Electoral results for the Division of Wannon

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Wannon in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1901 until the present.

	Party	Term
Samuel Cooke	Free Trade	1901–1903
Arthur Robinson	Free Trade/Anti-Socialist	1903–1906
John McDougall	Labor	1906–1913
Arthur Rodgers	Liberal	1913–1917
Arthur Rodgers	Nationalist	1917–1922
John McNeill	Labor	1922–1925
Arthur Rodgers	Nationalist	1925–1929
John McNeill	Labor	1929–1931
Thomas Scholfield	United Australia	1931–1940
Don McLeod	Labor	1940–1949
Dan Mackinnon	Liberal	1949–1951
Don McLeod	Labor	1951–1955
Malcolm Fraser	Liberal	1955–1983
David Hawker		1983 by–2010
Dan Tehan		2010–present

Party		Candidate
	Independent	Alex Dyson
	Family First	Lee-Ann Elmes
	Greens	Kate Gazzard
	Trumpet of Patriots	Julie Ann McCamish
	Legalise Cannabis	Robbie Swan
	One Nation	Leo Curtain
	Liberal	Dan Tehan
	Labor	Fiona Mackenzie
	Independent	Bernadine Atkinson
Total formal votes
Informal votes
Turnout

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dan Tehan	44,948	44.46	−6.63
	Independent	Alex Dyson	19,504	19.29	+9.64
	Labor	Gilbert Wilson	19,303	19.09	−6.85
	Greens	Hilary McAllister	6,444	6.37	−0.39
	United Australia	Craige Kensen	3,308	3.27	−2.27
	One Nation	Ronnie Graham	3,275	3.24	+3.24
	Independent	Graham Garner	2,346	2.32	+2.32
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Mead	1,973	1.95	+1.95
Total formal votes			101,101	94.75	−1.47
Informal votes			5,603	5.25	+1.47
Turnout			106,704	92.22	−2.84
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Liberal	Dan Tehan	59,722	59.07	−1.10
	Labor	Gilbert Wilson	41,379	40.93	+1.10
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Dan Tehan	54,517	53.92	−6.24
	Independent	Alex Dyson	46,584	46.08	+46.08
	Liberal hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dan Tehan	53,094	51.11	+0.69
	Labor	Maurice Billi	27,150	26.13	−3.87
	Independent	Alex Dyson	10,797	10.39	+10.39
	Greens	Zephlyn Taylor	6,590	6.34	−1.86
	United Australia	Joshua Wallace	6,258	6.02	+6.02
Total formal votes			103,889	96.15	+0.55
Informal votes			4,161	3.85	−0.55
Turnout			108,050	94.31	−1.18
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dan Tehan	62,733	60.38	+1.23
	Labor	Maurice Billi	41,156	39.62	−1.23
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.23

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dan Tehan	47,513	53.23	−0.50
	Labor	Michael Barling	27,411	30.71	+1.18
	Greens	Thomas Campbell	7,264	8.14	+1.71
	Independent	Michael McCluskey	4,048	4.54	+4.54
	Independent	Bernardine Atkinson	3,019	3.38	+3.38
Total formal votes			89,255	96.04	+0.03
Informal votes			3,681	3.96	−0.03
Turnout			92,936	93.73	−1.88
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dan Tehan	52,625	58.96	−1.11
	Labor	Michael Barling	36,630	41.04	+1.11
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.11

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dan Tehan	47,392	53.73	+8.29
	Labor	Michael Barling	26,044	29.53	−1.79
	Greens	Tim Emanuelle	5,668	6.43	+0.20
	Palmer United	Bradley Ferguson	3,519	3.99	+3.99
	Sex Party	Chris Johnson	2,455	2.78	+2.78
	Family First	Craig Haberfield	1,957	2.22	−0.10
	Christians	Therese Corbett	1,167	1.32	+1.32
Total formal votes			88,202	96.01	+1.18
Informal votes			3,665	3.99	−1.18
Turnout			91,867	95.68	+0.34
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dan Tehan	52,984	60.07	+4.41
	Labor	Michael Barling	35,218	39.93	−4.41
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.41

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dan Tehan	38,813	46.62	−5.94
	Labor	Judith McNamara	24,502	29.43	−6.74
	Greens	Lisa Owen	5,016	6.03	−0.95
	Independent	James Purcell	4,652	5.59	+5.59
	Independent	Katrina Rainsford	4,066	4.88	+4.88
	Independent	Ralph Leutton	2,582	3.10	+3.10
	Family First	Jahzeel Concepcion	1,795	2.16	−2.13
	Independent	Allan Marsh	1,080	1.30	+1.30
	Independent	Robert O'Brien	745	0.89	+0.89
Total formal votes			83,251	94.68	−2.73
Informal votes			4,676	5.32	+2.73
Turnout			87,927	95.30	−1.10
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dan Tehan	47,697	57.29	−0.18
	Labor	Judith McNamara	35,554	42.71	+0.18
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.18

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Hawker	44,834	52.56	−5.27
	Labor	Antony Moore	30,852	36.17	+4.32
	Greens	Lisa Owen	5,953	6.98	+2.63
	Family First	Daniel Pech	3,663	4.29	+1.31
Total formal votes			85,302	97.41	+0.79
Informal votes			2,266	2.59	−0.79
Turnout			87,568	96.33	+0.38
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Hawker	49,020	57.47	−4.90
	Labor	Antony Moore	36,282	42.53	+4.90
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.90

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Hawker	48,687	57.83	+5.61
	Labor	Robert John McAlpine	26,816	31.85	−1.85
	Greens	Gillian Blair	3,663	4.35	+0.66
	Family First	Ruth Hazelton	2,508	2.98	+2.98
	Independent	Leigh McDonald	1,555	1.85	−0.20
	Democrats	Kerre Willsher	806	0.96	−2.02
	Citizens Electoral Council	Robert Barwick	149	0.18	+0.18
Total formal votes			84,184	96.62	+0.36
Informal votes			2,944	3.38	−0.36
Turnout			87,128	95.95	−0.55
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Hawker	52,504	62.37	+3.14
	Labor	Robert John McAlpine	31,680	37.63	−3.14
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.14

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Hawker	40,366	52.39	+3.32
	Labor	Richard Morrow	25,648	33.29	+2.08
	Greens	Gillian Blair	2,764	3.59	+3.59
	Democrats	Amanda Packer	2,296	2.98	−3.49
	One Nation	Olive Schmidt	2,136	2.77	−4.92
	Independent	Leigh McDonald	1,760	2.28	+2.28
	Lower Excise Fuel	Ricky Witney	1,194	1.55	+1.55
	Independent	Robert O'Brien	878	1.14	−1.24
Total formal votes			77,042	96.13	−1.11
Informal votes			3,098	3.87	+1.11
Turnout			80,140	97.29
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Hawker	45,921	59.58	+2.14
	Labor	Richard Morrow	31,120	40.42	−2.14
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.14

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Hawker	37,570	49.07	−8.43
	Labor	Mia Vitue	23,897	31.21	−2.21
	One Nation	Simon Edge	5,889	7.69	+7.69
	Democrats	Maggie Lindop	4,957	6.47	−2.60
	Reform	Leigh McDonald	2,427	3.17	+3.17
	Independent	Robert O'Brien	1,824	2.38	+2.38
Total formal votes			76,564	97.24	−0.76
Informal votes			2,170	2.76	+0.76
Turnout			78,734	96.79	−0.72
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Hawker	43,981	57.44	−4.87
	Labor	Mia Vitue	32,583	42.56	+4.87
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.87

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Hawker	44,695	57.50	+1.55
	Labor	Richard Morrow	25,978	33.42	−2.61
	Democrats	Maggie Lindop	7,051	9.07	+7.00
Total formal votes			77,724	98.00	+0.54
Informal votes			1,587	2.00	−0.54
Turnout			79,311	97.52	+0.20
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Hawker	48,312	62.31	+2.79
	Labor	Richard Morrow	29,222	37.69	−2.79
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.79

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Hawker	40,819	55.46	−1.55
	Labor	Richard Morrow	26,846	36.47	+5.70
	Independent	John Philpot	1,963	2.67	+2.67
	Democrats	Donald Anderson	1,534	2.08	−6.85
	Independent	Les Hemingway	1,234	1.68	+1.68
	Independent	David Wilson	746	1.01	+1.01
	Natural Law	Yasmin Horsham	462	0.63	+0.63
Total formal votes			73,604	97.45	−0.27
Informal votes			1,926	2.55	+0.27
Turnout			75,530	97.31
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Hawker	43,608	59.27	−3.39
	Labor	Richard Morrow	29.967	40.73	+3.39
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.39

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Hawker	41,104	57.0	+1.6
	Labor	Phillip Sawyer	22,187	30.8	−4.1
	Democrats	Allan Thompson	6,441	8.9	+2.3
	Call to Australia	Terry Winter	2,376	3.3	+3.3
Total formal votes			72,108	97.7
Informal votes			1,682	2.3
Turnout			73,790	96.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Hawker	45,125	62.7	+1.2
	Labor	Phillip Sawyer	26,885	37.3	−1.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Hawker	38,838	60.2	+1.8
	Labor	Kevin Watt	21,478	33.3	+1.3
	Democrats	Julie Jennings	4,235	6.6	+3.9
Total formal votes			64,551	97.0
Informal votes			2,019	3.0
Turnout			66,570	96.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Hawker	40,718	63.1	−2.3
	Labor	Kevin Watt	23,829	36.9	+2.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.3

1984 Australian federal election: Wannon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Hawker	36,748	58.4	−3.0
	Labor	Nancy Genardini	20,130	32.0	−1.8
	National	Betty Gee	3,294	5.2	+5.2
	Democrats	Kathleen May	1,683	2.7	−2.5
	Democratic Labor	Bill Verhoef	1,115	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			62,970	95.3
Informal votes			3,096	4.7
Turnout			66,066	96.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Hawker	41,198	65.4	+1.9
	Labor	Nancy Genardini	21,755	34.6	−1.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.9

Wannon by-election, 1983^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Hawker	26,631	41.6	−16.0
	Labor	Nancy Genardini	23,069	36.1	−1.1
	National	Roger Hallam	14,290	22.3	+22.3
Total formal votes			63,990	99.2	+0.5
Informal votes			527	0.8	−0.5
Turnout			64,517	92.9	−4.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Hawker	38,930	60.8	+1.1
	Labor	Nancy Genardini	25,060	39.2	−1.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.1

1983 Australian federal election: Wannon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Malcolm Fraser	37,792	57.6	−0.8
	Labor	Nancy Genardini	24,359	37.2	+2.1
	Democrats	Harold Jeffrey	3,416	5.2	+1.1
Total formal votes			65,567	98.7
Informal votes			865	1.3
Turnout			66,432	97.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Malcolm Fraser		59.7	−1.5
	Labor	Nancy Genardini		40.3	+1.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.5

1980 Australian federal election: Wannon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Malcolm Fraser	37,680	58.4	+1.7
	Labor	Keith Wilson	22,670	35.1	+4.1
	Democrats	Bernhard Kruger	2,625	4.1	−1.7
	Independent	Joseph Young	1,546	2.4	−6.9
Total formal votes			64,521	98.3
Informal votes			1,089	1.7
Turnout			65,610	96.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Malcolm Fraser		61.2	−4.4
	Labor	Keith Wilson		38.8	+4.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Malcolm Fraser	35,640	56.7	−2.8
	Labor	Andrew Frost	19,483	31.0	−4.2
	Democratic Labor	John Casanova	4,125	6.6	+1.3
	Democrats	Thelma Trayling	3,617	5.8	+5.8
Total formal votes			62,865	98.5
Informal votes			968	1.5
Turnout			63,833	97.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Malcolm Fraser		65.6	+1.2
	Labor	Andrew Frost		34.4	−1.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Malcolm Fraser	33,290	63.3	+8.5
	Labor	Keith Wilson	16,521	31.4	−5.9
	Democratic Labor	John Casanova	2,804	5.3	−1.4
Total formal votes			52,615	99.0
Informal votes			539	1.0
Turnout			53,154	97.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Malcolm Fraser		68.2	+6.8
	Labor	Keith Wilson		31.8	−6.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Malcolm Fraser	28,117	54.8	+8.7
	Labor	Ted Garth	19,133	37.3	−3.7
	Democratic Labor	John Casanova	3,431	6.7	−1.3
	Australia	Peter Hopgood	581	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			51,262	98.9
Informal votes			582	1.1
Turnout			51,844	97.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Malcolm Fraser		61.4	+5.4
	Labor	Ted Garth		38.6	−5.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Malcolm Fraser	21,760	46.1	−5.2
	Labor	Ted Garth	19,375	41.0	+3.9
	Democratic Labor	Adrian McInerney	3,800	8.0	−3.6
	Independent	Linden Cameron	2,284	4.8	+4.8
Total formal votes			47,219	99.3
Informal votes			319	0.7
Turnout			47,538	97.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Malcolm Fraser	26,445	56.0	−5.7
	Labor	Ted Garth	20,774	44.0	+5.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Malcolm Fraser	23,711	51.3	−2.5
	Labor	Kenneth Ginifer	17,175	37.1	+5.9
	Democratic Labor	Maurice Purcell	5,355	11.6	−3.4
Total formal votes			46,241	98.9
Informal votes			496	1.1
Turnout			46,737	97.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Malcolm Fraser		61.7	−5.7
	Labor	Kenneth Ginifer		38.3	+5.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Malcolm Fraser	23,220	53.3	+1.4
	Labor	Cyril Primmer	13,800	31.7	−1.3
	Democratic Labor	Terence Callander	6,514	15.0	−0.1
Total formal votes			43,534	98.6
Informal votes			629	1.4
Turnout			44,163	97.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Malcolm Fraser		66.9	+1.3
	Labor	Cyril Primmer		33.1	−1.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Malcolm Fraser	22,503	51.9	+3.5
	Labor	Cyril Primmer	14,307	33.0	−2.2
	Democratic Labor	Terence Callander	6,549	15.1	−1.3
Total formal votes			43,359	99.5
Informal votes			237	0.5
Turnout			43,596	97.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Malcolm Fraser		65.6	+1.8
	Labor	Cyril Primmer		34.4	−1.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Malcolm Fraser	20,833	48.4	+0.2
	Labor	Jack Stanford	15,162	35.2	−1.1
	Democratic Labor	Terence Callander	7,069	16.4	+0.9
Total formal votes			43,064	98.9
Informal votes			463	1.1
Turnout			43,527	96.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Malcolm Fraser	27,466	63.8	+1.5
	Labor	Jack Stanford	15,598	36.2	−1.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Malcolm Fraser	20,550	48.2	−0.7
	Labor	Jack Stanford	15,501	36.3	+0.7
	Democratic Labor	Terence Callander	6,614	15.5	+0.0
Total formal votes			42,665	98.8
Informal votes			534	1.2
Turnout			43,199	97.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Malcolm Fraser	25,591	62.3	+3.0
	Labor	Jack Stanford	16,074	37.7	−3.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Malcolm Fraser	19,911	48.9	−1.9
	Labor	Roy Cundy	14,522	35.6	−13.6
	Labor (A-C)	Terence Callander	6,322	15.5	+15.5
Total formal votes			40,755	98.3
Informal votes			687	1.7
Turnout			41,442	96.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Malcolm Fraser	24,183	59.3	+8.5
	Labor	Roy Cundy	16,572	40.7	−8.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+8.5

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don McLeod	18,509	50.02	−1.1
	Liberal	Malcolm Fraser	18,492	49.98	+1.1
Total formal votes			37,001	100
Informal votes			186	0.5
Turnout			37,187	97.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don McLeod	18,427	51.1	+4.0
	Liberal	Dan Mackinnon	17,601	48.9	+12.0
Total formal votes			36,028	99.2
Informal votes			299	0.8
Turnout			36,327	97.6
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+1.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don McLeod	16,905	47.1	−4.6
	Liberal	Dan Mackinnon	13,235	36.9	+9.1
	Country	Helena Marfell	5,716	15.9	−1.5
Total formal votes			35,856	99.1
Informal votes			312	0.9
Turnout			36,168	97.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dan Mackinnon	18,203	50.8	+3.8
	Labor	Don McLeod	17,653	49.2	−3.8
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+3.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don McLeod	24,387	47.3	−4.1
	Liberal	Dan Mackinnon	15,262	29.6	+11.0
	Country	Leonard Rodda	11,955	23.1	+1.5
Total formal votes			51,604	98.9
Informal votes			551	1.1
Turnout			52,155	96.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Don McLeod	26,409	51.2	−2.9
	Liberal	Dan Mackinnon	25,195	48.8	+2.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don McLeod	25,609	51.4	+2.8
	Country	Leonard Rodda	10,778	21.6	+21.6
	United Australia	John Menadue	9,248	18.6	−23.6
	Ind. United Australia	Thomas Scholfield	4,190	8.4	+8.4
Total formal votes			49,825	98.9
Informal votes			555	1.1
Turnout			50,380	98.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Don McLeod		54.1	+0.4
	United Australia	John Menadue		45.9	−0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don McLeod	24,533	48.6	+9.3
	United Australia	Thomas Scholfield	21,271	42.2	+4.9
	Independent Country	John Crawford	2,490	4.9	+4.9
	Independent	Jabez Potts	2,164	4.3	+4.3
Total formal votes			50,458	98.8
Informal votes			624	1.2
Turnout			51,082	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Don McLeod	27,098	53.7	+5.0
	United Australia	Thomas Scholfield	23,360	46.3	−5.0
	Labor gain from United Australia		Swing	+5.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don McLeod	19,520	39.3	+6.9
	United Australia	Thomas Scholfield	18,526	37.3	+0.7
	Country	Robert Rankin	11,618	23.4	−6.6
Total formal votes			49,664	98.6
Informal votes			700	1.4
Turnout			50,364	96.6
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Thomas Scholfield	25,489	51.3	−3.7
	Labor	Don McLeod	24,175	48.7	+3.7
	United Australia hold		Swing	−3.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Thomas Scholfield	16,488	37.7	+2.0
	Labor	Don McLeod	14,515	33.2	−1.5
	Country	Henry Bailey	12,703	29.1	−0.5
Total formal votes			43,706	98.6
Informal votes			604	1.4
Turnout			44,310	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Thomas Scholfield	24,014	54.9	−7.4
	Labor	Don McLeod	19,692	45.1	+7.4
	United Australia hold		Swing	−7.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Thomas Scholfield	15,205	35.7	−12.3
	Labor	John McNeill	14,772	34.7	−17.3
	Country	Arthur Rodgers	12,627	29.6	+29.6
Total formal votes			42,604	98.9
Informal votes			469	1.1
Turnout			43,073	96.8
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Thomas Scholfield	26,546	62.3	+14.3
	Labor	John McNeill	16,058	37.7	−14.3
	United Australia gain from Labor		Swing	+14.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John McNeill	21,338	52.0	+4.8
	Nationalist	Arthur Rodgers	19,720	48.0	−4.8
Total formal votes			41,058	98.7
Informal votes			541	1.3
Turnout			41,599	97.0
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	+4.8