Electoral results for the Division of Nicholls

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Nicholls in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 2019 until the present.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Damian Drum	National	2019–2022
	Sam Birrell		2022–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2022

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

2022 Australian federal election: Nicholls ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Sam Birrell	22,185	27.29	−23.98
	Independent	Rob Priestly	20,917	25.73	+25.73
	Liberal	Steve Brooks	14,532	17.88	+17.88
	Labor	Bill Lodwick	8,981	11.05	−8.36
	One Nation	Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell	5,213	6.41	−4.88
	United Australia	Robert Peterson	3,319	4.08	−1.25
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Laird	2,731	3.36	+3.36
	Greens	Ian Christoe	2,262	2.78	−1.43
	Fusion	Andrea Otto	512	0.63	+0.63
	Australian Citizens	Jeff Davy	324	0.40	+0.40
	Australian Federation	Eleonor Tabone	304	0.37	+0.37
Total formal votes			81,280	92.69	+0.15
Informal votes			6,412	7.31	−0.15
Turnout			87,692	76.56
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Sam Birrell	44,351	54.57	+54.57
	Independent	Rob Priestly	36,925	45.43	+45.43
	National hold		Swing	+54.57

Results are not final. Last updated on 23 May 2022 at 3:20 pm AEST.

Elections in the 2010s

2019

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

2019 Australian federal election: Nicholls ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Damian Drum	48,855	51.27	+18.58
	Labor	Bill Lodwick	18,493	19.41	+2.32
	One Nation	Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell	10,754	11.29	+11.29
	United Australia	Stewart Hine	5,077	5.33	+5.33
	Independent	Andrew Bock	4,581	4.81	+3.39
	Greens	Nickee Freeman	4,011	4.21	−0.23
	Independent	Jeremy Parker	1,772	1.86	+1.86
	Independent	Nigel Hicks	1,749	1.84	+1.00
Total formal votes			95,292	92.54	+1.16
Informal votes			7,679	7.46	−1.16
Turnout			102,971	92.65	−0.80
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Damian Drum	66,732	70.03	−2.49
	Labor	Bill Lodwick	28,560	29.97	+2.49
	National notional  hold		Swing	−2.49

Nicholls was a new seat, notionally held by the Nationals.

References

1. Nicholls, VIC, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.
2. Nicholls, VIC, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.

• Australian Electoral Commission. Federal election results
• Carr, Adam. Psephos