Electoral results for the Division of Bonython

Last updated May 31, 2022

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Bonython in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1955 until its abolition in 2004.

Members

	Party	Term
Norman Makin	Labor	1955–1963
Martin Nicholls	Labor	1963–1977
Neal Blewett	Labor	1977–1994
Martyn Evans	Labor	1994–2004

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

2001

2001 Australian federal election: Bonython
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Martyn Evans	35,813	47.36	−2.42
	Liberal	Brenton Chomel	21,822	28.86	+3.81
	Democrats	Mark Dennis	7,984	10.56	+1.26
	One Nation	John Mahoney	4,825	6.38	−8.23
	No GST	Rita Hunt	3,066	4.05	+4.05
	Greens	Lisa Blake	2,102	2.78	+2.78
Total formal votes			75,612	92.67	−1.87
Informal votes			5,984	7.33	+1.87
Turnout			81,596	96.00
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Martyn Evans	45,688	60.42	−2.89
	Liberal	Brenton Chomel	29,924	39.58	+2.89
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.89

Elections in the 1990s

1998

1998 Australian federal election: Bonython
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Martyn Evans	35,961	50.52	+0.93
	Liberal	Phil Newton	17,253	24.24	−6.75
	One Nation	Ted Shaw	10,542	14.81	+14.81
	Democrats	Robert Fisher	6,539	9.19	−5.27
	Australia First	Dave Carter	891	1.25	+1.25
Total formal votes			71,186	94.47	−0.69
Informal votes			4,170	5.53	+0.69
Turnout			73,356	95.69	−0.56
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Martyn Evans	45,935	64.53	+5.07
	Liberal	Phil Newton	25,251	35.47	−5.07
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.07

1996

1996 Australian federal election: Bonython
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Martyn Evans	34,926	49.59	−6.01
	Liberal	Chris Bodinar	21,824	30.99	+2.30
	Democrats	Chris Kennedy	10,185	14.46	+5.01
	Greens	Maya O'Leary	2,141	3.04	+3.04
		Michael Brander	1,357	1.93	+1.93
Total formal votes			70,433	95.15	+0.40
Informal votes			3,588	4.85	−0.40
Turnout			74,021	96.25	+1.62
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Martyn Evans	41,675	59.46	−5.29
	Liberal	Chris Bodinar	28,414	40.54	+5.29
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.29

1994 Bonython by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Martyn Evans	29,097	45.92	−9.68
	Liberal	Andy Markwell	20,398	32.19	+3.50
	Grey Power	George Bell	4,659	7.35	+7.35
	AAFI	Denis McCormack	4,323	6.82	+6.82
	Democrats	Philip Newey	3,960	6.25	−3.20
	Independent	Jack Webb	923	1.46	+1.46
Total formal votes			63,360	94.45	−0.01
Informal votes			3,722	5.55	+0.01
Turnout			67,082	86.59	−8.04
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Martyn Evans	36,013	56.90	−7.85
	Liberal	Andy Markwell	27,284	43.10	+7.85
	Labor hold		Swing	−7.85

1993

1993 Australian federal election: Bonython
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Neal Blewett	38,820	55.60	+3.52
	Liberal	Ian Brookfield	20,032	28.69	+2.30
	Democrats	Colin Maas	6,596	9.45	−8.80
	Independent	Tony Rocca	1,994	2.86	+2.86
	Call to Australia	Dennis Hood	1,099	1.57	−1.71
	Natural Law	Eamon McAleer	667	0.96	+0.96
	Independent	Bruce Hannaford	615	0.88	+0.88
Total formal votes			69,823	94.75	−0.21
Informal votes			3,870	5.25	+0.21
Turnout			73,693	94.63
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Neal Blewett	45,174	64.75	−0.92
	Liberal	Ian Brookfield	24,598	35.25	+0.92
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.92

1990

1990 Australian federal election: Bonython
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Neal Blewett	36,326	52.1	−9.2
	Liberal	Natalie Richardson	18,216	26.2	+1.9
	Democrats	Colin Maas	12,782	18.3	+8.8
	Call to Australia	Bruce Hannaford	2,334	3.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			69,658	95.0
Informal votes			3,635	5.0
Turnout			73,293	96.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Neal Blewett	45,837	65.9	−2.2
	Liberal	Natalie Richardson	23,722	34.1	+2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.2

Elections in the 1980s

1987

1987 Australian federal election: Bonython
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Neal Blewett	38,150	61.3	−2.7
	Liberal	Bernhard Buechner	15,115	24.3	−2.3
	Democrats	Colin Maas	5,887	9.5	+0.1
	National	Cathryn Linedale	2,233	3.6	+3.6
	Unite Australia	John Longhurst	825	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			62,210	91.6
Informal votes			5,700	8.4
Turnout			67,910	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Neal Blewett	42,338	68.1	−0.8
	Liberal	Bernhard Buechner	19,862	31.9	+0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.8

1984

1984 Australian federal election: Bonython
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Neal Blewett	35,817	64.0	−0.7
	Liberal	Graham Sara	14,902	26.6	+0.1
	Democrats	John Longhurst	5,279	9.4	+0.6
Total formal votes			55,998	88.1
Informal votes			7,573	11.9
Turnout			63,571	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Neal Blewett	38,578	68.9	−1.1
	Liberal	Graham Sara	17,418	31.1	+1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.1

1983

1983 Australian federal election: Bonython
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Neal Blewett	48,097	60.5	+6.1
	Liberal	Neville Joyce	24,391	30.7	−2.0
	Democrats	John Longhurst	7,006	8.8	−2.3
Total formal votes			79,494	97.1
Informal votes			2,340	2.9
Turnout			81,834	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Neal Blewett		65.8	+3.4
	Liberal	Neville Joyce		34.2	−3.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.4

1980

1980 Australian federal election: Bonython
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Neal Blewett	40,825	54.4	+3.9
	Liberal	Mark Mau	24,507	32.7	+1.9
	Democrats	John Longhurst	8,288	11.1	−7.5
	Socialist Labour	John Villain	716	1.0	+1.0
	Prog. Conservative	Donald Keitel	656	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			74,992	96.7
Informal votes			2,535	3.3
Turnout			77,527	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Neal Blewett		62.4	+2.6
	Liberal	Mark Mau		37.6	−2.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.6

Elections in the 1970s

1977

1977 Australian federal election: Bonython
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Neal Blewett	33,772	50.5	+2.1
	Liberal	Brian Marsden	20,595	30.8	−8.9
	Democrats	John Longhurst	12,457	18.6	+18.6
Total formal votes			66,824	96.0
Informal votes			2,814	4.0
Turnout			69,638	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Neal Blewett		59.8	+6.1
	Liberal	Brian Marsden		40.2	−6.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.1

1975

1975 Australian federal election: Bonython
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Martin Nicholls	41,363	50.7	−9.7
	Liberal	Alan Irving	30,568	37.4	+16.7
	Liberal Movement	John Longhurst	5,605	6.9	−1.4
	Communist	Robert Durbridge	4,099	5.0	+5.0
Total formal votes			81,635	96.8
Informal votes			2,727	3.2
Turnout			84,362	96.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Martin Nicholls		56.0	−9.6
	Liberal	Alan Irving		44.0	+9.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−9.6

1974

1974 Australian federal election: Bonython
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Martin Nicholls	44,723	60.4	−1.3
	Liberal	Rudolph Masopust	15,310	20.7	−10.0
	Liberal Movement	Jan Staska	6,131	8.3	+8.3
	Australia	Derek Ball	3,969	5.4	+5.4
	Country	Alan Irving	3,900	5.3	+5.3
Total formal votes			74,033	96.8
Informal votes			2,473	3.2
Turnout			76,506	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Martin Nicholls		65.6	+1.5
	Liberal	Rudolph Masopust		34.4	−1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.5

1972

1972 Australian federal election: Bonython
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Martin Nicholls	37,752	61.7	−2.1
	Liberal	Rudolph Masopust	18,777	30.7	+4.3
	Independent	Frank Lawrence	2,894	4.7	+4.7
	Democratic Labor	Peter Meredith	1,747	2.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			61,170	96.6
Informal votes			2,168	3.4
Turnout			63,338	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Martin Nicholls		64.1	−3.5
	Liberal	Rudolph Masopust		35.9	+3.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.5

Elections in the 1960s

1969

1969 Australian federal election: Bonython
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Martin Nicholls	31,296	63.8	+17.0
	Liberal	Rudolph Masopust	12,962	26.4	−17.6
	Social Credit	Frank Lawrence	3,757	7.7	+2.1
	Democratic Labor	Peter Meredith	1,004	2.0	−1.5
Total formal votes			49,019	96.5
Informal votes			1,793	3.5
Turnout			50,812	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Martin Nicholls		67.6	+17.1
	Liberal	Rudolph Masopust		32.4	−17.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+17.1

1966

1966 Australian federal election: Bonython
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Martin Nicholls	40,133	49.5	−21.4
	Liberal	John Kershaw	33,493	41.3	+41.3
	Social Credit	Luke Horan	4,549	5.6	+5.6
	Democratic Labor	Edward Timlin	2,856	3.5	−18.4
Total formal votes			81,031	96.1
Informal votes			3,293	3.9
Turnout			84,324	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Martin Nicholls		52.9	−24.5
	Liberal	John Kershaw		47.1	+47.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−24.5

1963

1963 Australian federal election: Bonython
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Martin Nicholls	45,537	70.9	+7.7
	Democratic Labor	Edward Timlin	14,084	21.9	+15.9
	Communist	Alan Miller	4,638	7.2	+6.0
Total formal votes			64,259	94.7
Informal votes			3,572	5.3
Turnout			67,831	96.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Martin Nicholls		77.4	+9.7
	Democratic Labor	Edward Timlin		22.6	+22.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.7

1961

1961 Australian federal election: Bonython
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Norman Makin	35,245	63.2	+1.9
	Liberal	Margaret McLachlan	13,562	24.3	−4.1
	Democratic Labor	Edward Timlin	3,331	6.0	+1.1
	Independent	Thomas Ellis	2,938	5.3	+5.3
	Communist	Alan Miller	695	1.2	−4.3
Total formal votes			55,771	95.4
Informal votes			2,659	4.6
Turnout			58,430	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Norman Makin		67.7	+1.4
	Liberal	Margaret McLachlan		32.3	−1.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.4

Elections in the 1950s

1958

1958 Australian federal election: Bonython
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Norman Makin	27,598	61.3	−8.1
	Liberal	Thomas Foale	12,781	28.4	−2.2
	Communist	Joseph Buchanan	2,470	5.5	+5.5
	Democratic Labor	Edward Timlin	2,206	5.5	+5.5
Total formal votes			45,055	95.8
Informal votes			1,976	4.2
Turnout			47,031	96.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Norman Makin		66.3	−3.1
	Liberal	Thomas Foale		33.7	+3.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.1

1955

1955 Australian federal election: Bonython
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Norman Makin	24,350	69.4	+5.4
	Liberal	John Mathwin	10,723	30.6	−5.1
Total formal votes			35,073	95.6
Informal votes			1,616	4.4
Turnout			36,689	95.6
	Labor notional hold		Swing	+5.4

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