +7.1 | |
Labor | Peter Cleeland | 25,610 | 38.3 | -8.0 | |
Democrats | Russell Dawes | 6,928 | 10.4 | +3.3 | |
Call to Australia | Win Wise | 1,630 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Independent | Maurie Smith | 1,381 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Total formal votes | 66,872 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,894 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 68,766 | 95.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Fran Bailey | 35,543 | 53.2 | +6.1 | |
Labor | Peter Cleeland | 31,256 | 46.8 | -6.1 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +6.1 |
Elections in the 1980s
edit1987
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Peter Cleeland | 31,052 | 48.5 | +1.5 | |
Liberal | David Millie | 24,021 | 37.5 | +0.7 | |
Democrats | Doug Lorman | 4,551 | 7.1 | +0.7 | |
National | Andrew Coller | 4,038 | 6.3 | -2.0 | |
Independent | Robert Wilson | 369 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Total formal votes | 64,031 | 95.8 | |||
Informal votes | 2,804 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 66,835 | 96.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Peter Cleeland | 34,605 | 54.1 | +2.0 | |
Liberal | David Millie | 29,397 | 45.9 | -2.0 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +2.0 |
1984
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Peter Cleeland | 25,984 | 47.0 | -1.4 | |
Liberal | Brian Dixon | 20,331 | 36.8 | -3.1 | |
National | John Brewster | 4,571 | 8.3 | +3.5 | |
Democrats | Julie Stayner | 3,547 | 6.4 | +1.2 | |
Democratic Labor | Daniel Mason | 853 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
Total formal votes | 55,286 | 92.4 | |||
Informal votes | 4,559 | 7.6 | |||
Turnout | 59,845 | 95.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Peter Cleeland | 28,789 | 52.1 | +0.3 | |
Liberal | Brian Dixon | 26,483 | 47.9 | -0.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +0.3 |
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ McEwen, VIC, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^ McEwen, VIC, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^ McEwen, VIC, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^ 2013 results for McEwen, AEC.
- ^ "2010 results for McEwen". AEC.
- ^ a b "McEwen, VIC". Virtual Tally Room 2007. Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ a b Mitchell v Bailey [2008] FCA 692, (2008) 169 FCR 529, Federal Court (sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns).
- ^ "Recount of 643 disputed votes in McEwen completed". Media Release. Australian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 21 December 2007.
- ^ Pirani, Paul (2012), "Elections and Administrative Law", Aial Forum (2012) 68 Australian Institute of Administrative Law Forum 19.
- ^ Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters (23 June 2009). "8 Informality issues including 'saving' informal votes and the McEwen petition" (PDF). Report on the 2007 election. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "McEwen, VIC". Virtual Tally Room 2004. Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "2001 House of Representatives: Victoria". Psephos - Adam Carr's election archive. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "1998 House of Representatives: Victoria". Psephos - Adam Carr's election archive. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "1996 House of Representatives: Victoria". Psephos - Adam Carr's election archive. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "1993 House of Representatives: Victoria". Psephos - Adam Carr's election archive. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "1990 House of Representatives: Victoria". Psephos - Adam Carr's election archive. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "1987 House of Representatives: Victoria". Psephos - Adam Carr's election archive. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "1984 House of Representatives: Victoria". Psephos - Adam Carr's election archive. Retrieved 11 November 2021.