Electoral results for the Division of Groom

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

Members

	Party	Term
Tom McVeigh	National	1984–1988
Bill Taylor	Liberal	1988–1998
Ian Macfarlane	Liberal	1998–2010
Ian Macfarlane	Liberal National	2010–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Australian federal election, 2013: Groom
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Ian Macfarlane	48,966	55.64	−5.61
	Labor	Troy Murray	19,451	22.10	−0.57
	Palmer United	Ewen Mathieson	8,225	9.35	+9.35
	Greens	Trevor Smith	3,823	4.34	−2.96
	Katter's Australian	Chris Whitty	3,243	3.69	+3.69
	Family First	Alex Todd	2,342	2.66	−2.90
	Rise Up Australia	Rick Armitage	1,210	1.37	+1.37
	CEC	Robert Thies	743	0.84	+0.84
Total formal votes			88,003	96.01	+0.16
Informal votes			3,656	3.99	−0.16
Turnout			91,659	94.58	+0.16
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Ian Macfarlane	58,493	66.47	−2.06
	Labor	Troy Murray	29,510	33.53	+2.06
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−2.06

Australian federal election, 2010: Groom
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Ian Macfarlane	51,757	61.25	+8.54
	Labor	Chris Meibusch	19,153	22.67	-12.16
	Greens	Frida Forsberg	6,165	7.30	+2.46
	Family First	Rose Kirkwood	4,696	5.56	+1.18
	Independent	Rod Jeanneret	2,730	3.23	+2.63
Total formal votes			84,501	95.85	-1.09
Informal votes			3,655	4.15	+1.09
Turnout			88,156	94.41	-1.05
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Ian Macfarlane	57,912	68.53	+10.31
	Labor	Chris Meibusch	26,589	31.47	-10.31
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+10.31

Elections in the 2000s

Australian federal election, 2007: Groom
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Macfarlane	43,880	52.71	-7.52
	Labor	Chris Meibusch	28,994	34.83	+10.73
	Greens	Pauline Collins	4,028	4.84	+0.82
	Family First	Peter Findlay	3,649	4.38	-1.99
	Independent	Rob Berry	715	0.86	+0.86
	Independent	Grahame Volker	616	0.74	+0.74
	Democrats	Shalina Najeeb	608	0.73	-0.33
	Independent	Rod Jeanneret	497	0.60	-1.75
	CEC	Irene Jones	263	0.32	-0.06
Total formal votes			83,250	96.94	+0.94
Informal votes			2,627	3.06	-0.94
Turnout			85,877	95.51	+0.14
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Macfarlane	48,468	58.22	-10.59
	Labor	Chris Meibusch	34,782	41.78	+10.59
	Liberal hold		Swing	-10.59

Australian federal election, 2004: Groom
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Macfarlane	49,131	60.36	+13.50
	Labor	Paul King	19,516	23.98	+0.32
	Family First	Peter Findlay	5,168	6.35	+6.35
	Greens	Karey Harrison	3,252	4.00	+0.45
	Independent	Rod Jeanneret	1,929	2.37	+2.37
	Great Australians	Noel Wieck	1,230	1.51	+1.51
	Democrats	Christoph Donges	860	1.06	-2.17
	CEC	Oliver Carter	310	0.38	+0.38
Total formal votes			81,396	96.00	-0.57
Informal votes			3,392	4.00	+0.57
Turnout			84,788	94.69	-1.98
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Macfarlane	56,121	68.95	+3.86
	Labor	Paul King	25,275	31.05	-3.86
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.86

Australian federal election, 2001: Groom
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Macfarlane	36,573	46.86	+13.79
	Labor	Leeann King	18,467	23.66	-1.57
	National	Barbara Wuersching	8,563	10.97	-4.25
	One Nation	David Hoy	6,958	8.92	-9.05
	Greens	Michael Kane	2,774	3.55	+1.80
	Democrats	Stephen Eyres	2,521	3.23	+0.55
	Independent	Rob Berry	2,192	2.81	+2.81
Total formal votes			78,048	96.57	-0.69
Informal votes			2,776	3.43	+0.69
Turnout			80,824	96.06
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Macfarlane	50,802	65.09	+2.05
	Labor	Leeann King	27,246	34.91	-2.05
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.05

Elections in the 1990s

Australian federal election, 1998: Groom
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Macfarlane	24,631	33.07	-24.99
	Labor	Geoff Brown	18,787	25.23	+3.11
	One Nation	Avril Baynes	13,382	17.97	+17.97
	National	Bruce Green	11,335	15.22	+8.02
	Democrats	Glenn Polson	1,993	2.68	-2.99
	Independent	Cynthia Mayne	1,629	2.19	+2.19
	Christian Democrats	Paul Harry	1,409	1.89	+1.89
	Greens	Sarah Moles	1,307	1.75	-0.38
Total formal votes			74,473	97.26	-0.43
Informal votes			2,100	2.74	+0.43
Turnout			76,573	95.27	-0.26
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Macfarlane	46,951	63.04	-8.25
	Labor	Geoff Brown	27,522	36.96	+8.25
	Liberal hold		Swing	-8.25

Australian federal election, 1996: Groom
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Taylor	50,046	64.82	+30.44
	Labor	Neville Green	17,085	22.13	-4.67
	Democrats	Mark Carew	4,459	5.78	+2.01
	Greens	Sarah Moles	1,789	2.32	+0.05
	Independent	Peter Ousby	1,657	2.15	+2.15
	One Australia	Ray Buckley	1,578	2.04	+2.04
	Indigenous Peoples	W. J. McCarthy	595	0.77	-0.43
Total formal votes			77,209	97.71	+0.13
Informal votes			1,813	2.29	-0.13
Turnout			79,022	95.52	-0.70
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Taylor	54,894	71.28	+7.16
	Labor	Neville Green	22,117	28.72	-7.16
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.16

Australian federal election, 1993: Groom
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Taylor	25,915	34.38	-5.80
	Labor	Ray Webber	20,198	26.80	-3.92
	National	Joe Hanna	16,131	21.40	+4.02
	Confederate Action	Garry Berghofer	7,672	10.18	+10.18
	Democrats	Alan May	2,839	3.77	-7.91
	Greens	Carey Harrison	1,712	2.27	+2.27
	Indigenous Peoples	Wally McCarthy	905	1.20	+1.20
Total formal votes			75,372	97.57	-0.56
Informal votes			1,875	2.43	+0.56
Turnout			77,247	96.23
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Taylor	48,304	64.12	+1.69
	Labor	Ray Webber	27,031	35.88	-1.69
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.69

Australian federal election, 1990: Groom
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Taylor	29,041	40.8	+27.5
	Labor	Stewart Scott-Irving	22,103	31.1	-1.3
	National	Terry Day	11,664	16.4	-32.5
	Democrats	Trevor Ives	8,319	11.7	+6.3
Total formal votes			71,127	98.1
Informal votes			1,396	1.9
Turnout			72,523	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Taylor	44,138	62.2	+1.9
	Labor	Stewart Scott-Irving	26,880	37.8	-1.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.9

Elections in the 1980s

Groom by-election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Taylor	20,651	33.3	+19.9
	National	David Russell	17,814	28.8	-20.1
	Labor	Linda Dwyer	14,973	24.2	-8.2
	Independent	Vincent Burke	4,661	7.5	+7.5
	Democrats	Mark Carew	3,474	5.6	+0.2
	Independent	Peter Consandine	369	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			61,942	98.6
Informal votes			889	1.4
Turnout			62,831	88.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Taylor	38,651	62.4	+62.4
	National	David Russell	23,271	37.6	-25.2
	Liberal gain from National		Swing	+25.2

Australian federal election, 1987: Groom
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Tom McVeigh	32,054	48.9	-7.1
	Labor	Linda Dwyer	21,217	32.4	+0.9
	Liberal	Alexander Munro	8,754	13.3	+4.4
	Democrats	Mark Carew	3,556	5.4	+1.8
Total formal votes			65,581	97.1
Informal votes			1,938	2.9
Turnout			67,519	93.4
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Tom McVeigh	41,174	62.8	-3.1
	Labor	Linda Dwyer	24,407	37.2	+3.1
	National hold		Swing	-3.1

Australian federal election, 1984: Groom
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Tom McVeigh	34,047	56.0	-4.9
	Labor	Ronald Cullin	19,142	31.5	-1.9
	Liberal	Alexander Munro	5,417	8.9	+8.9
	Democrats	Raymond Dow	2,160	3.6	-2.1
Total formal votes			60,766	97.6
Informal votes			2,389	2.4
Turnout			63,155	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Tom McVeigh	40,052	65.9	+2.7
	Labor	Ronald Cullin	20,714	34.1	-2.7
	National hold		Swing	+2.7

References

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

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

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