Electoral results for the Division of Franklin

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Franklin in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1903 until the present.

Members

	Party	Term
William McWilliams	Revenue Tariff	1903–1906
	Anti-Socialist	1906–1909
	Commonwealth Liberal	1909–1917
	Nationalist	1917–1920
	Country	1920–1922
Alfred Seabrook	Nationalist	1922–1928
William McWilliams	Independent	1928–1929
Charles Frost	Labor	1929–1931
Archibald Blacklow	United Australia	1931–1934
Charles Frost	Labor	1934–1946
Bill Falkinder	Liberal	1946–1966
Thomas Pearsall	Liberal	1966–1969
Ray Sherry	Labor	1969–1975
Bruce Goodluck	Liberal	1975–1993
Harry Quick	Labor	1993–2007
Harry Quick	Independent	2007–2007
Julie Collins	Labor	2007–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Australian federal election, 2013: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Julie Collins	26,893	39.93	−2.92
	Liberal	Bernadette Black	26,070	38.71	+5.23
	Greens	Rosalie Woodruff	8,201	12.18	−8.69
	Palmer United	Marti Zucco	4,108	6.10	+6.10
	Family First	Josh Downes	1,264	1.88	+1.88
	Katter's Australian	Sarah Ugalde	478	0.71	+0.71
	Rise Up Australia	Olwyn Bowden	330	0.49	+0.49
Total formal votes			67,344	96.23	−0.29
Informal votes			2,639	3.77	+0.29
Turnout			69,983	95.09	−0.37
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Julie Collins	37,103	55.09	−5.73
	Liberal	Bernadette Black	30,241	44.91	+5.73
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.73

Australian federal election, 2010: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Julie Collins	28,079	42.85	+2.17
	Liberal	Jane Howlett	21,938	33.48	-7.82
	Greens	Wendy Heatley	13,675	20.87	+6.15
	Independent	John Forster	1,839	2.81	+2.81
Total formal votes			65,531	96.52	-0.83
Informal votes			2,365	3.48	+0.83
Turnout			67,896	95.51	-0.35
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Julie Collins	39,856	60.82	+6.79
	Liberal	Jane Howlett	25,675	39.18	-6.79
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.79

Elections in the 2000s

Australian federal election, 2007: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Julie Collins	27,990	41.39	-5.03
	Liberal	Vanessa Goodwin	27,742	41.02	+2.35
	Greens	Gerard Velnaar	9,769	14.44	+3.26
	Family First	Gino Papiccio	1,504	2.22	-0.98
	Socialist Alliance	Matt Holloway	365	0.53	+0.01
	CEC	Roger Honey	262	0.39	+0.39
Total formal votes			67,632	97.28	+0.68
Informal votes			1,893	2.72	-0.68
Turnout			69,525	95.84	+0.19
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Julie Collins	36,845	54.48	-3.11
	Liberal	Vanessa Goodwin	30,787	45.52	+3.11
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.11

Australian federal election, 2004: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Quick	29,938	46.42	+0.57
	Liberal	Henry Finnis	24,936	38.67	+1.11
	Greens	Mathew Woolley	7,207	11.18	+1.45
	Family First	Marc Mumford	2,063	3.20	+3.20
	Socialist Alliance	Glenn Shields	345	0.53	+0.53
Total formal votes			64,489	96.60	-0.40
Informal votes			2,270	3.40	+0.40
Turnout			86,759	95.65	-0.65
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Harry Quick	37,139	57.59	-0.45
	Liberal	Henry Finnis	27,350	42.41	+0.45
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.45

Australian federal election, 2001: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Quick	28,746	45.85	-3.30
	Liberal	Peter Hodgman	23,548	37.56	-1.96
	Greens	Patricia Bastick	6,098	9.73	+3.27
	Democrats	Karen Manskey	3,050	4.86	-0.03
	One Nation	Art Mulloy	1,255	2.00	+2.00
Total formal votes			62,697	97.00	-0.21
Informal votes			1,937	3.00	+0.21
Turnout			64,634	97.01
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Harry Quick	36,390	58.04	+1.44
	Liberal	Peter Hodgman	26,307	41.96	-1.44
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.44

Elections in the 1990s

Australian federal election, 1998: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Quick	30,180	49.14	+3.19
	Liberal	Jane Goodluck	24,266	39.51	-1.25
	Greens	Kay McFarlane	3,962	6.45	-0.52
	Democrats	Irene Fisher	3,003	4.89	-0.14
Total formal votes			61,411	97.21	-0.53
Informal votes			1,763	2.79	+0.53
Turnout			63,174	96.05	-0.79
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Harry Quick	34,759	56.60	+1.92
	Liberal	Jane Goodluck	26,652	43.40	-1.92
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.92

Australian federal election, 1996: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Quick	28,259	45.95	-3.25
	Liberal	Les Glover	25,068	40.76	+2.01
	Greens	John Hale	4,286	6.97	-1.24
	Democrats	Irene Fisher	3,094	5.03	+1.19
	Independent	Kim Peart	788	1.28	+1.28
Total formal votes			61,495	97.74	+0.33
Informal votes			1,420	2.26	-0.33
Turnout			62,915	96.84	+0.24
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Harry Quick	33,567	54.68	-2.76
	Liberal	Les Glover	27,824	45.32	+2.76
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.76

Australian federal election, 1993: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Quick	29,238	49.20	+10.33
	Liberal	Graeme Gilbert	23,030	38.75	-9.86
	Greens	Louise Crossley	4,878	8.21	+8.21
	Democrats	James Richard	2,281	3.84	-8.68
Total formal votes			59,427	97.42	+0.45
Informal votes			1,576	2.58	-0.45
Turnout			61,003	96.60
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Harry Quick	34,119	57.43	+9.64
	Liberal	Graeme Gilbert	25,288	42.57	-9.64
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.64

Australian federal election, 1990: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Goodluck	28,636	48.5	-1.7
	Labor	Eugene Alexander	22,925	38.8	-1.6
	Democrats	Patsy Harmsen	7,523	12.7	+3.3
Total formal votes			59,084	97.0
Informal votes			1,819	3.0
Turnout			60,903	96.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Goodluck	30,778	52.1	-1.2
	Labor	Eugene Alexander	28,268	47.9	+1.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.2

Elections in the 1980s

Australian federal election, 1987: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Goodluck	27,725	50.2	-3.4
	Labor	Nick Sherry	22,292	40.4	-0.2
	Democrats	Patsy Harmsen	5,171	9.4	+3.7
Total formal votes			55,188	95.5
Informal votes			2,619	4.5
Turnout			57,807	96.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Goodluck	29,407	53.3	-2.3
	Labor	Nick Sherry	25,777	46.7	+2.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.3

Australian federal election, 1984: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Goodluck	27,315	53.6	-1.0
	Labor	John Devereux	20,701	40.6	-1.9
	Democrats	John Thomson	2,916	5.7	+3.2
Total formal votes			50,932	94.7
Informal votes			2,868	5.3
Turnout			53,800	96.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Goodluck	28,338	55.6	-0.1
	Labor	John Devereux	22,592	44.4	+0.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.1

Australian federal election, 1983: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Goodluck	28,814	52.4	+1.1
	Labor	Fran Bladel	24,578	44.7	-0.7
	Democrats	John Thomson	1,357	2.5	-0.8
	Socialist Workers	David Mazengarb	278	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			55,027	98.1
Informal votes			1,047	1.9
Turnout			56,074	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Goodluck		53.5	+0.8
	Labor	Fran Bladel		46.5	-0.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.8

Australian federal election, 1980: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Goodluck	26,893	51.3	-3.4
	Labor	Fran Bladel	23,809	45.4	+0.1
	Democrats	John Thomson	1,734	3.3	+3.3
Total formal votes			52,436	97.6
Informal votes			1,264	2.4
Turnout			53,700	96.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Goodluck		52.7	-2.0
	Labor	Fran Bladel		47.3	+2.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.0

Elections in the 1970s

Australian federal election, 1977: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Goodluck	26,797	54.7	+5.3
	Labor	Peter Colquhoun	22,175	45.3	-2.4
Total formal votes			48,972	97.6
Informal votes			1,222	2.4
Turnout			50,194	97.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.9

Australian federal election, 1975: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Goodluck	23,829	49.4	+12.3
	Labor	Ray Sherry	23,011	47.7	-15.2
	National Country	Margaret Franklin	966	2.0	+2.0
	National Country	Joseph Hand	293	0.6	+0.6
	Workers	Peter Mollon	171	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			48,270	97.9
Informal votes			1,033	2.1
Turnout			49,303	96.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Goodluck	25,010	51.8	+14.7
	Labor	Ray Sherry	23,260	48.2	-14.7
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+14.7

Australian federal election, 1974: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ray Sherry	29,161	62.9	-1.3
	Liberal	Leo Jarvis	17,194	37.1	+5.2
Total formal votes			46,355	98.4
Informal votes			758	1.6
Turnout			47,113	96.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.1

Australian federal election, 1972: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ray Sherry	26,512	64.2	+9.6
	Liberal	William Craig	13,150	31.9	-7.9
	Democratic Labor	Keith Kelly	1,610	3.9	-0.2
Total formal votes			41,272	98.7
Informal votes			542	1.3
Turnout			41,814	97.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ray Sherry		65.0	+9.1
	Liberal	William Craig		35.0	-9.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.1

Elections in the 1960s

Australian federal election, 1969: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ray Sherry	20,664	54.6	+11.7
	Liberal	Thomas Pearsall	15,071	39.8	-10.0
	Democratic Labor	Richard Delany	1,563	4.1	-3.2
	Independent	Kenneth Newcombe	529	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			37,827	98.6
Informal votes			555	1.4
Turnout			38,382	97.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ray Sherry		55.9	+9.9
	Liberal	Thomas Pearsall		44.1	-9.9
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.9

Australian federal election, 1966: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Pearsall	21,442	48.0	+2.7
	Labor	John Parsons	19,986	44.7	-3.2
	Democratic Labor	John Lynch	3,249	7.3	+0.5
Total formal votes			44,677	98.3
Informal votes			782	1.7
Turnout			45,459	96.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Thomas Pearsall	23,309	52.2	+1.3
	Labor	John Parsons	21,368	47.8	-1.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.3

Australian federal election, 1963: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Parsons	19,362	47.9	+4.9
	Liberal	Bill Falkinder	18,322	45.3	-0.6
	Democratic Labor	Andrew Defendini	2,732	6.8	-4.3
Total formal votes			40,416	98.8
Informal votes			509	1.2
Turnout			40,925	96.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Falkinder	20,582	50.9	-3.8
	Labor	John Parsons	19,834	49.1	+3.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.8

Australian federal election, 1961: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Falkinder	16,784	45.9	-8.2
	Labor	William Wilkinson	15,709	43.0	+6.3
	Democratic Labor	St Clair Courtney	4,047	11.1	+1.9
Total formal votes			36,540	96.2
Informal votes			1,427	3.8
Turnout			37,967	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Falkinder	19,991	54.7	-6.8
	Labor	William Wilkinson	16,549	45.3	+6.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-6.8

Elections in the 1950s

Australian federal election, 1958: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Falkinder	17,484	54.1	+0.5
	Labor	Lynda Heaven	11,846	36.7	-3.6
	Democratic Labor	Henry Scoles	2,973	9.2	+3.1
Total formal votes			32,303	95.5
Informal votes			1,522	4.5
Turnout			33,825	96.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Falkinder		61.5	+3.0
	Labor	Lynda Heaven		38.5	-3.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.0

Australian federal election, 1955: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Falkinder	15,471	53.6	-0.6
	Labor	Brian Crawford	11,652	40.3	-5.4
	Labor (A-C)	Henry Roberts	1,757	6.1	+6.1
Total formal votes			28,880	95.3
Informal votes			1,424	4.7
Turnout			30,304	97.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Falkinder		58.5	+4.3
	Labor	Brian Crawford		41.5	-4.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.3

Australian federal election, 1954: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Falkinder	20,447	54.0	-1.4
	Labor	Jack Frost	17,396	46.0	+1.4
Total formal votes			37,843	99.2
Informal votes			306	0.8
Turnout			38,149	95.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.4

Australian federal election, 1951: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Falkinder	17,983	55.4	-2.6
	Labor	Jack Frost	14,460	44.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			32,443	97.8
Informal votes			934	2.8
Turnout			33,377	97.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.6

Elections in the 1940s

Australian federal election, 1949: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Falkinder	17,644	58.0	+6.9
	Labor	Jack Frost	12,790	42.0	-6.9
Total formal votes			30,434	97.4
Informal votes			822	2.6
Turnout			31,256	96.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.9

Australian federal election, 1946: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Falkinder	15,678	50.1	+9.0
	Labor	Charles Frost	15,605	49.9	-9.0
Total formal votes			31,283	97.3
Informal votes			876	2.7
Turnout			32,159	94.6
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+10.0

Australian federal election, 1943: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Frost	17,195	58.9	+5.4
	United Australia	Denis Warner	9,101	31.2	-5.4
	United Australia	Charles Tennant	2,903	9.9	+9.9
Total formal votes			29,199	97.7
Informal votes			831	2.8
Turnout			30,030	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Charles Frost		59.9	+6.4
	United Australia	Denis Warner		40.1	-6.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.4

Australian federal election, 1940: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Frost	14,322	53.5	-4.5
	United Australia	Hugh Warner	12,466	46.5	+4.5
Total formal votes			26,788	96.7
Informal votes			913	3.3
Turnout			27,701	96.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.5

Elections in the 1930s

Australian federal election, 1937: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Frost	15,348	58.0	+14.9
	United Australia	Hugh Warner	11,133	42.0	+2.2
Total formal votes			26,481	97.8
Informal votes			599	2.2
Turnout			27,080	97.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.6

Australian federal election, 1934: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Frost	10,850	43.1	+11.3
	United Australia	Archibald Blacklow	10,015	39.8	-16.2
	Social Credit	John Modridge	2,221	8.8	+8.8
	Country	George Frankcombe	2,086	8.3	+8.3
Total formal votes			25,172	96.2
Informal votes			981	3.8
Turnout			26,153	96.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Charles Frost	13,182	52.4	+15.4
	United Australia	Archibald Blacklow	11,990	47.6	-15.4
	Labor gain from United Australia		Swing	+15.4

Australian federal election, 1931: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Archibald Blacklow	12,819	56.0	+10.9
	Labor	Charles Frost	7,274	31.8	+31.8
	Independent	Albert Beard	2,778	12.1	+12.1
Total formal votes			22,871	95.0
Informal votes			1,195	5.0
Turnout			24,066	96.4
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Archibald Blacklow		63.0	+17.9
	Labor	Charles Frost		37.0	+37.0
	United Australia gain from Labor		Swing	+17.9

Elections in the 1920s

Franklin by-election, 1929
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Frost	9,615	44.5	+44.5
	Nationalist	Archibald Blacklow	5,003	23.2	-0.2
	Nationalist	Alfred Seabrook	4,675	21.7	+21.7
	Independent	Peter Murdoch	1,476	6.8	+6.8
	Ind. Nationalist	Francis Foster	820	3.8	+3.8
Total formal votes			21,589	95.9
Informal votes			931	4.1
Turnout			22,520	92.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Charles Frost	11,204	51.9	+51.9
	Nationalist	Archibald Blacklow	10,385	48.1	+3.0
	Labor gain from Independent		Swing	-3.0

Australian federal election, 1929: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William McWilliams	12,399	54.9	+10.4
	Nationalist	Alfred Seabrook	10,175	45.1	-10.4
Total formal votes			22,574	98.5
Informal votes			343	1.5
Turnout			22,917	95.3
	Independent hold		Swing	+3.3

Australian federal election, 1928: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Alfred Seabrook	9,173	44.8	-6.3
	Independent	William McWilliams	9,121	44.5	+44.5
	Nationalist	Francis Foster	2,195	10.7	+10.7
Total formal votes			20,489	93.7
Informal votes			1,380	6.3
Turnout			21,869	91.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Independent	William McWilliams	10,567	51.6	+51.6
	Nationalist	Alfred Seabrook	9,922	48.4	-7.2
	Independent gain from Nationalist		Swing	+7.2

Australian federal election, 1925: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Alfred Seabrook	6,107	31.5	+30.2
	Nationalist	William McWilliams	5,879	30.3	+30.3
	Labor	Eric Ogilvie	5,836	30.1	-5.5
	Labor	Douglas Thompson	1,574	8.1	+8.1
Total formal votes			19,396	93.6
Informal votes			1,325	6.4
Turnout			20,721	86.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Alfred Seabrook	10,787	55.6	-0.7
	Labor	Eric Ogilvie	8,609	44.4	+0.7
	Nationalist hold		Swing	-0.7

Australian federal election, 1922: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Benjamin Watkins	3,364	37.6	+37.6
	Nationalist	Alfred Seabrook	2,829	31.6	+31.6
	Country	William McWilliams	2,762	30.8	+30.8
Total formal votes			8,955	95.8
Informal votes			396	4.2
Turnout			9,351	43.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Alfred Seabrook	5,040	56.3	-5.8
	Labor	Benjamin Watkins	3,915	43.7	+43.7
	Nationalist hold		Swing	-5.8

Elections in the 1910s

Australian federal election, 1919: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William McWilliams	7,291	62.1	-37.9
	Nationalist	Louis Shoobridge	4,451	37.9	+37.9
Total formal votes			11,742	93.1
Informal votes			866	6.9
Turnout			12,608	53.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing	-37.9

Australian federal election, 1917: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William McWilliams	unopposed
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Australian federal election, 1914: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William McWilliams	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Australian federal election, 1913: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William McWilliams	9,202	55.8	+2.4
	Labor	William Shoobridge	7,299	44.2	-2.4
Total formal votes			16,501	96.8
Informal votes			551	3.2
Turnout			17,052	76.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.4

Australian federal election, 1910: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William McWilliams	6,356	53.4	-46.6
	Labour	William Shoobridge	5,554	46.6	+46.6
Total formal votes			11,910	97.1
Informal votes			354	2.9
Turnout			12,264	61.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-46.6

Elections in the 1900s

Australian federal election, 1906: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Anti-Socialist	William McWilliams	unopposed
	Anti-Socialist gain from Revenue Tariff		Swing

Australian federal election, 1903: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Revenue Tariff	William McWilliams	1,986	37.1	+37.1
	Free Trade	Russell Macnaghten	1,485	27.8	+27.8
	Revenue Tariff	William Clifford	785	14.7	+14.7
	Revenue Tariff	Henry Tinning	775	14.5	+14.5
	Independent	Wentworth Hardy	320	6.0	+6.0
Total formal votes			5,351	97.1
Informal votes			162	2.9
Turnout			5,513	33.9
	Revenue Tariff win		(new division)

References

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

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

Bass Braddon Denison Franklin Lyons Abolished: Darwin Tasmania Wilmot

Divisions in: New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Australian Capital and Northern Territories

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