Electoral results for the Division of McEwen

McEwan, an Australian Electoral Division in the Australian state of Victoria, has existed since 1984.

Members

Election	Member			Party
1984			Peter Cleeland	Labor
1987
1990			Fran Bailey	Liberal
1993			Peter Cleeland	Labor
1996			Fran Bailey	Liberal
1998
2001
2004
2007
2010			Rob Mitchell	Labor
2013
2016
2019
2022

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2022

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Victoria § McEwen.[ edit ]

2022 Australian federal election: McEwen ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Rob Mitchell	35,238	36.81	−2.98
	Liberal	Richard Welch	31,796	33.22	−1.77
	Greens	Neil Barker	13,524	14.13	+4.66
	United Australia	Paul McRae	5,474	5.72	+2.46
	One Nation	Chris Bradbury	5,387	5.63	+0.51
	Liberal Democrats	John Herron	2,579	2.69	+2.69
	Australian Federation	Christopher Neil	1,721	1.80	+1.80
Total formal votes			95,719	96.07	+1.01
Informal votes			3,918	3.93	−1.01
Turnout			99,637	92.23	+0.07
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Rob Mitchell	50,998	53.28	−2.00
	Liberal	Richard Welch	44,721	46.72	+2.00
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.00

Elections in the 2010s

2019

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 Australian federal election in Victoria § McEwen.[ edit ]

2019 Australian federal election: McEwen ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Rob Mitchell	37,911	39.44	−2.77
	Liberal	Phillip Fusco	33,162	34.50	−1.32
	Greens	Neil Barker	8,026	8.35	−0.24
	One Nation	Ronnie Graham	5,693	5.92	+5.92
	Justice	Deb Butler	3,878	4.03	+4.03
	United Australia	Chris Hayman	3,016	3.14	+3.14
	Animal Justice	Ruth Parramore	2,890	3.01	+0.17
	Independent	Robert Hyndman	1,552	1.61	+1.61
Total formal votes			96,128	94.74	+0.31
Informal votes			5,334	5.26	−0.31
Turnout			101,462	93.91	+4.20
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Rob Mitchell	52,892	55.02	−0.98
	Liberal	Phillip Fusco	43,236	44.98	+0.98
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.98

2016

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2016 Australian federal election in Victoria § McEwen.[ edit ]

2016 Australian federal election: McEwen ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Rob Mitchell	50,588	44.69	+7.07
	Liberal	Chris Jermyn	38,151	33.70	−6.64
	Greens	Neil Barker	8,583	7.58	+0.48
	Family First	Dorothy Long	3,707	3.27	+0.40
	Independent	Ross Lee	3,013	2.66	+2.66
	Animal Justice	Cathy Vaina	3,005	2.65	+2.65
	National	James Anderson	2,672	2.36	+2.36
	Rise Up Australia	Jeff Truscott	1,867	1.65	+1.19
	Country	Tracey Andrew	1,614	1.43	+0.75
Total formal votes			113,200	94.03	−1.35
Informal votes			7,189	5.97	+1.35
Turnout			120,389	92.17	−2.62
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Rob Mitchell	65,482	57.85	+7.70
	Liberal	Chris Jermyn	47,718	42.15	−7.70
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.70

2013

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2013 Australian federal election in Victoria § McEwen.[ edit ]

2013 Australian federal election: McEwen ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Donna Petrovich	40,853	40.34	+4.11
	Labor	Rob Mitchell	38,091	37.62	−10.19
	Greens	Neil Barker	7,187	7.10	−3.59
	Palmer United	Trevor Dance	6,822	6.74	+6.74
	Sex Party	Victoria Nash	3,256	3.22	+3.22
	Family First	Barry Newton	2,906	2.87	−0.87
	Katter's Australian	Bruce Stevens	997	0.98	+0.98
	Country Alliance	Ian Cranson	686	0.68	+0.68
	Rise Up Australia	Ferdie Verdan	463	0.46	+0.46
Total formal votes			101,261	95.38	+0.21
Informal votes			4,910	4.62	−0.21
Turnout			106,171	94.83	−1.81
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Rob Mitchell	50,787	50.15	−9.04
	Liberal	Donna Petrovich	50,474	49.85	+9.04
	Labor hold		Swing	−9.04

2010

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2010 Australian federal election in Victoria § McEwen.[ edit ]

2010 Australian federal election: McEwen ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Rob Mitchell	45,374	43.17	+2.97
	Liberal	Cameron Caine	42,054	40.01	−5.76
	Greens	Steve Meacher	12,440	11.84	+3.16
	Family First	Belinda Clarkson	3,358	3.19	+0.70
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Bini	1,332	1.27	+0.44
	Secular	Robert Gordon	549	0.52	+0.52
Total formal votes			105,107	95.60	−0.44
Informal votes			4,843	4.40	+0.44
Turnout			109,950	94.96	−1.28
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Rob Mitchell	58,144	55.32	+5.34
	Liberal	Cameron Caine	46,963	44.68	−5.34
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+5.34

Elections in the 2000s

2007

2007 Australian federal election: McEwen   ^{[6] [lower-alpha 1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Fran Bailey	44,165	45.76	-5.98
	Labor	Rob Mitchell	38,819	40.22	+5.67
	Greens	Steve Meacher	8,379	8.68	+1.03
	Family First	Ian Cranson	2,398	2.48	+0.76
	Democrats	David Kane	948	0.98	+0.16
	Independent	Darren Trueman	849	0.88	+0.88
	Liberty & Democracy	Robert Newnham	799	0.83	+0.83
	Citizens Electoral Council	Rod McLennan	161	0.17	-0.05
Total formal votes			96,518	95.91	+0.57
Informal votes			3,982	4.09	-0.57
Turnout			100,634	96.29	+0.18
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Fran Bailey	48,339	50.01	-6.41
	Labor	Rob Mitchell	48,308	49.99	+6.41
	Liberal hold		Swing	-6.41

Rob Mitchell (Labor) was initially announced as the winning candidate, by a mere seven votes. The first recount reduced this margin to five. The second re-count overturned the result with Fran Bailey (Liberal) instead winning by 12 votes. ^[8] The Court of Disputed Returns later increased this margin to 27 votes. ^{[7] [9] [10]}

2004

2004 Australian federal election: McEwen   ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Fran Bailey	45,230	51.74	+5.18
	Labor	Jenny Beales	30,205	34.55	-2.81
	Greens	Megan Hannes-Paterson	6,686	7.65	+0.41
	Independent	Robert Gordon	2,220	2.54	+2.54
	Family First	Mark Sach	1,500	1.72	+1.72
	Democrats	Marj White	713	0.82	-4.64
	Independent	Damon Gordon Lutz	398	0.46	+0.46
	Independent	Maurie Smith	278	0.32	+0.32
	Citizens Electoral Council	Rod McLennan	188	0.22	+0.22
Total formal votes			87,418	95.34	-1.08
Informal votes			4,273	4.66	+1.08
Turnout			91,691	96.11	+0.34
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Fran Bailey	49,322	56.42	+4.10
	Labor	Jenny Beales	38,096	43.58	-4.10
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.10

2001

2001 Australian federal election: McEwen   ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Fran Bailey	37,963	46.01	+2.55
	Labor	Andrew MacLeod	31,986	38.76	-1.27
	Greens	Jim Romagnesi	5,006	6.07	+3.40
	Democrats	Tony Carden	3,986	4.83	+0.01
	One Nation	Alan Salter	2,448	2.97	-2.15
	Independent	Bill Lodwick	1,129	1.37	+1.37
Total formal votes			82,518	96.19	-0.47
Informal votes			3,272	3.81	+0.47
Turnout			85,790	97.24
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Fran Bailey	42,249	51.20	+0.16
	Labor	Andrew MacLeod	40,269	48.80	-0.16
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.16

Elections in the 1990s

1998

1998 Australian federal election: McEwen   ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Fran Bailey	32,951	43.46	-2.67
	Labor	Graeme McEwen	30,350	40.03	+0.93
	One Nation	Dennis Lacey	3,877	5.11	+5.11
	Democrats	Sean Carter	3,652	4.82	-1.45
	Greens	Pam Lawson	2,020	2.66	-1.24
	Shooters	Vicki Treble	1,808	2.38	+2.38
	Independent	Stephen Bowden	611	0.81	+0.81
	Independent	Elizabeth Savage Kooroonya	363	0.48	+0.48
	Natural Law	Susan Brown	186	0.25	-0.15
Total formal votes			75,818	96.66	-0.80
Informal votes			2,623	3.34	+0.80
Turnout			78,441	96.17	-0.56
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Fran Bailey	38,699	51.04	-1.13
	Labor	Graeme McEwen	37,119	48.96	+1.13
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.13

1996

1996 Australian federal election: McEwen   ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Fran Bailey	33,637	46.13	-2.08
	Labor	Peter Cleeland	28,516	39.10	-4.36
	Democrats	David Zemdegs	4,571	6.27	+1.50
	Greens	Chris James	2,843	3.90	+3.90
	Against Further Immigration	Rick Lloyd	2,235	3.06	+3.05
	Independent	Jock Kyme	835	1.15	+1.15
	Natural Law	Martin Magee	285	0.39	-0.74
Total formal votes			72,922	97.45	+0.08
Informal votes			1,905	2.55	-0.08
Turnout			74,827	96.74	+0.32
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Fran Bailey	37,845	52.18	+1.50
	Labor	Peter Cleeland	34,689	47.82	-1.50
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.50

1993

1993 Australian federal election: McEwen   ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Fran Bailey	35,549	46.96	+0.12
	Labor	Peter Cleeland	34,320	45.34	+7.04
	Democrats	Geoff Mosley	3,022	3.99	-6.37
	Independent	Harry Grey	2,148	2.84	+2.84
	Natural Law	Julie Nihill	655	0.87	+0.87
Total formal votes			75,694	97.35	+0.10
Informal votes			2,064	2.65	-0.10
Turnout			77,758	96.42
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Cleeland	38,347	50.69	+3.90
	Liberal	Fran Bailey	37,307	49.31	-3.90
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.90

1990

1990 Australian federal election: McEwen   ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Fran Bailey	31,323	46.8	+7.1
	Labor	Peter Cleeland	25,610	38.3	-8.0
	Democrats	Russell Dawes	6,928	10.4	+3.3
	Call to Australia	Win Wise	1,630	2.4	+2.4
	Independent	Maurie Smith	1,381	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			66,872	97.2
Informal votes			1,894	2.8
Turnout			68,766	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Fran Bailey	35,543	53.2	+6.1
	Labor	Peter Cleeland	31,256	46.8	-6.1
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+6.1

Elections in the 1980s

1987

1987 Australian federal election: McEwen   ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Cleeland	31,052	48.5	+1.5
	Liberal	David Millie	24,021	37.5	+0.7
	Democrats	Doug Lorman	4,551	7.1	+0.7
	National	Andrew Coller	4,038	6.3	-2.0
	Independent	Robert Wilson	369	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			64,031	95.8
Informal votes			2,804	4.2
Turnout			66,835	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Cleeland	34,605	54.1	+2.0
	Liberal	David Millie	29,397	45.9	-2.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.0

1984

1984 Australian federal election: McEwen   ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Cleeland	25,984	47.0	-1.4
	Liberal	Brian Dixon	20,331	36.8	-3.1
	National	John Brewster	4,571	8.3	+3.5
	Democrats	Julie Stayner	3,547	6.4	+1.2
	Democratic Labor	Daniel Mason	853	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			55,286	92.4
Informal votes			4,559	7.6
Turnout			59,845	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Cleeland	28,789	52.1	+0.3
	Liberal	Brian Dixon	26,483	47.9	-0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.3

Notes

1. The AEC results have been used, however they do not correspond with the tally set out in paragraph 84 of the reasons for judgment of the Court of Disputed Returns in Mitchell v Bailey (No.2) [2008] FCA 692. ^{[6] [7]}

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