Results of the 1987 Australian federal election in Tasmania

This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1987 federal election in the state of Tasmania.

1987 Australian federal election
(Tasmania)

1 December 1987
All 5 Tasmania seats in the Australian House of Representatives and all 12 seats in the Australian Senate
First party Second party   Leader John Howard Bob Hawke Party Liberal/National coalition Labor Last election 5 seats 0 seats Seats won 4 seats 1 seat Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 140,217 118,077 Percentage 51.1% 43.0% Swing 0.1 0.4 TPP 53.1% 47.69% TPP swing 0.27 0.27

Overall results

Turnout 96.1% (CV) — Informal 4.8%

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal	140,217	51.05	-0.08	4	1
	Labor	118,077	42.99	-0.43	1	1
	Democrats	16,371	5.96	1.95
Total		274,665			5
Two-party-preferred vote
	Liberal	145,830	53.10	-0.27	4	1
	Labor	128,819	46.90	0.27	1	1
Invalid/blank votes		14,297	4.95	-0.92
Turnout		288,962	96.08
Registered voters		300,763
Source: Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive 1987

Results by division

Bass

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Bass § 1987.[edit]

1987 Australian federal election: Bass

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Warwick Smith	28,149	51.8	−0.2
	Labor	Richard Taylor	23,311	42.9	−0.1
	Democrats	Michael Preece	2,910	5.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			54,370	94.3
Informal votes			3,281	5.7
Turnout			57,651	96.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Warwick Smith	29,173	53.7	−0.7
	Labor	Richard Taylor	25,194	46.3	+0.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.7

Braddon

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Braddon § 1987.[edit]

1987 Australian federal election: Braddon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Chris Miles	32,108	57.9	+5.2
	Labor	David Currie	23,307	42.1	−1.3
Total formal votes			55,415	96.2
Informal votes			2,173	3.8
Turnout			57,588	96.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.3

Denison

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Denison § 1987.[edit]

1987 Australian federal election: Denison

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Duncan Kerr	26,732	48.3	+3.4
	Liberal	Michael Hodgman	24,590	44.4	−3.7
	Democrats	Robert Bell	4,054	7.3	+7.3
Total formal votes			55,376	95.6
Informal votes			2,540	4.4
Turnout			57,916	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Duncan Kerr	29,787	53.8	+4.8
	Liberal	Michael Hodgman	25,587	46.2	−4.8
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.8

Franklin

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Franklin § 1987.[edit]

1987 Australian federal election: Franklin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Goodluck	27,725	50.2	−3.4
	Labor	Nick Sherry	22,292	40.4	−0.2
	Democrats	Patsy Harmsen	5,171	9.4	+3.7
Total formal votes			55,188	95.5
Informal votes			2,619	4.5
Turnout			57,807	96.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Goodluck	29,407	53.3	−2.3
	Labor	Nick Sherry	25,777	46.7	+2.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.3

Lyons

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Lyons § 1987.[edit]

1987 Australian federal election:Lyons

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Max Burr	27,645	50.9	+1.4
	Labor	Dick Adams	22,435	41.3	−3.7
	Democrats	Liz Holloway	4,236	7.8	+2.3
Total formal votes			54,316	93.6
Informal votes			3,684	6.4
Turnout			58,000	96.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Max Burr	29,555	54.4	+3.1
	Labor	Dick Adams	24,754	45.6	−3.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.1

See also

• Results of the 1987 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1987–1990