Electoral results for the Division of Kingsford Smith

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Kingsford Smith in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1949 until the present.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Gordon Anderson	Labor	1949–1955
	Dan Curtin	Labor	1955–1969
	Lionel Bowen	Labor	1969–1990
	Laurie Brereton	Labor	1990–2004
	Peter Garrett	Labor	2004–2013
	Matt Thistlethwaite	Labor	2013–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2022

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in New South Wales § Kingsford Smith.[ edit ]

2022 Australian federal election: Kingsford Smith ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Matt Thistlethwaite	46,697	47.91	+2.74
	Liberal	Grace Tan	27,929	28.66	−7.77
	Greens	Stuart Davis	16,401	16.83	+4.73
	United Australia	Anthony Tawaf	3,388	3.48	+1.73
	One Nation	Darrin Marr	3,051	3.13	+3.13
Total formal votes			97,466	95.52	+1.31
Informal votes			4,572	4.48	−1.31
Turnout			102,038	88.50	−1.67
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Matt Thistlethwaite	62,868	64.50	+5.69
	Liberal	Grace Tan	34,598	35.50	−5.69
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.69

Elections in the 2010s

2019

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 Australian federal election in New South Wales § Kingsford Smith.[ edit ]

2019 Australian federal election: Kingsford Smith ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Matt Thistlethwaite	42,629	45.17	−2.20
	Liberal	Amanda Wilmot	34,380	36.43	−1.11
	Greens	James Cruz	11,418	12.10	+1.57
	United Australia	Adam Watson	1,649	1.75	+1.75
	Science	James Jansson	1,595	1.69	−0.54
	Christian Democrats	Adrian Manson	1,359	1.44	−0.89
	Sustainable Australia	Petra Campbell	1,346	1.43	+1.43
Total formal votes			94,376	94.21	−0.79
Informal votes			5,805	5.79	+0.79
Turnout			100,181	90.17	+0.93
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Matt Thistlethwaite	55,501	58.81	+0.24
	Liberal	Amanda Wilmot	38,875	41.19	−0.24
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.24

2016

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2016 Australian federal election in New South Wales § Kingsford Smith.[ edit ]

2016 Australian federal election: Kingsford Smith ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Matt Thistlethwaite	43,642	47.37	+5.35
	Liberal	Michael Feneley	34,591	37.54	−5.96
	Greens	James Macdonald	9,698	10.53	+0.74
	Christian Democrats	Andrew Weatherstone	2,144	2.33	+0.73
	Science	Andrea Leong	2,059	2.23	+1.43
Total formal votes			92,134	95.00	+3.63
Informal votes			4,849	5.00	−3.63
Turnout			96,983	89.24	−2.53
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Matt Thistlethwaite	53,962	58.57	+5.83
	Liberal	Michael Feneley	38,172	41.43	−5.83
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.83

2013

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2013 Australian federal election in New South Wales § Kingsford Smith.[ edit ]

2013 Australian federal election: Kingsford Smith ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael Feneley	37,455	43.50	+2.25
	Labor	Matt Thistlethwaite	36,177	42.02	−1.81
	Greens	James Macdonald	8,431	9.79	−2.26
	Palmer United	Diane Happ	1,611	1.87	+1.87
	Christian Democrats	Jacquie Shiha	1,379	1.60	+1.60
	Future	Geordie Lucas	693	0.80	+0.80
	Rise Up Australia	Danielle Somerfield	357	0.41	+0.41
Total formal votes			86,103	91.37	−0.48
Informal votes			8,130	8.63	+0.48
Turnout			94,233	92.01	+0.63
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Matt Thistlethwaite	45,411	52.74	−2.42
	Liberal	Michael Feneley	40,692	47.26	+2.42
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.42

2010

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2010 Australian federal election in New South Wales § Kingsford Smith.[ edit ]

2010 Australian federal election: Kingsford Smith ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Garrett	35,957	43.83	−8.93
	Liberal	Michael Feneley	33,836	41.25	+7.31
	Greens	Lindsay Shurey	9,885	12.05	+1.63
	Democrats	Josh Carmont	1,047	1.28	+1.28
	One Nation	John Cunningham	728	0.89	+0.89
	Socialist Equality	Zac Hambides	576	0.70	−0.56
Total formal votes			82,029	91.85	−2.84
Informal votes			7,280	8.15	+2.84
Turnout			89,309	91.37	−2.90
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Garrett	45,249	55.16	−8.10
	Liberal	Michael Feneley	36,780	44.84	+8.10
	Labor hold		Swing	−8.10

Elections in the 2000s

2007

2007 Australian federal election: Kingsford Smith   ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Garrett	45,831	52.85	+4.24
	Liberal	Caroline Beinke	29,402	33.90	−2.13
	Greens	Sue Mahony	8,995	10.37	+2.53
	Christian Democrats	Marcus Campbell	1,402	1.62	+1.62
	Socialist Equality	Alex Safari	1,096	1.26	+1.26
Total formal votes			86,726	94.67	+2.97
Informal votes			4,884	5.33	−2.97
Turnout			91,610	94.22	−0.06
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Garrett	54,889	63.29	+4.56
	Liberal	Caroline Beinke	31,837	36.71	−4.56
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.56

2004

2004 Australian federal election: Kingsford Smith   ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Garrett	36,565	49.60	+1.91
	Liberal	Nicholas Prassas	26,639	36.14	+1.88
	Greens	Hannah Robert	5,430	7.37	+0.10
	Independent	Charles Matthews	2,505	3.40	+3.40
	One Nation	Anna Winter	779	1.06	−3.80
	Democrats	Nicole Tillotson	747	1.01	−4.19
	No GST	Reg Gilroy	563	0.76	+0.76
	Socialist Alliance	Maureen Frances	273	0.37	+0.37
		James Cogan	214	0.29	+0.29
Total formal votes			73,715	91.57	−2.29
Informal votes			6,790	8.43	+2.29
Turnout			80,505	93.74	−0.19
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Garrett	43,498	59.01	+0.11
	Liberal	Nicholas Prassas	30,217	40.99	−0.11
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.11

2001

2001 Australian federal election: Kingsford Smith   ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Laurie Brereton	36,428	47.69	−3.70
	Liberal	Bruce Notley-Smith	26,169	34.26	+3.27
	Greens	Arthur Hurwitz	5,551	7.27	+3.65
	Democrats	Peter Zakrzewski	3,974	5.20	+1.19
	One Nation	Jill Brown	3,710	4.86	−0.81
		Marina Carman	558	0.73	+0.73
Total formal votes			76,390	93.86	−0.96
Informal votes			4,996	6.14	+0.96
Turnout			81,386	94.60
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Laurie Brereton	44,995	58.90	−4.05
	Liberal	Bruce Notley-Smith	31,395	41.10	+4.05
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.05

Elections in the 1990s

1998

1998 Australian federal election: Kingsford-Smith   ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Laurie Brereton	37,123	51.87	+0.30
	Liberal	Tio Faulkner	21,852	30.54	−4.48
	One Nation	Jack McEwen	4,167	5.82	+5.82
	Democrats	Allan Caswell	2,723	3.81	−3.87
	Unity	Tatiana Haralambous	2,698	3.77	+3.77
	Greens	Murray Matson	2,505	3.50	−0.81
	Independent	Vladimir Goryachev	495	0.69	+0.69
Total formal votes			71,563	94.69	−0.26
Informal votes			4,013	5.31	+0.26
Turnout			75,576	93.79	−1.21
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Laurie Brereton	45,373	63.40	+3.26
	Liberal	Tio Faulkner	26,190	36.60	−3.26
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.26

1996

1996 Australian federal election: Kingsford-Smith   ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Laurie Brereton	37,098	51.58	−7.58
	Liberal	John Xenos	25,190	35.02	+3.25
	Democrats	Christopher Brieger	5,523	7.68	+4.09
	Greens	Jeremy Oxley	3,103	4.31	+0.21
	Natural Law	Suzi Haynes	484	0.67	+0.10
		Ted Marshall	278	0.39	+0.39
		Yabu Bilyana	254	0.35	+0.35
Total formal votes			71,930	94.95	−0.70
Informal votes			3,825	5.05	+0.70
Turnout			75,755	95.00	+0.07
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Laurie Brereton	43,028	60.15	−5.09
	Liberal	John Xenos	28,511	39.85	+5.09
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.09

1993

1993 Australian federal election: Kingsford-Smith   ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Laurie Brereton	41,383	59.15	+9.66
	Liberal	Patricia Marsland	22,229	31.77	+0.46
	Greens	Murray Matson	2,872	4.11	+2.55
	Democrats	Andrew Larcos	2,509	3.59	−5.56
		Warwick Dove	566	0.81	+0.81
	Natural Law	Philip Pearson	403	0.58	+0.58
Total formal votes			69,962	95.65	−0.48
Informal votes			3,180	4.35	+0.48
Turnout			73,142	94.93
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Laurie Brereton	45,611	65.24	+4.12
	Liberal	Patricia Marsland	24,303	34.76	−4.12
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.12

1990

1990 Australian federal election: Kingsford-Smith   ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Laurie Brereton	32,829	52.6	−7.1
	Liberal	Carol Dance	17,174	27.5	−5.1
	Democrats	Amelia Newman	6,147	9.8	+2.0
	South Sydney Greens	Mark Berriman	5,606	9.0	+9.0
	Independent	Kaye Tucke	688	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			62,444	95.6
Informal votes			2,860	4.4
Turnout			65,304	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Laurie Brereton	40,455	65.0	+0.7
	Liberal	Carol Dance	21,794	35.0	−0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.7

Elections in the 1980s

1987

1987 Australian federal election: Kingsford-Smith   ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lionel Bowen	36,478	59.7	−3.2
	Liberal	Carolyn O'Connor	19,903	32.6	+6.9
	Democrats	Philippa Leehy	4,765	7.8	+0.3
Total formal votes			61,146	92.4
Informal votes			5,014	7.6
Turnout			66,160	90.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lionel Bowen	39,284	64.2	−6.6
	Liberal	Carolyn O'Connor	21,862	35.8	+6.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.6

1984

1984 Australian federal election: Kingsford-Smith   ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lionel Bowen	37,979	62.9	−6.6
	Liberal	Collin O'Neill	15,526	25.7	−0.3
	Democrats	Peter Longfield	4,519	7.5	+4.4
	Independent	Helen Boyle	2,321	3.8	+3.8
Total formal votes			60,345	90.0
Informal votes			6,713	10.0
Turnout			67,058	93.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lionel Bowen	42,777	70.9	−1.7
	Liberal	Collin O'Neill	17,551	29.1	+1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.7

1983

1983 Australian federal election: Kingsford-Smith   ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lionel Bowen	45,168	70.4	+0.9
	Liberal	Collin O'Neill	16,090	25.1	−1.9
	Democrats	Anthony Larkings	1,987	3.1	−0.3
	Socialist Workers	Geoffrey Channells	869	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			64,114	97.2
Informal votes			1,845	2.8
Turnout			65,959	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lionel Bowen		73.5	+2.0
	Liberal	Collin O'Neill		26.5	−2.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.0

1980

1980 Australian federal election: Kingsford-Smith   ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lionel Bowen	44,083	69.5	+5.1
	Liberal	Collin O'Neill	17,148	27.0	−2.6
	Democrats	Oliver Nekula	2,167	3.4	−2.7
Total formal votes			63,398	96.6
Informal votes			2,262	3.4
Turnout			65,660	92.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lionel Bowen		71.5	+4.0
	Liberal	Collin O'Neill		28.5	−4.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.0

Elections in the 1970s

1977

1977 Australian federal election: Kingsford-Smith   ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lionel Bowen	42,222	64.4	+0.8
	Liberal	Collin O'Neill	19,377	29.6	−4.3
	Democrats	Edward Ward	3,974	6.1	+6.1
Total formal votes			65,573	96.7
Informal votes			2,213	3.3
Turnout			67,786	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lionel Bowen		67.5	+2.6
	Liberal	Collin O'Neill		32.5	−2.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.6

1975

1975 Australian federal election: Kingsford-Smith   ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lionel Bowen	35,381	59.1	−8.7
	Liberal	Desmond Connors	22,955	38.4	+8.8
	Independent	Nicholas Confos	1,499	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			59,835	97.6
Informal votes			1,466	2.4
Turnout			61,301	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lionel Bowen		60.4	−9.0
	Liberal	Desmond Connors		39.6	+9.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-9.0

1974

1974 Australian federal election: Kingsford-Smith   ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lionel Bowen	39,432	67.8	+0.9
	Liberal	Gary McCready	17,217	29.6	+2.1
	Australia	Anthony Green	1,520	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			58,169	98.0
Informal votes			1,191	2.0
Turnout			59,360	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lionel Bowen		69.4	+0.6
	Liberal	Gary McCready		30.6	−0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.6

1972

1972 Australian federal election: Kingsford-Smith   ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lionel Bowen	26,443	66.9	+8.1
	Liberal	Ronald Scott	14,969	27.5	−3.9
	Democratic Labor	Graham Bennett	3,088	5.7	+0.2
Total formal votes			54,500	97.7
Informal votes			1,275	2.3
Turnout			55,775	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lionel Bowen		68.8	+5.9
	Liberal	Ronald Scott		31.2	−5.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.9

Elections in the 1960s

1969

1969 Australian federal election: Kingsford-Smith   ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lionel Bowen	31,163	58.8	+4.2
	Liberal	Barry Morrison	16,616	31.4	−9.0
	Democratic Labor	Graham Bennett	2,908	5.5	+0.4
	Pensioner Power	Beverly Chong	2,283	4.3	+4.3
Total formal votes			52,970	97.0
Informal votes			1,626	3.0
Turnout			54,596	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lionel Bowen		62.9	+7.3
	Liberal	Barry Morrison		37.1	−7.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.3

1966

1966 Australian federal election: Kingsford-Smith   ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dan Curtin	21,859	50.5	−4.3
	Liberal	Nancy Wake	19,268	44.5	+3.3
	Democratic Labor	Cornelius Woodbury	2,193	5.1	+5.1
Total formal votes			43,320	96.7
Informal votes			1,477	3.3
Turnout			44,797	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Dan Curtin		51.5	−6.9
	Liberal	Nancy Wake		48.5	+6.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.9

1963

1963 Australian federal election: Kingsford-Smith   ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dan Curtin	24,083	54.8	−3.1
	Liberal	Sidney Pitkethly	18,108	41.2	+6.4
	Communist	Jim Baird	1,729	3.9	+3.9
Total formal votes			43,920	98.0
Informal votes			913	2.0
Turnout			44,833	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Dan Curtin		58.4	−1.0
	Liberal	Sidney Pitkethly		41.6	+1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.0

1961

1961 Australian federal election: Kingsford-Smith   ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dan Curtin	24,866	57.9	+1.7
	Liberal	Jack Cunningham	14,963	34.8	−1.9
	Democratic Labor	John Cunningham	3,120	7.3	+0.2
Total formal votes			42,949	97.2
Informal votes			1,258	2.8
Turnout			44,207	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Dan Curtin		59.4	+1.8
	Liberal	Jack Cunningham		40.6	−1.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.8

Elections in the 1950s

1958

1958 Australian federal election: Kingsford-Smith   ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dan Curtin	23,713	56.2	+3.5
	Liberal	George Dan	15,488	36.7	−6.1
	Democratic Labor	Bernard McOrrie	3,001	7.1	+7.1
Total formal votes			42,202	97.4
Informal votes			1,138	2.6
Turnout			43,340	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Dan Curtin		57.6	+2.6
	Liberal	George Dan		42.4	−2.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.6

1955

1955 Australian federal election: Kingsford-Smith   ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dan Curtin	21,647	52.7	−5.6
	Liberal	John McGirr	17,546	42.8	+1.1
	Independent	Hubert O'Connell	1,850	4.5	+4.5
Total formal votes			41,043	96.9
Informal votes			1,304	3.1
Turnout			42,347	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Dan Curtin		55.0	−3.3
	Liberal	John McGirr		45.0	+3.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.3

1954

1954 Australian federal election: Kingsford-Smith   ^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gordon Anderson	18,302	54.2	+3.7
	Liberal	George Dan	15,435	45.8	−3.7
Total formal votes			33,737	98.7
Informal votes			444	1.3
Turnout			34,181	95.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.7

1951

1951 Australian federal election: Kingsford-Smith   ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gordon Anderson	18,110	50.5	+0.8
	Liberal	Arthur Butterell	17,784	49.5	+3.0
Total formal votes			35,894	98.0
Informal votes			740	2.0
Turnout			36,634	95.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.4

Elections in the 1940s

1949

1949 Australian federal election: Kingsford-Smith   ^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gordon Anderson	18,573	49.7	−4.3
	Liberal	Charles de Monchaux	17,387	46.5	+9.5
	Independent	Henry Crittenden	1,206	3.2	+3.2
	Independent	Clare Peters	221	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			37,387	97.7
Informal votes			883	2.3
Turnout			38,270	96.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gordon Anderson	19,042	50.9	−7.6
	Liberal	Charles de Monchaux	18,345	49.1	+7.6
	Labor notional  hold		Swing	-7.6

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