Electoral results for the Division of Forrest

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Forrest in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1922 until the present.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	John Prowse	Country	1922–1943
	Nelson Lemmon	Labor	1943–1949
	Gordon Freeth	Liberal	1949–1969
	Frank Kirwan	Labor	1969–1972
	Peter Drummond	Liberal	1972–1987
	Geoff Prosser	Liberal	1987–2007
	Nola Marino	Liberal	2007–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Australian federal election, 2013: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Nola Marino	42,640	49.92	+0.96
	Labor	John Joseph Borlini	21,579	25.26	-2.93
	Greens	Gordon Tayler	8,136	9.52	-3.96
	National	Michael Rose	5,338	6.25	+0.27
	Palmer United	Edward Gregory Dabrowski	4,301	5.03	+5.03
	Christians	Wayne Barnett	1,374	1.61	+1.61
	Family First	Bev Custers	1,270	1.49	-0.46
	Rise Up Australia	Mark Morien	581	0.68	+0.68
	CEC	Ian Tuffnell	204	0.24	+0.24
Total formal votes			85,423	94.37	-1.08
Informal votes			5,095	5.63	+1.08
Turnout			90,518	93.41	-0.78
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Nola Marino	53,198	62.28	+3.54
	Labor	John Joseph Borlini	32,225	37.72	-3.54
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.54

Australian federal election, 2010: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Nola Marino	39,460	48.96	+3.81
	Labor	Jackie Jarvis	22,724	28.19	-2.43
	Greens	Luke Petersen	10,863	13.48	+5.07
	National	John Hill	4,822	5.98	+5.98
	Family First	Bev Custers	1,573	1.95	+0.57
	Christian Democrats	Lee Herridge	1,158	1.44	-0.45
Total formal votes			80,600	95.45	-1.27
Informal votes			3,844	4.55	= +1.27
Turnout			84,444	94.21	-0.29
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Nola Marino	47,343	58.74	+3.26
	Labor	Jackie Jarvis	33,257	41.26	-3.26
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.26

Elections in the 2000s

Australian federal election, 2007: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Nola Marino	38,928	45.40	-8.02
	Labor	Peter Macfarlane	25,883	30.18	+2.25
	Independent	Noel Brunning	9,924	11.57	+11.57
	Greens	Kingsley Gibson	7,150	8.34	-0.11
	Christian Democrats	John Lewis	1,643	1.92	+0.32
	Family First	Leighton Knoll	1,150	1.34	-0.31
	One Nation	Jodie Yardley	928	1.08	-2.36
	CEC	Ian Tuffnell	144	0.17	-0.26
Total formal votes			85,750	96.67	+2.17
Informal votes			2,954	3.33	= -2.17
Turnout			88,704	94.69	+0.54
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Nola Marino	47,871	55.83	-4.62
	Labor	Peter Macfarlane	37,879	44.17	+4.62
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.62

Australian federal election, 2004: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoff Prosser	41,422	53.42	+7.39
	Labor	Tresslyn Smith	21,655	27.93	-2.68
	Greens	Kingsley Gibson	6,549	8.45	+1.28
	One Nation	Alan Giorgi	2,667	3.44	-6.61
	Democrats	Adam Welch	1,311	1.69	-1.63
	Family First	Linda Rose	1,281	1.65	+1.65
	Christian Democrats	Shane Flanegan	1,242	1.60	+1.60
	New Country	Ken Vagg	1,075	1.39	+1.39
	CEC	Ian Tuffnell	334	0.43	+0.05
Total formal votes			77,536	94.50	-0.45
Informal votes			4,512	5.50	+0.45
Turnout			82,048	94.15	-1.53
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Geoff Prosser	46,871	60.45	+2.84
	Labor	Tresslyn Smith	30,665	39.55	-2.84
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.84

Australian federal election, 2001: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoff Prosser	34,392	46.03	+3.79
	Labor	Tresslyn Smith	22,872	30.61	-0.10
	One Nation	Alan Giorgi	7,510	10.05	-1.88
	Greens	Paul Llewellyn	5,359	7.17	+1.07
	Democrats	Alison Wylie	2,477	3.31	+0.27
	National	Charles Caldwell	1,397	1.87	-1.09
	Curtin Labor Alliance	Megan Kirwan	433	0.58	+0.58
	CEC	Arthur Harvey	281	0.38	+0.25
Total formal votes			74,721	94.95	+0.08
Informal votes			3,976	5.05	-0.08
Turnout			78,697	96.36
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Geoff Prosser	43,049	57.61	+3.01
	Labor	Tresslyn Smith	31,672	42.39	-3.01
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.01

Elections in the 1990s

Australian federal election, 1998: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoff Prosser	32,171	42.78	-14.34
	Labor	Tony Dean	20,332	27.04	-1.67
	One Nation	Paddy Embry	10,029	13.34	+13.34
	Greens	Paul Llewellyn	5,303	7.05	-0.42
	National	Steve Thomas	2,354	3.13	+3.13
	Democrats	Alf Denman	2,253	3.00	-2.13
	Christian Democrats	Jim Cummins	1,316	1.75	+1.75
	Australia First	Ted Stone	897	1.19	+1.19
		Jon Doust	424	0.56	+0.56
	CEC	John Watson	117	0.16	+0.16
Total formal votes			75,196	94.90	-2.43
Informal votes			4,037	5.10	+2.43
Turnout			79,233	95.85	-0.04
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Geoff Prosser	42,775	56.88	-7.21
	Labor	Tony Dean	32,421	43.12	+7.21
	Liberal hold		Swing	-7.21

Australian federal election, 1996: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoff Prosser	43,067	56.99	+0.92
	Labor	Ann Mills	21,920	29.01	-1.71
	Greens	Basil Schur	5,537	7.33	-0.88
	Democrats	Ronald Hellyer	3,864	5.11	+0.11
	Independent	Alexander Marsden	1,181	1.56	+1.56
Total formal votes			75,569	97.35	-0.25
Informal votes			2,060	2.65	+0.25
Turnout			77,629	95.88	-0.94
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Geoff Prosser	47,821	63.64	+1.91
	Labor	Ann Mills	27,320	36.36	-1.91
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.91

Australian federal election, 1993: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoff Prosser	40,099	56.07	+7.74
	Labor	Peter Procter	21,964	30.71	+1.48
	Greens	Jill Reading	5,869	8.21	-0.53
	Democrats	David Churches	3,581	5.01	-2.23
Total formal votes			71,513	97.60	+0.65
Informal votes			1,760	2.40	-0.65
Turnout			73,273	96.82
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Geoff Prosser	44,124	61.73	+1.82
	Labor	Peter Procter	27,350	38.27	-1.82
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.82

Australian federal election, 1990: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoff Prosser	31,770	48.3	+1.8
	Labor	Simon Keely	19,219	29.2	-10.5
	Greens	Giz Watson	5,742	8.7	+8.7
	Democrats	David Churches	4,760	7.2	+1.6
	National	Rick Beatty	4,245	6.5	-1.7
Total formal votes			65,736	96.9
Informal votes			2,069	3.1
Turnout			67,805	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Geoff Prosser	39,328	59.9	+4.3
	Labor	Simon Keely	26,315	40.1	-4.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.3

Elections in the 1980s

Australian federal election, 1987: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoff Prosser	27,925	44.0	-6.4
	Labor	Gerry Thompson	26,764	42.2	-3.5
	National	Joe Chambers	5,175	8.2	+8.2
	Democrats	David Churches	3,553	5.6	+2.7
Total formal votes			63,417	94.4
Informal votes			3,747	5.6
Turnout			67,164	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Geoff Prosser	33,678	53.1	+0.7
	Labor	Gerry Thompson	29,737	46.9	-0.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.7

Australian federal election, 1984: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Drummond	30,009	50.4	+1.9
	Labor	Peter Holland	27,177	45.7	+0.1
	Democrats	Anne Fussell	1,701	2.9	-0.8
	Independent	Alfred Bussell	646	1.1	-1.2
Total formal votes			59,533	93.8
Informal votes			3,942	6.2
Turnout			63,475	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Drummond	31,202	52.4	+1.4
	Labor	Peter Holland	28,327	47.6	-1.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.4

Australian federal election, 1983: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Drummond	32,076	48.9	-2.4
	Labor	David Churches	29,643	45.2	+9.2
	Democrats	Donald Stewart	2,416	3.7	-3.3
	Independent	Alfred Bussell	1,485	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			65,620	98.1
Informal votes			1,281	1.9
Turnout			66,901	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Drummond	33,735	51.4	-8.4
	Labor	David Churches	31,885	48.6	+8.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-8.4

Australian federal election, 1980: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Drummond	31,005	51.3	+4.4
	Labor	Walter MacMillan	21,749	36.0	+6.7
	Democrats	Alfred Bussell	4,206	7.0	+0.0
	National Country	Francis Timms	3,468	5.7	-7.2
Total formal votes			60,428	97.3
Informal votes			1,663	2.7
Turnout			62,091	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Drummond		59.8	-4.4
	Labor	Walter MacMillan		40.2	+4.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.4

Elections in the 1970s

Australian federal election, 1977: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Drummond	30,723	48.4	-8.1
	Labor	Allan Drake-Brockman	17,640	27.8	-5.0
	National Country	John Gardiner	8,183	12.9	+3.6
	Democrats	Donald Stewart	4,466	7.0	+7.0
	Progress	Reginald Crabb	2,495	3.9	+3.9
Total formal votes			63,507	96.8
Informal votes			2,114	3.2
Turnout			65,621	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Drummond		65.7	+0.1
	Labor	Allan Drake-Brockman		34.3	-0.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.1

Australian federal election, 1975: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Drummond	30,158	54.7	+8.0
	Labor	Geoffrey Davy	19,075	34.6	-2.6
	National Country	Noel Klopper	5,134	9.3	-5.7
	Independent	Noel Duggan	484	0.9	+0.9
	Independent	Duncan Hordacre	290	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			55,141	97.8
Informal votes			1,217	2.2
Turnout			56,358	96.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Drummond		63.8	+2.4
	Labor	Geoffrey Davy		36.2	-2.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.4

Australian federal election, 1974: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Drummond	24,860	46.7	+14.7
	Labor	Albert Newman	19,801	37.2	-6.4
	National Alliance	Terence Best	7,967	15.0	-8.4
	Australia Party	Lawrence Gibson	569	1.1	+0.1
Total formal votes			53,197	98.0
Informal votes			1,084	2.0
Turnout			54,281	96.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Drummond	32,689	61.4	+7.8
	Labor	Albert Newman	20,508	38.6	-7.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.8

Australian federal election, 1972: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Kirwan	20,843	43.6	-4.0
	Liberal	Peter Drummond	15,304	32.0	-10.9
	Country	David Reid	9,723	20.3	+20.3
	Democratic Labor	John Fleeton	1,483	3.1	-4.1
	Australia Party	Russell Moffet	455	1.0	-1.4
Total formal votes			47,808	97.7
Informal votes			1,143	2.3
Turnout			48,951	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Drummond	25,615	53.6	+4.7
	Labor	Frank Kirwan	22,193	46.4	-4.7
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+4.7

Elections in the 1960s

Australian federal election, 1969: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Kirwan	22,149	47.6	+9.9
	Liberal	Gordon Freeth	19,955	42.9	-9.2
	Democratic Labor	Henry Sullivan	3,332	7.2	-3.0
	Australia Party	Anthony Montgomery	1,106	2.4	+2.4
Total formal votes			46,542	97.6
Informal votes			1,132	2.4
Turnout			47,674	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Frank Kirwan	23,798	51.1	+11.6
	Liberal	Gordon Freeth	22,744	48.9	-11.6
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+11.6

Australian federal election, 1966: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gordon Freeth	20,834	51.1	-1.0
	Labor	Frank Kirwan	15,796	38.7	-0.9
	Democratic Labor	Maurice Bailey	4,163	10.2	+10.2
Total formal votes			40,793	96.4
Informal votes			1,524	3.6
Turnout			42,317	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Gordon Freeth		59.5	+3.3
	Labor	Frank Kirwan		40.5	-3.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.3

Australian federal election, 1963: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gordon Freeth	20,921	52.1	-5.4
	Labor	Robert Smithson	15,899	39.6	-2.9
	Independent Country	Frank Oates	3,304	8.2	+8.2
Total formal votes			40,124	98.6
Informal votes			583	1.4
Turnout			40,707	96.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Gordon Freeth		56.2	-1.3
	Labor	Robert Smithson		43.8	+1.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.3

Australian federal election, 1961: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gordon Freeth	22,275	57.5	+5.9
	Labor	Ernest Stapleton	16,462	42.5	+3.7
Total formal votes			38,737	97.1
Informal votes			1,148	2.9
Turnout			39,885	96.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.0

Elections in the 1950s

Australian federal election, 1958: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gordon Freeth	19,273	51.6	-48.4
	Labor	Ernest Stapleton	14,480	38.8	+38.8
	Democratic Labor	Arthur Addis	3,600	9.6	+9.6
Total formal votes			37,353	96.6
Informal votes			1,317	3.4
Turnout			38,670	97.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Gordon Freeth		59.5	-40.5
	Labor	Ernest Stapleton		40.5	+40.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-40.5

Australian federal election, 1955: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gordon Freeth	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Australian federal election, 1954: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gordon Freeth	23,643	57.7	-1.8
	Labor	Frederick O'Connor	17,331	42.3	+1.8
Total formal votes			40,974	98.4
Informal votes			683	1.6
Turnout			41,657	97.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.8

Australian federal election, 1951: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gordon Freeth	22,287	59.5	+32.5
	Labor	Frederick O'Connor	15,171	40.5	-3.3
Total formal votes			37,458	97.7
Informal votes			868	2.3
Turnout			38,326	97.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.7

Elections in the 1940s

Australian federal election, 1949: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Nelson Lemmon	15,935	43.8	-7.8
	Country	Arnold Potts	10,003	27.5	+6.3
	Liberal	Gordon Freeth	9,828	27.0	-0.2
	Independent	James Bolitho	642	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			36,408	98.0
Informal votes			749	2.0
Turnout			37,157	97.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Gordon Freeth	19,217	52.8	+4.4
	Labor	Nelson Lemmon	17,191	47.2	-4.4
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+4.4

Australian federal election, 1946: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Nelson Lemmon	23,944	50.1	-2.8
	Liberal	James Cumming	13,349	28.0	+28.0
	Country	Jasper Norton	10,466	21.9	-12.4
Total formal votes			47,759	97.8
Informal votes			1,064	2.2
Turnout			48,823	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Nelson Lemmon		52.3	-6.1
	Liberal	James Cumming		47.7	+47.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.1

Australian federal election, 1943: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Nelson Lemmon	23,931	52.9	+8.3
	Country	John Prowse	15,507	34.3	-21.1
	Independent	Ian Fergusson-Stewart	3,264	7.2	+7.2
	Independent Country	Arthur West	2,156	4.8	+4.8
	Independent	Wildred Lewis	377	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			45,235	97.1
Informal votes			1,343	2.9
Turnout			46,578	97.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Nelson Lemmon		58.4	+13.8
	Country	John Prowse		42.6	-13.8
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	+13.8

Australian federal election, 1940: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John Prowse	24,619	55.4	+1.0
	Labor	Vane Green	19,832	44.6	-1.0
Total formal votes			44,451	97.7
Informal votes			1,053	2.3
Turnout			45,504	94.1
	Country hold		Swing	+1.0

Elections in the 1930s

Australian federal election, 1937: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John Prowse	22,894	54.4	-5.7
	Labor	Ernest Hoar	19,153	45.6	+17.0
Total formal votes			42,047	96.7
Informal votes			1,430	3.3
Turnout			43,477	94.2
	Country hold		Swing	-9.4

Australian federal election, 1934: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John Prowse	18,996	47.2	-52.8
	Labor	Edwin Davies	11,660	29.0	+29.0
	Country	Cecil Elsegood	4,826	12.0	+12.0
	Social Credit	Harry Squance	4,734	11.8	+11.8
Total formal votes			40,216	96.8
Informal votes			1,593	3.8
Turnout			41,809	92.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	John Prowse		63.8	-36.2
	Labor	Edwin Davies		36.2	+36.2
	Country hold		Swing	-36.2

Australian federal election, 1931: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John Prowse	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

Australian federal election, 1929: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John Prowse	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Australian federal election, 1928: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John Prowse	21,463	60.4	-0.5
	Labor	Cornelius Buckley	14,049	39.6	+0.5
Total formal votes			35,512	96.4
Informal votes			1,309	3.6
Turnout			36,821	90.3
	Country hold		Swing	-0.5

Australian federal election, 1925: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John Prowse	21,760	60.9	-18.6
	Labor	Thomas Lowry	13,976	39.1	+39.1
Total formal votes			35,736	96.5
Informal votes			1,301	3.5
Turnout			37,037	89.9
	Country hold		Swing	-18.6

Australian federal election, 1922: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John Prowse	10,007	79.5	+33.1
	Nationalist	Peter Wedd	2,576	20.5	+0.3
Total formal votes			12,583	90.6
Informal votes			1,303	9.4
Turnout			13,886	40.9
	Country hold		Swing	+14.9

References

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