Electoral results for the Division of Wakefield

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Wakefield in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1903 until its abolition in 2019.

	Party	Term
Sir Frederick Holder	Independent	1903–1909
Richard Foster	Liberal	1909–1917
	Nationalist	1917–1922
	Liberal Union	1922–1925
	Nationalist	1925–1928
Maurice Collins	Country	1928–1929
Charles Hawker	Nationalist	1929–1931
Charles Hawker	United Australia	1931–1938
Sydney McHugh	Labor	1938–1940
Jack Duncan-Hughes	United Australia	1940–1943
Albert Smith	Labor	1943–1946
(Sir) Philip McBride	Liberal	1946–1958
Bert Kelly	Liberal	1958–1977
Geoffrey Giles	Liberal	1977–1983
Neil Andrew	Liberal	1983–2004
David Fawcett	Liberal	2004–2007
Nick Champion	Labor	2007–2019

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Nick Champion	38,197	39.82	−1.70
	Liberal	Kathleen Bourne	25,299	26.37	−11.52
	Xenophon	Richard Inwood	19,592	20.42	+20.42
	Family First	Marilyn Phillips	5,396	5.62	−0.36
	Greens	Craig Vanstone	4,102	4.28	−0.87
	Independent	John Bolton	2,728	2.84	+2.84
	Christian Democrats	Ralph Anderson	619	0.65	+0.65
Total formal votes			95,933	94.61	+0.30
Informal votes			5,470	5.39	−0.30
Turnout			101,403	90.34	−2.77
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Nick Champion	58,494	60.97	+7.57
	Liberal	Kathleen Bourne	37,439	39.03	−7.57
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.57

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Nick Champion	37,723	41.52	−6.35
	Liberal	Tom Zorich	34,425	37.89	+5.12
	Family First	Paul Coombe	5,436	5.98	−0.70
	Greens	Sherree Clay	4,683	5.15	−6.18
	Palmer United	Dino Musolino	3,890	4.28	+4.28
	Independent	Mark Aldridge	3,729	4.10	+4.10
	Katter's Australian	Tony Musolino	964	1.06	+1.06
Total formal votes			90,850	94.31	+0.38
Informal votes			5,479	5.69	−0.38
Turnout			96,329	93.11	−0.33
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Nick Champion	48,510	53.40	−7.13
	Liberal	Tom Zorich	42,340	46.60	+7.13
	Labor hold		Swing	−7.13

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Nick Champion	43,299	49.20	+0.55
	Liberal	David Strauss	27,679	31.45	−7.24
	Greens	Jane Alcorn	9,948	11.30	+7.17
	Family First	Paul Coombe	5,958	6.77	+1.61
	Democrats	Darren Hassan	1,129	1.28	+0.11
Total formal votes			88,013	93.78	−1.56
Informal votes			5,837	6.22	+1.56
Turnout			93,850	93.65	−1.48
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Nick Champion	54,528	61.95	+5.36
	Liberal	David Strauss	33,485	38.05	−5.36
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.36

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Nick Champion	42,249	48.65	+6.28
	Liberal	David Fawcett	33,600	38.69	−5.12
	Family First	Bruce Nairn	4,483	5.16	−0.27
	Greens	Terry Allen	3,589	4.13	−0.02
	Democrats	Felicity Martin	1,016	1.17	−0.50
	One Nation	Peter Fitzpatrick	832	0.96	−1.60
	What Women Want	Pauline Edmunds	793	0.91	+0.91
	Liberty & Democracy	Martin Walsh	284	0.33	+0.33
Total formal votes			86,846	95.34	+1.82
Informal votes			4,246	4.66	−1.82
Turnout			91,092	95.16	+0.18
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Nick Champion	49,142	56.59	+7.26
	Liberal	David Fawcett	37,704	43.41	−7.26
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+7.26

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Fawcett	35,320	43.81	+4.73
	Labor	Martyn Evans	34,159	42.37	+3.40
	Family First	David Pointon	4,379	5.43	+5.43
	Greens	Patricia Murray	3,346	4.15	+1.00
	One Nation	David Dwyer	2,066	2.56	−4.34
	Democrats	Richard Way	1,346	1.67	−7.87
Total formal votes			80,616	93.52	−0.05
Informal votes			5,585	6.48	+0.05
Turnout			86,585	94.98	+0.08
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Fawcett	40,848	50.67	+1.93
	Labor	Martyn Evans	39,768	49.33	−1.93
	Liberal notional gain from Labor		Swing	+1.93

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Neil Andrew	44,216	56.24	+6.27
	Labor	Tim Rowbottom	19,480	24.78	+2.81
	One Nation	David Dwyer	6,172	7.85	−8.59
	Democrats	Marcus Reseigh	5,942	7.56	−0.14
	Greens	Pam Kelly	2,816	3.58	+3.58
Total formal votes			78,626	94.52	−0.57
Informal votes			4,558	5.48	+0.57
Turnout			83,184	96.69
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Neil Andrew	50,764	64.57	−2.07
	Labor	Tim Rowbottom	27,861	35.43	+2.07
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.07

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Neil Andrew	40,464	50.07	−10.80
	Labor	Carla Leversedge	17,526	21.69	−1.11
	One Nation	Merv Hartwig	13,473	16.67	+16.67
	Democrats	Karrie Lannstrom	6,200	7.67	−3.22
	Independent	Pam Kelly	1,690	2.09	+2.09
	National	Jeremy Challacombe	1,458	1.80	+1.80
Total formal votes			80,811	95.08	−1.12
Informal votes			4,180	4.92	+1.12
Turnout			84,991	95.87	−0.75
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Neil Andrew	53,573	66.29	−3.67
	Labor	Carla Leversedge	27,238	33.71	+3.67
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.67

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Neil Andrew	48,937	60.87	+3.79
	Labor	Mike Stevens	18,325	22.79	−3.32
	Democrats	Pam Kelly	8,759	10.90	+2.00
	Grey Power	Eugene Rooney	2,273	2.83	+2.83
	Greens	Paul Petit	2,098	2.61	+2.61
Total formal votes			80,392	96.20	+0.15
Informal votes			3,174	3.80	−0.15
Turnout			83,566	96.62	+0.96
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Neil Andrew	55,965	69.96	+2.98
	Labor	Mike Stevens	24,027	30.04	−2.98
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.98

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Neil Andrew	44,503	57.08	+2.69
	Labor	Mike Stevens	20,360	26.12	−2.82
	Democrats	Roy Milne	6,938	8.90	−4.28
	Independent	Don Allen	3,189	4.09	+4.09
	Independent	Shirley Faulkner	2,066	2.65	+2.65
	Natural Law	Ingrid Hergstrom	904	1.16	+1.16
Total formal votes			77,960	96.05	−0.72
Informal votes			3,202	3.95	+0.72
Turnout			81,162	95.66
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Neil Andrew	52,112	66.98	+4.91
	Labor	Mike Stevens	25,689	33.02	−4.91
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.91

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Neil Andrew	40,216	55.7	−0.1
	Labor	George Karzis	20,965	29.0	−4.0
	Democrats	Kaye Matthews	8,879	12.3	+8.2
	Call to Australia	Ashley Grace	2,144	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			72,204	96.9
Informal votes			2,287	3.1
Turnout			74,491	96.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Neil Andrew	45,378	62.9	−0.8
	Labor	George Karzis	26,736	37.1	+0.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Neil Andrew	36,503	55.8	−1.5
	Labor	Susan Stephens	21,592	33.0	−0.8
	National	Bill Adams	3,826	5.9	+3.0
	Democrats	Barbara Barlow	2,683	4.1	−1.9
	Unite Australia	Anne Hausler	757	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			65,361	93.6
Informal votes			4,439	6.4
Turnout			69,800	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Neil Andrew	41,626	63.7	+0.8
	Labor	Susan Stephens	23,733	36.3	−0.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Neil Andrew	35,574	57.3	−1.6
	Labor	Suzanne Owens	20,964	33.8	+0.3
	Democrats	Anne Hausler	3,714	6.0	+0.7
	National	Terry Halford	1,800	2.9	+0.6
Total formal votes			62,052	92.1
Informal votes			5,294	7.9
Turnout			67,346	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Neil Andrew	39,047	62.9	−0.2
	Labor	Suzanne Owens	22,997	37.1	+0.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Neil Andrew	43,380	59.5	−0.3
	Labor	Suzanne Owens	24,002	32.9	+3.9
	Democrats	Donald Chisholm	3,851	5.3	−3.2
	National	Roger Cavanagh	1,658	2.3	−0.4
Total formal votes			72,891	97.6
Informal votes			1,816	2.4
Turnout			74,707	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Neil Andrew		63.7	−2.5
	Labor	Suzanne Owens		36.3	+2.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoffrey Giles	41,934	59.8	−2.1
	Labor	Alan Reid	20,308	29.0	−0.9
	Democrats	Rowland Beech	5,971	8.5	+0.3
	National Country	Duncan Rose	1,901	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			70,144	97.3
Informal votes			1,944	2.7
Turnout			72,058	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Geoffrey Giles		66.2	+0.2
	Labor	Alan Reid		33.8	−0.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.2

1972 Australian federal election: Wakefield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bert Kelly	21,211	49.7	−8.4
	Labor	Terence de Lacy	13,643	32.0	−4.9
	Country	James Shannon	6,448	15.1	+15.1
	Democratic Labor	John McMahon	1,365	3.2	−1.7
Total formal votes			42,667	97.8
Informal votes			968	2.2
Turnout			43,635	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bert Kelly		65.9	+3.9
	Labor	Terence de Lacy		34.1	−3.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.9

1969 Australian federal election: Wakefield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bert Kelly	24,685	58.1	−13.1
	Labor	Brian Chatterton	15,693	36.9	+8.1
	Democratic Labor	John McMahon	2,095	4.9	+4.9
Total formal votes			42,473	97.4
Informal votes			1,139	2.6
Turnout			43,612	96.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bert Kelly		62.0	−9.2
	Labor	Brian Chatterton		38.0	+9.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−9.2

1934 Australian federal election: Wakefield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Charles Hawker	31,493	65.1	−2.8
	Labor	Michael Smedley	9,274	19.2	+5.2
	Social Credit	Will Duggan	7,615	15.7	+15.7
Total formal votes			48,382	94.9
Informal votes			2,601	5.1
Turnout			50,983	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Charles Hawker		74.0	+8.7
	Labor	Michael Smedley		26.0	+26.0
	United Australia hold		Swing	+8.7

1922 Australian federal election: Wakefield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Foster	8,288	42.9	+42.9
	Labor	Edward Stokes	7,076	36.7	−2.2
	Country	Henry Queale	3,941	20.4	+9.5
Total formal votes			19,305	91.9
Informal votes			1,698	8.1
Turnout			21,003	54.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Richard Foster	10,680	55.3	+55.3
	Labor	Edward Stokes	8,625	44.7	+1.9
	Liberal gain from Nationalist		Swing	−1.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoffrey Giles	42,077	61.9	−4.7
	Labor	Denis Crisp	20,303	29.9	+4.2
	Democrats	Kenneth Maguire	5,564	8.2	+8.2
Total formal votes			67,944	97.1
Informal votes			2,047	2.9
Turnout			69,991	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Geoffrey Giles		66.0	−6.4
	Labor	Denis Crisp		34.0	+6.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bert Kelly	32,070	66.2	+16.8
	Labor	Irene Krastev	12,632	26.1	−2.8
	Liberal Movement	John Lienert	3,719	7.7	+0.5
Total formal votes			48,421	98.1
Informal votes			917	1.9
Turnout			49,338	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bert Kelly		72.0	+4.5
	Labor	Irene Krastev		38.0	−4.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bert Kelly	22,761	49.4	−0.3
	Labor	Peter Dewhurst	13,304	28.9	−3.1
	Country	Ronald Crosby	6,225	13.5	−1.6
	Liberal Movement	John Freebairn	3,316	7.2	+7.2
	Australia	Ian Swan	476	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			46,082	97.5
Informal votes			1,174	2.5
Turnout			47,256	96.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bert Kelly		67.5	+1.6
	Labor	Peter Dewhurst		32.5	−1.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bert Kelly	31,280	69.5	+8.4
	Labor	John Phelan	13,737	30.5	−8.4
Total formal votes			45,017	97.9
Informal votes			970	2.1
Turnout			45,987	97.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+8.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bert Kelly	25,177	61.1	+3.0
	Labor	John Penrose	16,049	38.9	+2.2
Total formal votes			41,226	98.4
Informal votes			654	1.6
Turnout			41,880	97.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bert Kelly	22,759	58.1	+1.3
	Labor	Collin Wood	14,364	36.7	+5.8
	Democratic Labor	John McMahon	2,048	5.2	−0.5
Total formal votes			39,171	97.8
Informal votes			884	2.2
Turnout			40,055	96.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bert Kelly		62.3	−2.8
	Labor	Collin Wood		37.7	+2.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bert Kelly	21,844	56.8	−5.4
	Labor	Leonard Krieg	11,899	30.9	−1.5
	Independent	Hector Henstridge	2,518	6.5	+1.1
	Democratic Labor	Leo Redden	2,198	5.7	+5.7
Total formal votes			38,459	96.4
Informal votes			1,427	3.6
Turnout			39,886	97.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bert Kelly		65.1	+0.2
	Labor	Leonard Krieg		34.9	−0.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Philip McBride	24,283	62.2	+3.8
	Labor	Robert Bruce	12,671	32.4	−4.1
	Independent	Hector Henstridge	2,095	5.4	−0.4
Total formal votes			39,049	96.9
Informal votes			1,232	3.1
Turnout			40,281	96.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Sir Philip McBride		64.9	+2.7
	Labor	Robert Bruce		35.1	−2.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Philip McBride	21,893	56.8	+3.3
	Labor	Edward Harradine	14,400	37.4	−2.5
	Independent	Hector Henstridge	2,218	5.8	+5.8
Total formal votes			38,511	98.5
Informal votes			598	1.5
Turnout			39,109	97.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Sir Philip McBride		59.7	−0.4
	Labor	Edward Harradine		40.3	+0.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Philip McBride	23,232	60.1	−1.3
	Labor	Cyril Hasse	15,437	39.9	+1.3
Total formal votes			38,669	98.4
Informal votes			642	1.6
Turnout			39,311	97.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.3

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Philip McBride	23,847	61.4	+8.3
	Labor	Cyril Hasse	15,008	38.6	−7.2
Total formal votes			38,855	98.3
Informal votes			681	1.7
Turnout			39,536	97.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Philip McBride	26,894	51.5	+2.7
	Labor	Albert Smith	24,046	46.1	−5.1
	Independent	Frank Rieck	1,260	2.4	+2.4
Total formal votes			52,200	97.2
Informal votes			1,486	2.8
Turnout			53,686	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Philip McBride		52.7	+3.9
	Labor	Albert Smith		47.3	−3.9
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+3.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Smith	26,444	51.2	+4.6
	United Australia	Jack Duncan-Hughes	25,229	48.8	−4.6
Total formal votes			51,673	97.5
Informal votes			1,327	2.5
Turnout			53,000	96.5
	Labor gain from United Australia		Swing	+4.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Jack Duncan-Hughes	27,357	53.4	−10.0
	Labor	Sydney McHugh	23,870	46.6	+10.0
Total formal votes			51,227	97.1
Informal votes			1,547	2.9
Turnout			52,774	96.3
	United Australia gain from Labor		Swing	−10.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Richard Butler	19,591	39.3	−24.1
	Labor	Sydney McHugh	18,870	37.9	+1.3
	Independent	Percival Quirke	11,343	22.8	+22.8
Total formal votes			49,804	97.8
Informal votes			1,114	2.2
Turnout			50.918	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Sydney McHugh	28,255	56.7	+20.1
	United Australia	Richard Butler	21,549	43.3	−20.1
	Labor gain from United Australia		Swing	+20.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Charles Hawker	32,113	63.4	−1.7
	Labor	Raymond Davis	18,508	36.6	+17.4
Total formal votes			50,621	96.1
Informal votes			2,073	3.9
Turnout			52,694	96.5
	United Australia hold		Swing	−10.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Emergency Committee	Charles Hawker	22,596	65.3	+29.2
	Independent Country	Maurice Collins	12,030	34.7	+34.7
Total formal votes			34,626	95.4
Informal votes			1,674	4.6
Turnout			36,300	96.9
	Emergency Committee hold		Swing	+8.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Sydney McHugh	12,503	36.4	+36.4
	Nationalist	Charles Hawker	12,417	36.1	−4.3
	Country	Maurice Collins	9,437	27.5	−32.1
Total formal votes			34,357	96.5
Informal votes			1,251	3.5
Turnout			35,608	96.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Charles Hawker	19,547	56.9	+16.5
	Labor	Sydney McHugh	14,810	43.1	+43.1
	Nationalist gain from Country		Swing	+16.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Maurice Collins	18,813	59.6	+59.6
	Nationalist	Richard Foster	12,755	40.4	−24.4
Total formal votes			31,568	89.4
Informal votes			3,750	10.6
Turnout			35,318	96.1
	Country gain from Nationalist		Swing	+24.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Richard Foster	21,846	64.8	+64.8
	Labor	Even George	11,842	35.2	−1.5
Total formal votes			33,688	95.0
Informal votes			1,773	5.0
Turnout			35,461	93.3
	Nationalist gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.5