Electoral results for the Division of Charlton

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Charlton in Australian federal elections since the division's creation in 1984 until the present.

Members

	Party	Term
Bob Brown	Labor	1984–1998
Kelly Hoare	Labor	1998–2007
Greg Combet	Labor	2007–2013
Pat Conroy	Labor	2013–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Australian federal election, 2013: Charlton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pat Conroy	40,125	46.44	−6.71
	Liberal	Kevin Baker	24,646	28.53	−2.18
	Palmer United	Bronwyn Reid	9,412	10.89	+10.89
	Greens	Dessie Kocher	5,820	6.74	−2.09
	Christian Democrats	Steve Camilleri	2,671	3.09	+0.27
	One Nation	Brian Burston	2,266	2.62	+2.62
	Bullet Train	Trevor Anthoney	1,460	1.69	+1.69
Total formal votes			86,400	92.89	−0.19
Informal votes			6,618	7.11	+0.19
Turnout			93,018	94.40	−0.08
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Pat Conroy	51,173	59.23	−3.44
	Liberal	Kevin Baker	35,227	40.77	+3.44
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.44

Australian federal election, 2010: Charlton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Greg Combet	44,159	53.15	+0.09
	Liberal	John McDonald	25,514	30.71	-0.89
	Greens	Ian McKenzie	7,339	8.83	+0.75
	Independent	Patrick Barry	2,846	3.43	+1.94
	Christian Democrats	Mitchell Pickstone	2,341	2.82	+0.42
	CEC	Ann Lawler	881	1.06	+0.71
Total formal votes			83,080	93.08	-2.25
Informal votes			6,176	6.92	+2.25
Turnout			89,256	94.47	-1.53
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Greg Combet	52,064	62.67	-0.24
	Liberal	John McDonald	31,016	37.33	+0.24
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.24

Elections in the 2000s

Australian federal election, 2007: Charlton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Greg Combet	44,156	53.08	+6.47
	Liberal	Lindsay Paterson	26,353	31.68	-3.49
	Greens	Suzanne Pritchard	6,708	8.06	-0.71
	Independent	Stuart Ulrich	2,008	2.41	+2.41
	Christian Democrats	Jim Kendall	2,007	2.41	+2.41
	Independent	Patrick Barry	1,253	1.51	+1.51
	Socialist Equality	Terry Cook	404	0.49	+0.49
	CEC	David Stow	294	0.35	-0.23
Total formal votes			83,183	95.34	+0.46
Informal votes			4,066	4.66	-0.46
Turnout			87,249	95.74	+0.14
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Greg Combet	52,298	62.87	+4.47
	Liberal	Lindsay Paterson	30,885	37.13	-4.47
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.47

Australian federal election, 2004: Charlton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kelly Hoare	35,765	45.95	-0.11
	Liberal	Kurt Darcey	27,480	35.31	+2.00
	Greens	Suzanne Pritchard	6,964	8.95	+4.01
	Family First	Paul Scarfe	3,317	4.26	+4.26
	One Nation	Bob Johnson	2,416	3.10	-4.63
	Democrats	Ben Roffey	1,513	1.94	-3.13
	CEC	David Stow	380	0.49	+0.49
Total formal votes			77,835	95.04	-0.38
Informal votes			4,059	4.96	+0.38
Turnout			81,894	95.73	+0.10
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kelly Hoare	45,084	57.92	+1.26
	Liberal	Kurt Darcey	32,751	42.08	-1.26
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.26

Australian federal election, 2001: Charlton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kelly Hoare	35,079	46.06	-2.53
	Liberal	Lindsay Paterson	25,371	33.31	+5.07
	One Nation	Bob Johnson	5,884	7.73	-4.28
	Democrats	Joshua Bell	3,865	5.07	+0.44
	Greens	David Blyth	3,765	4.94	+1.63
	Christian Democrats	Jim Kendall	1,859	2.44	-0.62
	Unity	John Thorpe	339	0.45	+0.45
Total formal votes			76,162	95.43	-1.58
Informal votes			3,651	4.57	+1.58
Turnout			79,813	96.04
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kelly Hoare	43,151	56.66	-5.54
	Liberal	Lindsay Paterson	33,011	43.34	+5.54
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.54

Elections in the 1990s

Australian federal election, 1998: Charlton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kelly Hoare	39,604	49.32	-0.68
	Liberal	Bruce Gatgens	22,175	27.61	-5.86
	One Nation	Pamela Young	9,664	12.03	+12.03
	Democrats	Stephen Bisgrove	3,689	4.59	-3.80
	Greens	Nathan Ross	2,679	3.34	-1.66
	Christian Democrats	Ralph Gourlay	2,494	3.11	+3.11
Total formal votes			80,305	96.97	+0.42
Informal votes			2,513	3.03	-0.42
Turnout			82,818	96.20	-1.14
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kelly Hoare	50,570	62.97	+3.65
	Liberal	Bruce Gatgens	29,735	37.03	-3.65
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.65

Australian federal election, 1996: Charlton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Brown	38,665	50.00	-10.91
	Liberal	Peter Craig	25,884	33.47	+6.64
	Democrats	Lyn Godfrey	6,494	8.40	+2.98
	Greens	Bernadette Brugman	3,863	5.00	+5.00
	AAFI	Ron Franks	2,428	3.14	+3.14
Total formal votes			77,334	96.55	-0.22
Informal votes			2,767	3.45	+0.22
Turnout			80,101	97.34	+0.11
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Brown	45,646	59.32	-7.78
	Liberal	Peter Craig	31,298	40.68	+7.78
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.78

Australian federal election, 1993: Charlton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Brown	44,680	60.90	+8.33
	Liberal	Laurence Brewster	19,681	26.83	+6.18
	Democrats	Lyn Godfrey	3,976	5.42	-7.97
	Independent	John Baldwin	2,216	3.02	+3.02
	Call to Australia	Mick Sandford	1,273	1.74	+1.74
	Independent	Ryan Wilson	780	1.06	+1.06
	Independent	Charles Sievers	516	0.70	+0.70
	Natural Law	Zdenek Kviz	239	0.33	+0.33
Total formal votes			73,361	96.77	-0.76
Informal votes			2,449	3.23	+0.76
Turnout			75,810	97.23
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Brown	49,215	67.10	+2.09
	Liberal	Laurence Brewster	24,127	32.90	-2.09
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.09

Australian federal election, 1990: Charlton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Brown	36,750	54.4	-3.3
	Liberal	Mollie Blake	13,950	20.7	-6.6
	Democrats	Lyn Godfrey	9,299	13.8	+2.2
	Independent	Geoff Pendlebury	7,510	11.1	+11.1
Total formal votes			67,509	97.6
Informal votes			1,650	2.4
Turnout			69,159	96.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Brown	44,224	65.7	-1.2
	Liberal	Mollie Blake	23,115	34.3	+1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.2

Elections in the 1980s

Australian federal election, 1987: Charlton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Brown	36,113	57.7	-4.6
	Liberal	Mollie Blake	17,084	27.3	-0.1
	Democrats	Lyn Godfrey	7,252	11.6	+1.3
	Independent	Vishnu Chaudhary	2,110	3.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			62,559	95.8
Informal votes			2,760	4.2
Turnout			65,319	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Brown	41,830	66.9	-0.4
	Liberal	Mollie Blake	20,729	33.1	+0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.4

Australian federal election, 1984: Charlton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Brown	36,860	62.3	-4.2
	Liberal	Don Harris	16,216	27.4	+3.4
	Democrats	Lyn Godfrey	6,105	10.3	+2.2
Total formal votes			59,181	94.0
Informal votes			3,750	6.0
Turnout			62,931	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Brown	39,827	67.3	-3.2
	Liberal	Don Harris	19,354	32.7	+3.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.2

References

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

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