Australian federal election, 2001

Australian federal election, 2001
All 150 seats in the House of Representatives ; 76 seats were needed for a majority in the House ; 40 (of the 76) seats in the Senate
Registered	12,054,664
Turnout	94.9%
Prime Minister before election; John Howard ; Liberal/National coalition	Subsequent Prime Minister; John Howard ; Liberal/National coalition

Last updated March 12, 2019

Federal elections were held in Australia on 10 November 2001. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member Senate were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia John Howard and coalition partner the National Party of Australia led by John Anderson defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party led by Kim Beazley.

The House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the upper house being the Senate. Its composition and powers are established in Chapter I of the Constitution of Australia.

The Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Chapter I of the Constitution of Australia. There are a total of 76 Senators: 12 are elected from each of the six states regardless of population and 2 from each of the two autonomous internal territories. Senators are popularly elected under the single transferable vote system of proportional representation.

The Liberal Party of Australia is a major centre-right political party in Australia, one of the two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-left Australian Labor Party (ALP). It was founded in 1944 as the successor to the United Australia Party (UAP).

Results

House of Representatives results

**House of Reps (IRV) — 2001–04 – Turnout 94.85% (CV) — Informal 4.82%**
Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Australian Labor Party		4,341,420	37.84	−2.26	65	−2
	Coalition
		Liberal Party of Australia	4,244,072	37.40	+3.18	68	+4
		National Party of Australia	643,926	5.61	+0.32	13	−3
		Country Liberal Party	36,961	0.32	+0.0	1	+1
	Australian Democrats		620,197	5.41	+0.28	0	0
	Australian Greens		569,074	4.96	+2.82	0	0
	One Nation Party		498,032	4.34	−4.09	0	0
	Christian Democratic Party		69,294	0.60	+0.02	0	0
	Unity Party		24,653	0.21	−0.58	0	0
	Citizens Electoral Council		18,352	0.16	+0.09	0	0
	liberals for forests		16,042	0.14	*	0	0
	No GST Party		14,164	0.12	+0.10	0	0
	Australians Against Further Immigration		12,033	0.10	*	0	0
	Save the ADI Site Party		6,029	0.05	*	0	0
	Progressive Labour Party		4,467	0.04	−0.02	0	0
	Lower Excise Fuel and Beer Party		4,292	0.04	*	0	0
	Help End Marijuana Prohibition		3,277	0.03	*	0	0
	Curtin Labor Alliance		2,496	0.02	*	0	0
	Non-Custodial Parents Party		769	0.01	*	0	0
	The Fishing Party		720	0.01	*	0	0
	Tasmania First Party		621	0.01	−0.03	0	0
	Outdoor Recreation Party		485	0.00	*	0	0
	Independents		311,121	2.71	+0.95	3	+2
	Not Affiliated		20,997	0.18	+0.05	0	0
	Total		11,474,074			150
Two-party-preferred vote
	Liberal/National Coalition		WIN	50.95	+1.93	82	+2
	Australian Labor Party			49.05	−1.93	65	-2

Independents: Peter Andren, Tony Windsor, Bob Katter

Peter James Andren AM was an Australian politician. He was an independent member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1996 until October 2007, representing the electorate of Calare, New South Wales.

Antony Harold Curties Windsor is a former Australian politician. Windsor was an independent member for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Tamworth from 1991 to 2001 − supporting the incumbent Greiner Liberal/National Coalition minority government at the 1991 election.

Robert Carl Katter is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since 1993. He was previously active in state politics from 1974 to 1992. Katter was a member of the National Party until 2001, when he left to sit as an independent. He formed his own party, Katter's Australian Party, in 2011.

Popular Vote

Labor			37.84%
Liberal			37.40%
National			5.61%
Democrats			5.51%
Greens			4.96%
One Nation			4.34%
CLP			0.32%
Independents			2.71%
Other			1.41%

Two Party Preferred Vote

Coalition			50.95%
Labor			49.05%

Parliament Seats

Coalition			54.67%
Labor			43.33%
Independents			2.00%

Senate results

**Senate (STV GV) — 2002–05 – Turnout 95.20% (CV) — Informal 3.89%**
	Votes	%	Swing	Seats Won	Seats Held
Australian Labor Party	3,990,997	34.42	-2.99	14	28
Liberal/National (Joint Ticket)	2,776,052	23.88	+2.00	6
Liberal Party of Australia	1,824,745	15.69	+2.06	12	31
Australian Democrats	843,130	7.25	-1.20	4	8
One Nation	644,364	5.54	-3.44	0	1
Australian Greens	574,543	4.94	+2.22	2	2
National Party of Australia	222,860	1.92	+0.06	1	3
Christian Democratic Party	129,966	1.12	+0.03	0	0
liberals for forests	87,672	0.75	*	0	0
Progressive Labour Party	76,150	0.65	*	0	0
Democratic Labor Party	66,547	0.57	+0.30	0	0
Help End Marijuana Prohibition	63,648	0.55	*	0	0
No GST Party	50,053	0.43	+0.29	0	0
Country Liberal Party	40,680	0.35	+0.03	1	1
Phil Cleary – Independent Australia	36,122	0.31	*	0	0
Unity Party	30,193	0.26	-0.57	0	0
The Fishing Party	27,591	0.24	*	0	0
Lower Excise Fuel and Beer Party	23,767	0.20	*	0	0
Australians Against Further Immigration	21,012	0.18	+0.11	0	0
Republican Party of Australia	9,939	0.09	+0.08	0	0
Citizens Electoral Council	8,896	0.08	+0.00	0	0
Reform the Legal System	8,199	0.07	*	0	0
Helen Caldicott – Our Common Future	5,358	0.05	*	0	0
Nuclear Disarmament Party	4,596	0.04	-0.05	0	0
Non-Custodial Parents Party	4,071	0.04	*	0	0
Tasmania First Party	3,895	0.03	-0.01	0	0
Curtin Labor Alliance	3,494	0.03	*	0	0
Hope Party Australia	2,947	0.03	*	0	0
Advance Australia Party	1,936	0.02	*	0	0
Taxi Operators' Political Service	670	0.01	+0.01	0	0
Other	43,712	0.38	+0.08	0	0
Harradine Group	*	*	*	0	1
Shayne Murphy	*	*	*	0	1
Total	11,627,529			40	76

House of Representatives preference flows

The Nationals had candidates in 14 seats where three-cornered-contests existed, with 87.34% of preferences favouring the Liberal Party.
The Democrats contested 145 electorates with preferences favouring Labor (64.13%).
The Greens contested 145 electorates with preferences strongly favouring Labor (74.83%).
One Nation contested 120 electorates with preferences slightly favouring the Liberal/National Coalition (55.87%).

Seats changing hands

The following table indicates seats that changed hands from one party to another at this election. It compares the election results with the previous margins, taking into account redistributions in New South Wales, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania and both territories. As a result, it includes the seats of Macarthur and Parramatta, which were held by Liberal members but had notional Labor margins. The table does not include the new seat of Hasluck (retained by Labor); the abolished Northern Territory, which was divided into Lingiari (retained by Labor) and Solomon (retained by the CLP); or Paterson, a Labor seat made Liberal by the redistribution

New South Wales is a state on the east coast of Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria to the south, and South Australia to the west. Its coast borders the Tasman Sea to the east. The Australian Capital Territory is an enclave within the state. New South Wales' state capital is Sydney, which is also Australia's most populous city. In March 2018, the population of New South Wales was over 7.9 million, making it Australia's most populous state. Just under two-thirds of the state's population, 5.1 million, live in the Greater Sydney area. Inhabitants of New South Wales are referred to as New South Welshmen.

Tasmania is an island state of Australia. It is located 240 km (150 mi) to the south of the Australian mainland, separated by Bass Strait. The state encompasses the main island of Tasmania, the 26th-largest island in the world, and the surrounding 334 islands. The state has a population of around 526,700 as of March 2018. Just over forty percent of the population resides in the Greater Hobart precinct, which forms the metropolitan area of the state capital and largest city, Hobart.

The Division of Macarthur is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. The division is named after John Macarthur and his wife Elizabeth, who were both pioneers of Australia's wool industry. The main products and work in the electorate are in the fruit and vegetable production, lucerne and fodder crops, wine, dairy cattle and horse-breeding.

Seat	Pre-2001				Swing	Post-2001
Seat	Party		Member	Margin^[1]	Swing	Margin	Member	Party
Ballarat, Vic		Liberal	Michael Ronaldson	2.77	5.50	2.73	Catherine King	Labor
Canning, WA		Labor	Jane Gerick	0.04	0.42	0.38	Don Randall	Liberal
Dickson, Qld		Labor	Cheryl Kernot	0.12	6.09	5.97	Peter Dutton	Liberal
Dobell, NSW		Labor	Hon Michael Lee	1.53	1.91	0.38	Ken Ticehurst	Liberal
Farrer, NSW		National	Tim Fischer	14.18	N/A	16.37	Sussan Ley	Liberal
Kennedy, Qld		National	Bob Katter	11.19	N/A	19.69	Bob Katter	Independent
Macarthur, NSW		Labor	notional	1.69	8.65	6.96	Pat Farmer	Liberal
New England, NSW		National	Stuart St. Clair	13.66	N/A	8.30	Tony Windsor	Independent
Parramatta, NSW		Labor	notional	2.49	3.64	1.15	Ross Cameron	Liberal
Ryan, Qld		Labor	Leonie Short*	0.17	8.79	8.62	Michael Johnson	Liberal

*Leonie Short was elected to Ryan in a by-election earlier in 2001.

Background

ABC news report of the Tampa affair and its political context, October 2001.

Throughout much of 2001, the Coalition had been trailing Labor in opinion polls, thanks to dissatisfaction with the government's economic reform programme and high petrol prices.^{[ citation needed ]} The opposition Australian Labor Party had won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote at the previous election and had won a series of state and territory elections. Labor also recorded positive swings in two by-elections, taking the Queensland seat of Ryan and coming close in Aston.

The Australian Labor Party is a major centre-left political party in Australia. The party has been in opposition at the federal level since the 2013 election. Bill Shorten has been the party's federal parliamentary leader since 13 October 2013. The party is a federal party with branches in each state and territory. Labor is in government in the states of Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, and in both the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory. The party competes against the Liberal/National Coalition for political office at the federal and state levels. It is the oldest political party in Australia.

The September 11 attacks and the Children Overboard and Tampa affairs were strong influences in the minds of voters at this election,^{[ citation needed ]} focusing debate around the issues of border protection and national security. Polls swung strongly toward the coalition after the "Tampa" controversy but before the 11 September attacks.^{[ citation needed ]}

The September 11 attacks were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001. The attacks killed 2,996 people, injured over 6,000 others, and caused at least $10 billion in infrastructure and property damage. Additional people died of 9/11-related cancer and respiratory diseases in the months and years following the attacks.

The Children Overboard affair was an Australian political controversy involving public allegations by Howard Government ministers in October 2001, in the lead-up to a federal election, that seafaring asylum seekers had thrown children overboard in a presumed ploy to secure rescue and passage to Australia.

In August 2001, the Howard Government of Australia refused permission for the Norwegian freighter MV Tampa, carrying 433 rescued refugees and 5 crew to enter Australian waters. This triggered an Australian political controversy in the lead up to the 2001 federal election, and a diplomatic dispute between Australia and Norway.

In fact voter concern with terrorism in the aftermath of September 11 was noted with the rise in the combined primary votes of the major parties of 79.61%, at the previous election in 1998, to 81.17% at this election.

There would be further increases in the combined major party primary vote in 2004 and 2007.

Another major issue was the collapse of the country's second biggest airline Ansett Australia and whether it should be given a bailout; the Coalition was opposed to the bailout because it was not the government's fault.^{[ citation needed ]} However, Labor was for a bailout because the company's collapse was about to result in the biggest mass job loss in Australian history, whilst also arguing that the government was partially responsible for allowing Ansett to be taken over by Air New Zealand who had caused Ansett's failure.^[2] Although the two-party preferred result was reasonably close, the ALP recorded its lowest primary vote since 1934.^[3]

Political scientists^{[ who? ]} have suggested that television coverage has subtly transformed the political system, with a spotlight on leaders rather than parties, thereby making for more of an American presidential-style system. In this election television news focused on international issues, especially terrorism and asylum seekers. Minor parties were largely ignored as the two main parties monopolized the camera's attention. The election was depicted as a horse race between Howard and Beazley; Howard ran ahead and was therefore given more coverage than his Labor rival.^[4]

The election-eve Newspoll reported the Liberal/National Coalition on a 53 percent two-party-preferred vote.^[5]

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References

↑ "Electoral Newsfile 97: Seat Status including notional seat status for SA, NSW, Tas, WA and NT Divisions". Australian Electoral Commission. 2001.
↑ "Tampa issue improves Coalition election prospects: ABC 7.30 report 4/9/2001". Abc.net.au. Retrieved 2010-06-13.
↑ "australianpolitics.com". australianpolitics.com. Retrieved 2010-06-13.
↑ David Denemark, Ian Ward, and Clive Bean, Election Campaigns and Television News Coverage: The Case of the 2001 Australian Election. Australian Journal of Political Science. (2007) 42#1 pp: 89-109 online
↑ "Newspoll archive since 1987". Polling.newspoll.com.au.tmp.anchor.net.au. Retrieved 2016-07-30.

External links

Australian Electoral Commission Results
University of WA election results in Australia since 1890
AEC 2PP vote
AustralianPolitics.com election details
Preference flows – ABC

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[redistribution-1] "Electoral Newsfile 97: Seat Status including notional seat status for SA, NSW, Tas, WA and NT Divisions". Australian Electoral Commission. 2001.

[2] "Tampa issue improves Coalition election prospects: ABC 7.30 report 4/9/2001". Abc.net.au. Retrieved 2010-06-13.

[3] "australianpolitics.com". australianpolitics.com. Retrieved 2010-06-13.

[4] David Denemark, Ian Ward, and Clive Bean, Election Campaigns and Television News Coverage: The Case of the 2001 Australian Election. Australian Journal of Political Science. (2007) 42#1 pp: 89-109 online

[5] "Newspoll archive since 1987". Polling.newspoll.com.au.tmp.anchor.net.au. Retrieved 2016-07-30.

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