Electoral results for the Division of Burke (1969–2004)

Last updated May 31, 2022

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Burke in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1969 to its abolition in 2004.

Members

	Party	Term
Keith Johnson	Labor	1969–1980
Andrew Theophanous	Labor	1980–1984
Neil O'Keefe	Labor	1984–2001
Brendan O'Connor	Labor	2001–2004

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

2001

2001 Australian federal election: Burke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brendan O'Connor	39,138	47.74	−2.25
	Liberal	Chris Dawe	31,282	38.16	+2.13
	Greens	Marcus Ward	6,062	7.39	+5.48
	Democrats	Geoff Lutz	5,493	6.70	+0.72
Total formal votes			81,975	96.43	+1.61
Informal votes			3,031	3.57	−1.61
Turnout			85,006	95.98
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Brendan O'Connor	45,504	55.51	−2.10
	Liberal	Chris Dawe	36,471	44.49	+2.10
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.10

Elections in the 1990s

1998

1998 Australian federal election: Burke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Neil O'Keefe	36,516	50.00	−0.95
	Liberal	Serge Petrovich	26,317	36.03	−2.41
	Democrats	Vaughan Williams	4,365	5.98	−3.64
	One Nation	Frank Preston	3,319	4.54	+4.54
	Greens	Paul Fyffe	1,397	1.91	+1.91
	Independent	Rod Hardy	957	1.31	+1.31
	Natural Law	Ngaire Mason	163	0.22	−0.78
Total formal votes			73,034	94.82	−2.21
Informal votes			3,988	5.18	+2.21
Turnout			77,022	95.98	−0.23
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Neil O'Keefe	42,074	57.61	+0.58
	Liberal	Serge Petrovich	30,960	42.39	−0.58
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.58

1996

1996 Australian federal election: Burke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Neil O'Keefe	35,949	50.95	−1.93
	Liberal	Anthony Moore	27,122	38.44	−1.41
	Democrats	Victor Kaye	6,782	9.61	+5.08
	Natural Law	Michael Dickins	705	1.00	+0.28
Total formal votes			70,558	97.04	−0.40
Informal votes			2,155	2.96	+0.40
Turnout			72,713	96.21	−0.22
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Neil O'Keefe	40,069	57.03	−0.69
	Liberal	Anthony Moore	30,191	42.97	+0.69
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.69

1993

1993 Australian federal election: Burke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Neil O'Keefe	40,067	55.39	+12.51
	Liberal	Stephen Mitchell	27,047	37.39	−3.92
	Democrats	Iain Ralph	3,180	4.40	−11.42
	Call to Australia	Ian Burrowes	1,491	2.06	+2.06
	Natural Law	Michael Dickins	552	0.76	+0.76
Total formal votes			72,337	97.29	+1.19
Informal votes			2,013	2.71	−1.19
Turnout			74,350	96.43
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Neil O'Keefe	43,345	59.96	+6.66
	Liberal	Stephen Mitchell	28,941	40.04	−6.66
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.66

1990

1990 Australian federal election: Burke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Neil O'Keefe	27,102	42.9	−11.1
	Liberal	Ian Lindsay	26,114	41.3	+7.5
	Democrats	Patrick McCurry	9,996	15.8	+8.6
Total formal votes			63,212	96.1
Informal votes			2,564	3.9
Turnout			65,776	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Neil O'Keefe	33,684	53.3	−5.8
	Liberal	Ian Lindsay	29,505	46.7	+5.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.8

Elections in the 1980s

1987

1987 Australian federal election: Burke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Neil O'Keefe	32,738	49.3	+0.6
	Liberal	Peter Dale	25,534	38.5	−2.8
	Democrats	Susan Mullington	4,793	7.2	+1.4
	National	Barry McLeod	3,278	4.9	+1.7
Total formal votes			66,343	95.4
Informal votes			3,214	4.6
Turnout			69,557	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Neil O'Keefe	36,098	54.4	+1.5
	Liberal	Peter Dale	30,206	45.6	−1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.5

1984

1984 Australian federal election: Burke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Neil O'Keefe	27,445	48.7	−0.5
	Liberal	Marisa d'Agostino	23,273	41.3	−2.4
	Democrats	George Hunter	2,985	5.3	−0.8
	National	Leslie Vidler	1,823	3.2	+3.2
	Democratic Labor	Genevieve Cormick	862	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			56,389	91.7
Informal votes			5,073	8.3
Turnout			61,462	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Neil O'Keefe	29,836	52.9	−0.9
	Liberal	Marisa d'Agostino	26,546	47.1	+0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.9

1983

1983 Australian federal election: Burke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Andrew Theophanous	46,171	60.9	+6.8
	Liberal	Bernie Finn	24,294	32.0	−6.2
	Democrats	George Hunter	4,611	6.1	−1.6
	Socialist Workers	Evelyn Robson	788	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			75,864	97.2
Informal votes			2,163	2.8
Turnout			78,027	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Andrew Theophanous		65.5	+6.7
	Liberal	Bernie Finn		34.5	−6.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.7

1980

1980 Australian federal election: Burke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Andrew Theophanous	37,984	54.1	+3.7
	Liberal	Greg Ross	26,803	38.2	+5.9
	Democrats	Eric Spencer	5,413	7.7	−3.4
Total formal votes			70,200	96.8
Informal votes			2,357	3.2
Turnout			72,557	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Andrew Theophanous		58.8	+2.2
	Liberal	Greg Ross		41.2	−2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.2

Elections in the 1970s

1977

1977 Australian federal election: Burke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Johnson	32,248	50.4	−0.7
	Liberal	Mihaly Lengyel	20,680	32.3	−7.8
	Democrats	Eric Spencer	7,122	11.1	+11.1
	Democratic Labor	Colin Walsh	3,963	6.2	+0.9
Total formal votes			64,013	96.5
Informal votes			2,341	3.5
Turnout			66,354	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Keith Johnson		56.6	+2.7
	Liberal	Mihaly Lengyel		43.4	−2.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.7

1975

1975 Australian federal election: Burke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Johnson	45,634	54.2	−7.0
	Liberal	Claus Salger	31,103	37.0	+9.1
	Democratic Labor	Colin Walsh	4,442	5.3	−0.3
	Independent	Michael Dupla	2,949	3.5	+3.5
Total formal votes			84,128	97.3
Informal votes			2,318	2.7
Turnout			86,446	96.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Keith Johnson		57.0	−8.8
	Liberal	Claus Salger		43.0	+8.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−8.8

1974

1974 Australian federal election: Burke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Johnson	46,977	61.2	−2.4
	Liberal	Claus Salger	21,411	27.9	+1.9
	Democratic Labor	Colin Walsh	4,328	5.6	−4.9
	Australia	Alexander Gerocs	4,017	5.2	+5.2
Total formal votes			76,733	97.0
Informal votes			2,382	3.0
Turnout			79,115	96.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Keith Johnson		65.8	+1.1
	Liberal	Claus Salger		34.2	−1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.1

1972

1972 Australian federal election: Burke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Johnson	39,510	63.6	+6.8
	Liberal	Howard Thain	16,143	26.0	−4.2
	Democratic Labor	Colin Walsh	6,502	10.5	−0.1
Total formal votes			62,155	96.8
Informal votes			2,034	3.2
Turnout			64,189	96.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Keith Johnson		64.7	+5.5
	Liberal	Howard Thain		35.3	−5.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.5

Elections in the 1960s

1969

1969 Australian federal election: Burke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Johnson	26,798	56.8	+10.4
	Liberal	John Williams	14,230	30.2	−0.9
	Democratic Labor	Terence Scully	5,003	10.6	−3.3
	Independent	Kathleen Laherty	633	1.3	+1.3
	Australia	Richard Smith	506	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			47,170	94.7
Informal votes			2,621	5.3
Turnout			49,791	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Keith Johnson		59.2	+7.2
	Liberal	John Williams		40.8	−7.2
	Labor notional hold		Swing	+7.2

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