Electoral results for the Division of Dunkley

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

Members

	Party	Term
Bob Chynoweth	Labor	1984–1990
Frank Ford	Liberal	1990–1993
Bob Chynoweth	Labor	1993–1996
Bruce Billson	Liberal	1996–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Australian federal election, 2013: Dunkley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Billson	42,869	48.75	+1.42
	Labor	Sonya Kilkenny	27,155	30.88	−7.44
	Greens	Simon Tiller	8,199	9.32	−2.37
	Palmer United	Kate Ryder	3,707	4.22	+4.22
	Sex Party	Eloise Palmi	2,589	2.94	+2.94
	Family First	Cameron Eastman	1,682	1.91	−0.75
	Independent	Rod Burt	740	0.84	+0.84
	Independent	Roy Broff	516	0.59	+0.59
	Rise Up Australia	Yvonne Gentle	477	0.54	+0.54
Total formal votes			87,934	95.21	−0.87
Informal votes			4,424	4.79	+0.87
Turnout			92,358	93.28	−0.32
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Billson	48,861	55.57	+4.53
	Labor	Sonya Kilkenny	39,073	44.43	−4.53
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.53

Australian federal election, 2010: Dunkley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Billson	40,602	47.32	-2.47
	Labor	Helen Constas	32,889	38.33	+0.07
	Greens	Simon Tiller	10,033	11.69	+3.94
	Family First	Yasmin de Zilwa	2,276	2.65	+0.06
Total formal votes			85,800	96.08	-1.30
Informal votes			3,498	3.92	+1.30
Turnout			89,298	93.68	-1.55
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Billson	43,777	51.02	-3.02
	Labor	Helen Constas	42,023	48.98	+3.02
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.02

Elections in the 2000s

Australian federal election, 2007: Dunkley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Billson	43,024	49.79	-5.75
	Labor	Graham McBride	33,055	38.26	+4.69
	Greens	Neale Adams	6,695	7.75	+1.51
	Family First	Steven Ashdown	2,235	2.59	+0.24
	Democrats	Karen Bailey	1,395	1.61	+0.39
Total formal votes			86,404	97.38	+1.29
Informal votes			2,328	2.62	-1.29
Turnout			88,732	95.24	+0.16
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Billson	46,393	54.04	-5.34
	Labor	Graham McBride	39,711	45.96	+5.34
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.34

Australian federal election, 2004: Dunkley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Billson	46,067	55.54	+5.81
	Labor	Helen Constas	27,845	33.57	-2.38
	Greens	Paula Johnson	5,179	6.24	+0.62
	Family First	Cameron Eastman	1,949	2.35	+2.35
	Democrats	Karen Bailey	1,008	1.22	-4.31
	Independent	Fletcher Davis	722	0.87	-0.32
	CEC	Gabrielle M Peut	178	0.21	+0.20
Total formal votes			82,948	96.09	-0.43
Informal votes			3,376	3.91	+0.43
Turnout			86,324	95.08	-0.52
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Billson	49,253	59.38	+4.16
	Labor	Helen Constas	33,695	40.62	-4.16
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.16

Australian federal election, 2001: Dunkley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Billson	39,203	49.90	+3.66
	Labor	Mark Conroy	38,088	35.75	-3.23
	Greens	Henry Kelsall	4,486	5.71	+1.82
	Democrats	Ian Woodhouse	4,350	5.54	-0.22
	One Nation	Michael Cartwright	1,438	1.83	-2.62
	Independent	Fletcher Davis	995	1.27	+1.27
Total formal votes			78,560	96.55	-0.57
Informal votes			2,805	3.45	+0.57
Turnout			81,365	96.27
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Billson	43,537	55.42	+3.88
	Labor	Mark Conroy	35,023	44.58	-3.88
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.88

Elections in the 1990s

Australian federal election, 1998: Dunkley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Billson	35,297	46.24	-2.18
	Labor	Michael Quayle	29,755	38.98	-1.12
	Democrats	Tony Seals	4,392	5.75	-1.25
	One Nation	Robyn Brown	3,399	4.45	+4.45
	Greens	Henry Kelsall	2,971	3.89	+1.47
	Unity	Jan Chapman Davis	335	0.44	+0.44
	Natural Law	Ben Mason	185	0.24	-0.29
Total formal votes			76,334	97.12	-0.39
Informal votes			2,264	2.88	+0.39
Turnout			78,598	96.03	-0.39
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Billson	39,721	52.04	-1.32
	Labor	Michael Quayle	36,613	47.96	+1.32
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.32

Australian federal election, 1996: Dunkley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Billson	36,330	48.42	-1.04
	Labor	Bob Chynoweth	30,084	40.10	-3.59
	Democrats	Reba Jacobs	5,257	7.01	+3.10
	Greens	Paul Higgins	1,817	2.42	+2.42
	AAFI	Travis Peak	1,144	1.52	+1.52
	Natural Law	Bev Nelson	399	0.53	-2.18
Total formal votes			75,031	97.51	-0.26
Informal votes			1,914	2.49	+0.26
Turnout			76,945	96.42	+0.11
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Billson	39,885	53.36	+1.02
	Labor	Bob Chynoweth	34,865	46.64	-1.02
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.02

Australian federal election, 1993: Dunkley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Chynoweth	32,461	47.16	+9.52
	Liberal	Frank Ford	31,621	45.94	+2.16
	Democrats	Barrie Rowland-Hornblow	2,696	3.92	-9.32
	Natural Law	Bev Nelson	2,056	2.99	+2.99
Total formal votes			68,834	97.75	+1.59
Informal votes			1,584	2.25	-1.59
Turnout			70,418	96.32
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Chynoweth	34,813	50.61	+1.81
	Liberal	Frank Ford	33,969	49.39	-1.81
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+1.81

Australian federal election, 1990: Dunkley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frank Ford	28,759	43.8	+5.1
	Labor	Bob Chynoweth	24,724	37.6	-13.0
	Democrats	Peter Lindemann	8,695	13.2	+6.9
	Independent	Peter Seitanidis	1,458	2.2	+2.2
	Pensioner	Keith Edwards	910	1.4	+1.4
	Call to Australia	Arthur Comer	554	0.8	+0.8
	Independent	Mike Toldy	297	0.5	+0.5
	Independent	Len Cosmavich	294	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			65,691	96.2
Informal votes			2,625	3.8
Turnout			68,316	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Frank Ford	33,582	51.2	+6.8
	Labor	Bob Chynoweth	32,012	48.8	-6.8
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+6.8

Elections in the 1980s

Australian federal election, 1987: Dunkley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Chynoweth	28,740	46.7	+0.3
	Liberal	Tom Warwick	26,267	42.6	-1.1
	Democrats	Robyn Kirby	3,881	6.3	+0.2
	Independent	Chris van Lieshout	1,898	3.1	+3.1
	Pensioner	Andrew Murray	615	1.0	+1.0
	Independent	Les Johnson	193	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			61,594	95.6
Informal votes			2,804	4.4
Turnout			64,398	96.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Chynoweth	31,837	51.7	+0.6
	Liberal	Tom Warwick	29,723	48.3	-0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.6

Australian federal election, 1984: Dunkley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Chynoweth	26,605	46.4	-2.5
	Liberal	Leonie Clark	25,070	43.7	+1.7
	Democrats	Grenville Charles	3,519	6.1	-0.4
	National	Judy Hale	1,494	2.6	+2.6
	Democratic Labor	John Cass	621	1.1	-1.1
Total formal votes			57,309	92.3
Informal votes			4,749	7.7
Turnout			62,058	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Chynoweth	29,296	51.1	-2.1
	Liberal	Leonie Clark	28,003	48.9	+2.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.1

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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