Electoral results for the Division of Gorton

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Gorton in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 2004 until the present.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Brendan O'Connor	Labor	2004–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Australian federal election, 2013: Gorton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brendan O'Connor	44,449	50.73	−12.12
	Liberal	Phil Humphreys	22,328	25.48	+3.40
	Greens	Dinesh Jayasuriya	5,597	6.39	−2.58
	Palmer United	Anthony Barnes	5,238	5.98	+5.98
	Sex Party	Rhiannon Hunter	2,850	3.25	+3.25
	Family First	Scott Amberley	2,538	2.90	−2.11
	Democratic Labour	Michael Deverala	2,392	2.73	+2.73
	Christians	Mabor Chadhuol	1,132	1.29	+1.29
	Katter's Australian	Graham Macardy	1,090	1.24	+1.24
Total formal votes			87,614	92.89	−0.18
Informal votes			6,706	7.11	+0.18
Turnout			94,320	92.23	+0.30
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Brendan O'Connor	57,933	66.12	−7.51
	Liberal	Phil Humphreys	29,681	33.88	+7.51
	Labor hold		Swing	−7.51

Australian federal election, 2010: Gorton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brendan O'Connor	58,767	59.98	-1.95
	Liberal	Damon Ryder	23,116	23.59	-0.73
	Greens	Steve Wilson	9,949	10.15	+4.06
	Family First	Sean Major	6,153	6.28	+2.33
Total formal votes			97,985	93.29	-2.27
Informal votes			7,048	6.71	+2.27
Turnout			105,033	92.41	-2.51
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Brendan O'Connor	70,705	72.16	+0.94
	Liberal	Damon Ryder	27,280	27.84	-0.94
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.94

Elections in the 2000s

Australian federal election, 2007: Gorton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brendan O'Connor	58,732	61.93	+2.56
	Liberal	Susan Jennison	23,063	24.32	-8.10
	Greens	Huong Truong	5,775	6.09	+0.99
	Family First	Scott Amberley	3,746	3.95	+1.46
	Democratic Labor	Vern Hughes	3,516	3.71	+3.71
Total formal votes			94,832	95.56	+0.62
Informal votes			4,405	4.44	-0.62
Turnout			99,237	95.00	+0.96
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Brendan O'Connor	67,535	71.22	+6.32
	Liberal	Susan Jennison	27,297	28.78	-6.32
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.32

Australian federal election, 2004: Gorton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brendan O'Connor	48,930	59.37	+0.07
	Liberal	Susan Jennison	26,717	32.42	+8.39
	Greens	Steven Wilson	4,204	5.10	+2.04
	Family First	Ian Mallon	2,052	2.49	+2.49
	CEC	Colin Ross Morgan Campbell	510	0.62	-0.26
Total formal votes			82,413	94.94	+0.90
Informal votes			4,396	5.06	-0.90
Turnout			86,809	94.04	-0.11
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Brendan O'Connor	53,486	64.90	-5.07
	Liberal	Susan Jennison	28,927	35.10	+5.07
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.07

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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