Electoral results for the Division of Throsby

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Throsby in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1984 until its abolition in 2016.

Members

	Party	Term
Colin Hollis	Labor	1984–2001
Jennie George	Labor	2001–2010
Stephen Jones	Labor	2010–2016

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

2013 Australian federal election: Throsby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stephen Jones	37,980	45.00	−5.53
	Liberal	Larissa Mallinson	23,498	27.84	−2.47
	National	Gary Anderson	8,539	10.12	+4.80
	Greens	Peter Moran	4,613	5.47	−6.46
	Palmer United	May King	3,885	4.60	+4.60
	Independent	Paul Matters	1,948	2.31	+2.31
	Christian Democrats	John Kadwell	1,938	2.30	+2.30
	Bullet Train	Elrond Veness	677	0.80	+0.80
	Katter's Australian	Glenn Turner	473	0.56	+0.56
	Non-Custodial Parents	Wayne Hartman	435	0.52	−1.39
	Democratic Labour	Brian Boulton	407	0.48	+0.48
Total formal votes			84,393	91.17	−1.93
Informal votes			8,174	8.83	+1.93
Turnout			92,567	94.13	+0.50
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Stephen Jones	48,753	57.77	−4.34
	Liberal	Larissa Mallinson	35,640	42.23	+4.34
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.34

2010

2010 Australian federal election: Throsby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stephen Jones	42,227	50.53	−7.69
	Liberal	Juliet Arkwright	25,330	30.31	+1.35
	Greens	Peter Moran	9,973	11.93	+2.99
	National	Alan Hay	4,446	5.32	+5.32
	Non-Custodial Parents	Wayne Hartman	1,595	1.91	+1.91
Total formal votes			83,571	93.10	−2.03
Informal votes			6,197	6.90	+2.03
Turnout			89,768	93.63	−2.23
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Stephen Jones	51,909	62.11	−4.65
	Liberal	Juliet Arkwright	31,662	37.89	+4.65
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.65

Elections in the 2000s

2007

2007 Australian federal election: Throsby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jennie George	52,275	64.98	+9.97
	Liberal	Stuart Wright	18,266	22.71	−9.40
	Greens	Peter Moran	7,308	9.08	−0.97
	Christian Democrats	Scott Deakes	2,598	3.23	+2.97
Total formal votes			80,447	94.76	+0.20
Informal votes			4,446	5.24	−0.20
Turnout			84,893	95.92	+0.44
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jennie George	59,099	73.46	+9.64
	Liberal	Stuart Wright	21,348	26.54	−9.64
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.64

2004

2004 Australian federal election: Throsby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jennie George	44,495	56.26	+1.36
	Liberal	Linda Nelson	24,519	31.00	+5.78
	Greens	Trevor Jones	7,995	10.11	+5.61
	Democrats	Madeleine Roberts	2,078	2.63	−4.88
Total formal votes			79,087	94.47	−0.34
Informal votes			4,629	5.53	+0.34
Turnout			83,716	95.87	+0.36
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jennie George	51,407	65.00	−0.10
	Liberal	Linda Nelson	27,680	35.00	+0.10
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.10

2001

2001 Australian federal election: Throsby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jennie George	41,963	54.90	−6.32
	Liberal	Alan Akhurst	19,280	25.22	+7.84
	Democrats	Madeleine Roberts	5,743	7.51	+3.72
	One Nation	Ivan Prsa	4,969	6.50	−4.83
	Greens	Elsa Story	3,444	4.51	+1.45
		Margaret Perrott	1,043	1.36	+1.36
Total formal votes			76,442	94.81	−1.29
Informal votes			4,183	5.19	+1.29
Turnout			80,625	96.06
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jennie George	49,767	65.10	−7.32
	Liberal	Alan Akhurst	26,675	34.90	+7.32
	Labor hold		Swing	−7.32

Elections in the 1990s

1998

1998 Australian federal election: Throsby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Colin Hollis	44,468	61.27	+0.43
	Liberal	Charlie Mifsud	12,538	17.27	−4.43
	One Nation	Dan Orr	8,267	11.39	+11.39
	Democrats	Ann Barry	2,751	3.79	−4.69
	Greens	Karla Sperling	2,230	3.07	−2.07
	Christian Democrats	Brian Hughes	1,949	2.69	−1.16
	Socialist Equality	Peter Stavropoulos	379	0.52	+0.52
Total formal votes			72,582	96.10	−0.03
Informal votes			2,948	3.90	+0.03
Turnout			75,530	95.75	−1.34
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Colin Hollis	52,593	72.46	+2.84
	Liberal	Charlie Mifsud	19,989	27.54	−2.84
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.84

1996

1996 Australian federal election: Throsby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Colin Hollis	42,963	60.83	+2.40
	Liberal	Albert Galea	15,326	21.70	+4.83
	Democrats	Elizabeth Fisher	5,990	8.48	+5.16
	Greens	Les Robinson	3,629	5.14	+0.94
	Call to Australia	Brian Hughes	2,716	3.85	+1.69
Total formal votes			70,624	96.12	+0.34
Informal votes			2,848	3.88	−0.34
Turnout			73,472	97.10	+0.58
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Colin Hollis	48,966	69.62	−4.41
	Liberal	Albert Galea	21,369	30.38	+4.41
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.41

1993

1993 Australian federal election: Throsby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Colin Hollis	39,476	58.44	+5.00
	Liberal	Peter Josevski	11,394	16.87	−1.41
	Rex Connor Labor	Rex Connor	7,083	10.48	+2.63
	Greens	Karla Sperling	2,838	4.20	+4.20
	Democrats	Tom Hadley	2,242	3.32	−10.49
	Call to Australia	Brian Hughes	1,458	2.16	+2.16
		Dragan Grijak	1,124	1.66	+1.66
	Against Further Immigration	David Hughes	1,015	1.50	+1.50
		Margaret Perrott	657	0.97	+0.97
	Natural Law	Richard Barnes	267	0.40	+0.40
Total formal votes			67,554	95.79	−0.50
Informal votes			2,970	4.21	+0.50
Turnout			70,524	96.51
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Colin Hollis	49,911	74.02	+5.08
	Liberal	Peter Josevski	17,515	25.98	−5.08
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.08

1990

1990 Australian federal election: Throsby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Colin Hollis	31,310	47.8	−3.6
	Liberal	Garry Noel-Gough	19,706	30.1	+7.8
	Democrats	Greg Butler	10,034	15.3	+7.8
	Independent	Ronald Henderson	2,298	3.5	+3.5
	Australian Gruen	Lyn Allison	1,146	1.7	+1.7
	Independent	David Reilly	1,071	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			65,565	97.4
Informal votes			1,763	2.6
Turnout			67,328	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Colin Hollis	39,418	60.2	+3.1
	Liberal	Garry Noel-Gough	26,043	39.8	−3.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.1

Elections in the 1980s

1987

1987 Australian federal election: Throsby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Colin Hollis	30,354	51.4	−5.7
	Liberal	Neville Fredericks	20,456	34.6	+8.0
	Democrats	Greg Butler	4,458	7.5	+1.9
	National	David Wood	3,812	6.5	−3.0
Total formal votes			59,080	95.5
Informal votes			2,815	4.5
Turnout			61,895	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Colin Hollis	33,718	57.1	−4.6
	Liberal	Neville Fredericks	25,359	42.9	+4.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.6

1984

1984 Australian federal election: Throsby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Colin Hollis	31,472	57.1	+2.0
	Liberal	Wendy Stubbs	14,648	26.6	−11.2
	National	Duncan Gair	5,241	9.5	+9.5
	Democrats	Alan Cole	3,095	5.6	+0.9
	Independent	Paul Trevardis	399	0.7	+0.7
	Independent	Martin Essenberg	298	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			55,153	94.9
Informal votes			2,975	5.1
Turnout			58,128	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Colin Hollis	33,989	61.7	+2.7
	Liberal	Wendy Stubbs	21,139	38.3	−2.7
	Labor notional hold		Swing	+2.7

References

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