Electoral results for the Division of Deakin

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Deakin in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1937 until the present.

Members

	Party	Term
William Hutchinson	United Australia	1937–1944
William Hutchinson	Liberal	1944–1949
Frank Davis	Liberal	1949–1966
Alan Jarman	Liberal	1966–1983
John Saunderson	Labor	1983–1984
Julian Beale	Liberal	1984–1990
Ken Aldred	Liberal	1990–1996
Phil Barresi	Liberal	1996–2007
Mike Symon	Labor	2007–2013
Michael Sukkar	Liberal	2013–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Australian federal election, 2013: Deakin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael Sukkar	40,482	45.88	+2.01
	Labor	Mike Symon	28,883	32.73	−5.65
	Greens	Brendan Powell	9,560	10.83	−1.93
	Palmer United	Mario Guardiani	1,949	2.21	+2.21
	Sex Party	Stephen Barber	1,856	2.10	+2.10
	Christians	Ian Dobby	1,698	1.92	+1.92
	Independent	Mike Barclay	1,519	1.72	+1.72
	Family First	Hannah Westbrook	1,200	1.36	−2.14
	Rise Up Australia	Yasmin De Zilwa	327	0.37	+0.37
	Katter's Australian	Steve Raskovy	293	0.33	+0.33
	Country Alliance	Toni Smith	261	0.30	+0.30
	Australia First	John Carbonari	212	0.24	−0.04
Total formal votes			88,240	95.67	−0.80
Informal votes			3,989	4.33	+0.80
Turnout			92,229	94.76	0.00
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Michael Sukkar	46,926	53.18	+3.78
	Labor	Mike Symon	41,314	46.82	−3.78
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+3.78

Australian federal election, 2010: Deakin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Phil Barresi	33,553	41.94	-2.41
	Labor	Mike Symon	31,941	39.93	-1.93
	Greens	David Howell	10,338	12.92	+4.44
	Family First	Peter Lake	2,532	3.17	+0.02
	Independent	Abraham Seviloglou	836	1.05	+1.05
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Walsh	505	0.63	-0.08
	Australia First	Alex Norwick	295	0.37	+0.37
Total formal votes			80,000	96.42	-1.49
Informal votes			2,967	3.58	+1.49
Turnout			82,967	94.56	-1.33
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mike Symon	41,927	52.41	+1.00
	Liberal	Phil Barresi	38,073	47.59	-1.00
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.00

Elections in the 2000s

Australian federal election, 2007: Deakin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Phil Barresi	36,501	44.35	-6.24
	Labor	Mike Symon	34,451	41.86	+5.71
	Greens	Bill Pemberton	6,978	8.48	+0.62
	Family First	Fiona Bronte	2,589	3.15	+0.81
	Democrats	Paul Nicholson	1,205	1.46	-0.51
	Liberty & Democracy	Nick Stevenson	586	0.71	+0.71
Total formal votes			82,310	97.91	+0.97
Informal votes			1,756	2.09	-0.97
Turnout			84,066	95.84	+0.41
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mike Symon	42,319	51.41	+6.38
	Liberal	Phil Barresi	39,991	48.59	-6.38
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.38

Australian federal election, 2004: Deakin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Phil Barresi	40,922	50.59	+3.52
	Labor	Peter Lynch	29,240	36.15	-2.40
	Greens	Bill Pemberton	6,359	7.86	+1.56
	Family First	Yasmin de Zilwa	1,889	2.34	+2.34
	Democrats	Alan Bailey	1,595	1.97	-5.98
	Independent	Steve Raskovy	739	0.91	+0.91
	CEC	Simon Tait	140	0.17	+0.14
Total formal votes			80,884	96.94	-0.48
Informal votes			2,554	3.06	+0.48
Turnout			83,438	95.43	-0.05
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Phil Barresi	44,462	54.97	+3.37
	Labor	Peter Lynch	36,422	45.03	-3.37
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.37

Australian federal election, 2001: Deakin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Phil Barresi	37,417	47.26	+3.31
	Labor	Helen Buckingham	30,397	38.39	-0.44
	Democrats	Nahum Ayliffe	6,317	7.98	+0.00
	Greens	Robyn Evans	5,045	6.37	+3.88
Total formal votes			79,176	97.44	+0.62
Informal votes			2,082	2.56	-0.62
Turnout			81,258	95.62
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Phil Barresi	40,962	51.74	-0.19
	Labor	Helen Buckingham	38,214	48.26	+0.19
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.19

Elections in the 1990s

Australian federal election, 1998: Deakin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Phil Barresi	34,047	43.95	-0.77
	Labor	Peter Bertolus	30,079	38.83	+0.17
	Democrats	John Siddons	6,177	7.97	-0.90
	One Nation	Paul Coelli	2,232	2.88	+2.88
	Greens	Robyn Evans	1,929	2.49	+0.05
		Tim Petherbridge	1,486	1.92	+1.92
	Unity	Geoffrey Teng	1,289	1.66	+1.66
	Natural Law	Linda Keath	230	0.30	-0.66
Total formal votes			77,469	96.81	-0.32
Informal votes			2,549	3.19	+0.32
Turnout			80,018	96.05	-0.61
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Phil Barresi	40,233	51.93	-0.55
	Labor	Peter Bertolus	37,236	48.07	+0.55
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.55

Australian federal election, 1996: Deakin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Phil Barresi	34,292	44.72	-2.63
	Labor	Kerrin Buckney	29,639	38.65	-4.99
	Democrats	John Siddons	6,801	8.87	+3.87
	Greens	Kathy Lothian	1,870	2.44	+2.44
	Call to Australia	Murray Graham	1,495	1.95	+0.56
	AAFI	Paul Coelli	1,226	1.60	+1.60
	Natural Law	Maggie Lawrence	730	0.95	-0.53
	Independent	David White	429	0.56	+0.56
	Independent	Gilbert Boffa	194	0.25	+0.25
Total formal votes			76,676	97.13	-0.20
Informal votes			2,262	2.87	+0.20
Turnout			78,938	96.65	+0.20
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Phil Barresi	40,027	52.48	+1.89
	Labor	Kerrin Buckney	36,244	47.52	-1.89
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.89

Australian federal election, 1993: Deakin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ken Aldred	34,123	47.40	+2.70
	Labor	Greg Adkins	31,073	43.16	+8.86
	Democrats	Peter Magart	3,519	4.89	-11.80
	Call to Australia	Alan Barron	1,227	1.70	-2.01
	Natural Law	Robert Nieuwenhuis	1,060	1.47	+1.47
		William Backhouse	987	1.37	+1.37
Total formal votes			71,989	97.37	-0.28
Informal votes			1,946	2.63	+0.28
Turnout			73,935	96.45
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ken Aldred	36,879	51.27	-1.08
	Labor	Greg Adkins	35,048	48.73	+1.08
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.08

Australian federal election, 1990: Deakin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ken Aldred	31,212	44.7	-0.4
	Labor	Tony Lamb	23,955	34.3	-13.2
	Democrats	Louise Enders	11,652	16.7	+10.4
	Call to Australia	Rodger Nardi	2,591	3.7	+3.7
	Democratic Socialist	Bronwen Beechey	413	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			69,823	97.6
Informal votes			1,684	2.4
Turnout			71,507	96.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ken Aldred	36,505	52.4	+4.3
	Labor	Tony Lamb	33,222	47.6	-4.3
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+4.3

Elections in the 1980s

Australian federal election, 1987: Deakin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Julian Beale	30,665	48.5	+1.7
	Labor	Madelyn Myatt	27,884	44.1	-1.1
	Democrats	Marcus Bosch	3,992	6.3	+0.2
	Unite Australia	Rick Wright	401	0.6	+0.6
	Independent	Gil Speirs	267	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			63,209	96.0
Informal votes			2,660	4.0
Turnout			65,869	96.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Julian Beale	32,569	51.5	+0.8
	Labor	Madelyn Myatt	30,624	48.5	-0.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.8

Australian federal election, 1984: Deakin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Julian Beale	28,975	46.8	+2.5
	Labor	Richard Johns	27,980	45.2	-0.3
	Democrats	Jeffrey McAlpine	3,774	6.1	-0.6
	Democratic Labor	Peter Ferwerda	1,240	2.0	-1.7
Total formal votes			61,969	93.9
Informal votes			4,042	6.1
Turnout			66,011	96.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Julian Beale	31,435	50.7	+0.0
	Labor	Richard Johns	30,530	49.3	-0.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.0

Australian federal election, 1983: Deakin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Saunderson	38,225	47.7	+6.3
	Liberal	Alan Jarman	33,225	41.5	-2.2
	Democrats	Jeffrey McAlpine	5,324	6.7	-5.2
	Democratic Labor	Peter Ferwerda	2,949	3.7	+0.7
	Independent	Wilfrid Thiele	333	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			81,615	96.4
Informal votes			1,559	1.9
Turnout			81,615	96.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Saunderson	41,727	52.1	+4.4
	Liberal	Alan Jarman	38,329	47.9	-4.4
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.4

Australian federal election, 1980: Deakin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Jarman	33,011	43.7	-2.4
	Labor	John Madden	31,277	41.4	+9.0
	Democrats	Edwin Adamson	9,014	11.9	-4.4
	Democratic Labor	Peter Ferwerda	2,291	3.0	-2.2
Total formal votes			75,593	98.1
Informal votes			1,469	1.9
Turnout			77,062	96.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alan Jarman	39,561	52.3	-5.1
	Labor	John Madden	36,032	47.7	+5.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.1

Elections in the 1970s

Australian federal election, 1977: Deakin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Jarman	32,378	46.1	-6.3
	Labor	Neville Gay	22,730	32.4	-7.6
	Democrats	Alan Teed	11,451	16.3	+16.3
	Democratic Labor	Daniel Condon	3,670	5.2	+1.0
Total formal votes			70,229	97.6
Informal votes			1,710	2.4
Turnout			71,939	96.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alan Jarman	40,316	57.4	-0.4
	Labor	Neville Gay	29,913	42.6	+0.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.4

Australian federal election, 1975: Deakin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Jarman	33,935	54.5	+8.0
	Labor	Gavan Oakley	23,607	37.9	-6.2
	Democratic Labor	Jim Brosnan	2,626	4.2	-0.4
	Australia Party	William Inglis	1,196	1.9	-0.8
	Independent	Walter Williams	928	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			62,292	98.5
Informal votes			925	1.5
Turnout			63,217	96.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alan Jarman		59.9	+7.6
	Labor	Gavan Oakley		40.1	-7.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.6

Australian federal election, 1974: Deakin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Jarman	28,102	46.5	+4.6
	Labor	Gavan Oakley	26,642	44.1	+0.2
	Democratic Labor	Jim Brosnan	2,783	4.6	-2.2
	Australia Party	Harold Jeffrey	1,627	2.7	-1.6
	Independent	William French	967	1.6	+1.6
	Independent	Stanley Lyden	279	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			60,400	98.4
Informal votes			956	1.6
Turnout			61,356	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alan Jarman	31,598	52.3	+1.6
	Labor	Gavan Oakley	28,802	47.7	-1.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.6

Australian federal election, 1972: Deakin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William French	23,987	43.9	+7.9
	Liberal	Alan Jarman	22,873	41.9	-5.1
	Democratic Labor	Maurice Weston	3,732	6.8	-2.9
	Australia Party	Gavan Burn	2,336	4.3	+4.3
	Independent	Harold Jeffrey	1,658	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			54,586	98.3
Informal votes			934	1.7
Turnout			55,520	96.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alan Jarman	27,653	50.7	-7.0
	Labor	William French	26,933	49.3	+7.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-7.0

Elections in the 1960s

Australian federal election, 1969: Deakin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Jarman	23,592	47.0	-6.0
	Labor	Bernard Mildner	18,095	36.0	+4.4
	Democratic Labor	Maurice Weston	4,862	9.7	-1.7
	Independent	Raymond Nilsen	3,658	7.3	+7.3
Total formal votes			50,207	97.8
Informal votes			1,128	2.2
Turnout			51,335	96.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alan Jarman	28,990	57.7	-8.6
	Labor	Bernard Mildner	21,217	42.3	+8.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-8.6

Australian federal election, 1966: Deakin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Jarman	39,183	50.0	-2.0
	Labor	David McKenzie	25,039	31.9	-5.4
	Democratic Labor	Maurice Weston	8,915	11.4	+0.7
	Liberal Reform Group	Michael Degendorjer	5,284	6.7	+6.7
Total formal votes			78,421	97.2
Informal votes			2,258	2.8
Turnout			80,679	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alan Jarman		63.3	+1.7
	Labor	David McKenzie		46.7	-1.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.7

Australian federal election, 1963: Deakin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frank Davis	34,863	52.0	+4.7
	Labor	Pat Hubbard	25,045	37.3	-2.4
	Democratic Labor	Maurice Weston	7,184	10.7	-2.3
Total formal votes			67,092	99.0
Informal votes			711	1.0
Turnout			67,803	96.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Frank Davis		61.6	+3.4
	Labor	Pat Hubbard		38.4	-3.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.4

Australian federal election, 1961: Deakin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frank Davis	28,392	47.3	-3.1
	Labor	George Slater	23,839	39.7	+4.2
	Democratic Labor	Maurice Weston	7,802	13.0	-1.0
Total formal votes			60,033	98.3
Informal votes			1,040	1.7
Turnout			61,073	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Frank Davis	34,955	58.2	-4.9
	Labor	George Slater	25,078	41.8	+4.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.9

Elections in the 1950s

Australian federal election, 1958: Deakin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frank Davis	24,709	50.4	-2.9
	Labor	Norm Griffiths	17,411	35.5	+2.4
	Democratic Labor	Terence Collins	6,877	14.0	+0.4
Total formal votes			48,997	98.0
Informal votes			987	2.0
Turnout			49,984	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Frank Davis		63.1	-1.3
	Labor	Norm Griffiths		36.9	+1.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.3

Australian federal election, 1955: Deakin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frank Davis	21,641	53.3	+0.0
	Labor	Norm Griffiths	13,422	33.1	-13.6
	Labor (A-C)	Terence Collins	5,512	13.6	+13.6
Total formal votes			40,575	97.7
Informal votes			947	2.3
Turnout			41,522	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Frank Davis		64.4	+11.1
	Labor	Norm Griffiths		35.6	-11.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+11.1

Australian federal election, 1954: Deakin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frank Davis	29,886	52.2	+3.6
	Labor	Gordon Bryant	27,375	47.8	+1.4
Total formal votes			57,261	99.0
Informal votes			576	1.0
Turnout			57,837	96.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.6

Australian federal election, 1951: Deakin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frank Davis	22,946	48.6	-7.0
	Labor	Gordon Bryant	21,908	46.4	+2.0
	Independent	Eric Butler	2,364	5.0	+5.0
Total formal votes			47,218	98.7
Informal votes			617	1.3
Turnout			47,835	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Frank Davis	24,347	51.6	-4.0
	Labor	Gordon Bryant	22,871	48.4	+4.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.0

Elections in the 1940s

Australian federal election, 1949: Deakin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frank Davis	23,517	55.6	+0.5
	Labor	Rod Leeson	18,784	44.4	-0.5
Total formal votes			42,301	98.7
Informal votes			575	1.3
Turnout			42,876	94.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.5

Australian federal election, 1946: Deakin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Hutchinson	36,262	56.7	+24.0
	Labor	Arthur Smith	27,710	43.3	+5.6
Total formal votes			63,972	98.5
Informal votes			1,002	1.5
Turnout			64,974	93.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.0

Australian federal election, 1943: Deakin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Williamson	22,356	37.7	+5.4
	United Australia	William Hutchinson	19,375	32.7	-22.1
	Independent	Robert Elliott	10,318	17.4	+17.4
	Middle Class	Alan Coffey	4,185	7.1	+7.1
	Independent UAP	Dick Radclyffe	1,526	2.6	+2.6
	Independent	Arthur Coles	1,471	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			59,231	97.1
Informal votes			1,760	2.9
Turnout			60,991	96.4
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	William Hutchinson	33,577	56.7	-5.5
	Labor	Frank Williamson	25,654	43.3	+5.5
	United Australia hold		Swing	-5.5

Australian federal election, 1940: Deakin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	William Hutchinson	29,318	54.8	-4.9
	Labor	Frank Williamson	17,267	32.3	-8.0
	Independent	Frank Fisher	3,983	7.4	+7.4
	Independent	Dunean McCallum	2,969	5.5	+5.5
Total formal votes			53,537	98.3
Informal votes			911	1.7
Turnout			54,448	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	William Hutchinson		62.2	+2.5
	Labor	Frank Williamson		37.8	-2.5
	United Australia hold		Swing	+2.5

Elections in the 1930s

Australian federal election, 1937: Deakin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	William Hutchinson	30,442	59.7	+5.5
	Labor	Paul Jones	20,512	40.3	+9.5
Total formal votes			50,954	98.2
Informal votes			911	1.8
Turnout			51,865	95.8
	United Australia hold		Swing	-6.7

References

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

Electoral results for the divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in Victoria

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