Electoral results for the Division of Fairfax

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

Members

MemberPartyTerm
  Evan Adermann National 1984–1990
  Alex Somlyay Liberal 1990–2010
  Liberal National 2010–2013
  Clive Palmer Palmer United 2013–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Australian federal election, 2013: Fairfax
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National Ted O'Brien 34,959 41.32 −8.13
Palmer United Clive Palmer 22,409 26.49 +26.49
Labor Elaine Hughes 15,429 18.24 −9.07
Greens David Knobel 7,046 8.33 −9.67
Katter's Australian Ray Sawyer 1,623 1.92 +1.92
Family First Angela Meyer 1,416 1.67 −3.57
Independent Trudy Byrnes 1,016 1.20 +1.20
One Nation Mike Holt 709 0.84 +0.84
Total formal votes 84,607 94.88 −0.09
Informal votes 4,569 5.12 +0.09
Turnout 89,176 93.41 +0.63
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Ted O'Brien 52,184 61.68 +4.73
Labor Elaine Hughes 32,423 38.32 −4.73
Two-candidate-preferred result
Palmer United Clive Palmer 42,330 50.03 +50.03
Liberal National Ted O'Brien 42,277 49.97 −7.03
Palmer United gain from Liberal National Swing N/A


Australian federal election, 2010: Fairfax
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National Alex Somlyay 39,102 49.45 +2.72
Labor Dan McIntyre 21,589 27.31 -9.07
Greens Narelle McCarthy 14,228 18.00 +9.31
Family First Ron Hunt 4,147 5.24 +1.32
Total formal votes 79,066 94.97 -1.64
Informal votes 4,186 5.03 +1.64
Turnout 83,252 92.77 -0.35
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Alex Somlyay 45,032 56.95 +3.98
Labor Dan McIntyre 34,034 43.05 -3.98
Liberal National hold Swing +3.98

Elections in the 2000s

Australian federal election, 2007: Fairfax
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alex Somlyay 38,470 46.82 -6.90
Labor Debbie Blumel 29,960 36.46 +9.22
Greens Dave Norris 7,011 8.53 +0.36
Family First Lisa Woods 3,287 4.00 -1.01
Independent Max Phillips 1,300 1.58 +1.58
One Nation Kevin Savage 861 1.05 -2.07
Democrats Janette Hashemi 764 0.93 -1.25
CEC Kev Watt 514 0.63 +0.42
Total formal votes 82,167 96.65 +1.72
Informal votes 2,852 3.35 -1.72
Turnout 85,019 94.22 -0.51
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alex Somlyay 43,558 53.01 -9.40
Labor Debbie Blumel 38,609 46.99 +9.40
Liberal hold Swing -9.40
Australian federal election, 2004: Fairfax
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alex Somlyay 39,075 52.30 +4.38
Labor Ivan Molloy 20,289 27.15 +1.69
Greens David Norris 7,536 10.09 +4.61
Family First Paula Hunt 3,390 4.54 +4.54
One Nation Patrick Rozanski 2,317 3.10 -3.94
Democrats Debbie Campbell 1,896 2.54 -2.40
CEC Kev Watt 216 0.29 +0.29
Total formal votes 74,719 94.74 -0.95
Informal votes 4,145 5.26 +0.95
Turnout 78,864 93.44 +1.03
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alex Somlyay 45,452 60.83 +1.65
Labor Ivan Molloy 29,267 39.17 -1.65
Liberal hold Swing +1.65
Australian federal election, 2001: Fairfax
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alex Somlyay 35,868 47.05 +11.03
Labor John Henderson 19,101 25.06 -3.64
Independent Shane Paulger 7,519 9.86 +9.86
One Nation Jim Mackellar 6,281 8.24 -9.51
Greens Joy Ringrose 3,791 4.97 +1.50
Democrats Karen Jackson 3,670 4.81 +0.80
Total formal votes 76,230 95.73 -0.51
Informal votes 3,399 4.27 +0.51
Turnout 79,629 95.36
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alex Somlyay 45,135 59.21 +4.85
Labor John Henderson 31,095 40.79 -4.85
Liberal hold Swing +4.85

Elections in the 1990s

Australian federal election, 1998: Fairfax
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alex Somlyay 24,709 36.03 -7.83
Labor John Henderson 19,679 28.69 +4.14
One Nation Fraser Anning 12,171 17.75 +17.75
National Lindsay Horswood 4,692 6.84 -10.23
Democrats John Ryan 2,754 4.02 -4.14
Greens Peter Bakhash 2,381 3.47 -0.85
Christian Democrats Harry Cook 1,279 1.86 +1.86
Independent Mike Harper 921 1.34 +1.34
Total formal votes 68,586 96.24 -1.37
Informal votes 2,679 3.76 +1.37
Turnout 71,265 93.71 -0.46
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alex Somlyay 37,286 54.36 -13.25
Labor John Henderson 31,300 45.64 +13.25
Liberal hold Swing -13.25
Australian federal election, 1996: Fairfax
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alex Somlyay 44,994 62.14 +22.34
Labor Peter Marconi 17,355 23.97 -6.65
Democrats Elizabeth Oss-Emer 5,808 8.02 +3.32
Greens John Fitzgerald 3,868 5.34 +1.25
Indigenous Peoples Colin Hicks 384 0.53 +0.53
Total formal votes 72,409 97.76 +0.23
Informal votes 1,659 2.24 -0.23
Turnout 74,068 94.16 -0.69
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alex Somlyay 49,109 68.09 +8.05
Labor Peter Marconi 23,010 31.91 -8.05
Liberal hold Swing +8.05
Australian federal election, 1993: Fairfax
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alex Somlyay 28,686 40.18 +15.38
Labor Kerry Orton 22,022 30.84 -1.44
National Gordon Simpson 10,382 14.54 -12.91
Democrats Elizabeth Oss-Emer 3,313 4.64 -8.95
Greens Peter Parnell 2,858 4.00 +4.00
Confederate Action Santo Ferraro 1,646 2.31 +2.31
Independent John Henderson 1,567 2.19 +2.19
Natural Law Keith Valentine 924 1.29 +1.29
Total formal votes 71,398 97.47 -0.52
Informal votes 1,850 2.53 +0.52
Turnout 73,248 94.85
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alex Somlyay 42,662 59.80 +2.02
Labor Kerry Orton 28,683 40.20 -2.02
Liberal hold Swing +2.02
Australian federal election, 1990: Fairfax
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Beryl Muspratt 26,017 32.8 -2.4
National John Stone 20,928 26.4 -13.4
Liberal Alex Somlyay 20,395 25.7 +8.5
Democrats Bob Borsellino 10,439 13.2 +5.5
Conservative Sheila Adams 1,528 1.9 +1.9
Total formal votes 79,307 98.0
Informal votes 1,632 2.0
Turnout 80,939 94.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alex Somlyay 45,449 57.5 +57.5
Labor Beryl Muspratt 33,634 42.5 -0.2
Liberal gain from National Swing +0.2

Elections in the 1980s

Australian federal election, 1987: Fairfax
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Evan Adermann 24,817 39.8 -5.4
Labor Alison Smith 21,953 35.2 +1.5
Liberal Joy Brannelly 10,733 17.2 +3.0
Democrats Brian Stockwell 4,786 7.7 +0.8
Total formal votes 62,289 96.8
Informal votes 2,085 3.2
Turnout 64,374 92.0
Two-party-preferred result
National Evan Adermann 35,713 57.3 -3.3
Labor Alison Smith 26,565 42.7 +3.3
National hold Swing -3.3
Australian federal election, 1984: Fairfax
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Evan Adermann 23,593 45.2 -1.9
Labor Peter Shooter 17,607 33.7 -0.2
Liberal Terry Welch 7,402 14.2 +2.8
Democrats Bob Borsellino 3,608 6.9 +0.0
Total formal votes 52,210 95.0
Informal votes 2,728 5.0
Turnout 54,938 92.5
Two-party-preferred result
National Evan Adermann 31,642 60.6 -0.4
Labor Peter Shooter 20,564 39.4 +0.4
National hold Swing -0.4

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