Electoral results for the Division of Lalor

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Lalor in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1949 until the present.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Reg Pollard	Labor	1949–1966
	Mervyn Lee	Liberal	1966–1969
	Jim Cairns	Labor	1969–1977
	Barry Jones	Labor	1977–1998
	Julia Gillard	Labor	1998–2013
	Joanne Ryan	Labor	2013–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Australian federal election, 2013: Lalor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joanne Ryan	42,184	45.17	−18.78
	Liberal	Nihal Samara	27,321	29.26	+6.13
	Greens	Beck Sheffield-Brotherton	5,615	6.01	−1.14
	Palmer United	Joe Zappia	5,615	5.80	+5.80
	Sex Party	Angel Hardwood	3,004	3.22	+3.22
	Family First	Daryl Pollard	2,653	2.84	−0.07
	Independent	Nathan Mullins	1,842	1.97	+1.97
	Democratic Labor	Michael Freeman	1,768	1.89	+1.89
	Rise Up Australia	Marion Vale	1,684	1.80	+1.80
	Christians	Geoff Rogers	1,535	1.64	+1.64
	Stable Population	Jonathan Page	359	0.38	+0.38
Total formal votes			93,381	93.37	−0.88
Informal votes			6,630	6.63	+0.88
Turnout			100,011	93.27	+0.38
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Joanne Ryan	58,041	62.16	−9.96
	Liberal	Nihal Samara	35,340	37.84	+9.96
	Labor hold		Swing	−9.96

Australian federal election, 2010: Lalor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Julia Gillard	66,298	64.25	+4.36
	Liberal	Sheridan Ingram	23,791	23.06	−6.71
	Greens	Peter Taylor	7,045	6.83	+2.81
	Family First	Lori McLean	2,880	2.79	−1.61
	Secular	Paul Sheehan	881	0.85	+0.85
	Independent	Joanne Clarke	708	0.69	+0.69
	Independent	Brian Shaw	659	0.64	+0.64
		Van Rudd	516	0.50	+0.50
	Independent	Marc Aussie-Stone	410	0.40	+0.40
Total formal votes			103,188	93.76	−2.75
Informal votes			6,864	6.24	+2.75
Turnout			110,052	94.04	−1.38
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Julia Gillard	74,452	72.15	+6.62
	Liberal	Sheridan Ingram	28,736	27.85	−6.62
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.62

Elections in the 2000s

Australian federal election, 2007: Lalor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Julia Gillard	57,208	59.89	+6.64
	Liberal	Peter Curtis	28,435	29.77	−7.68
	Family First	Steve Gleeson	4,199	4.40	+1.22
	Greens	Jay Tilley	3,836	4.02	−0.10
	Democratic Labor	Libby Krepp	969	1.01	+1.01
	Democrats	Roger Howe	879	0.92	−0.52
Total formal votes			95,526	96.51	+1.36
Informal votes			3,457	3.49	−1.36
Turnout			98,983	95.40	−0.04
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Julia Gillard	62,600	65.53	+6.74
	Liberal	Peter Curtis	32,936	34.47	−6.74
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.74

Australian federal election, 2004: Lalor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Julia Gillard	43,677	53.25	−1.48
	Liberal	Peter Curtis	30,715	37.45	+4.40
	Greens	Malcolm Browning	3,381	4.12	−0.49
	Family First	Arthur Buller	2,607	3.18	+3.18
	Democrats	Roger Howe	1,182	1.44	−5.99
	CEC	Sally Larner	462	0.56	+0.56
Total formal votes			82,024	95.15	−0.77
Informal votes			4,184	4.85	+0.77
Turnout			86,208	95.44	+0.42
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Julia Gillard	48,218	58.79	−3.27
	Liberal	Peter Curtis	33,806	41.21	+3.27
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.27

Australian federal election, 2001: Lalor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Julia Gillard	47,490	58.10	−3.12
	Liberal	David McConnell	24,634	30.14	+4.55
	Democrats	Roger Howe	6,297	7.70	+2.30
	Greens	Tony Briffa	3,321	4.06	+2.30
Total formal votes			81,742	95.65	−0.99
Informal votes			3,718	4.35	+0.99
Turnout			85,460	96.20
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Julia Gillard	53,644	65.63	−4.19
	Liberal	David McConnell	28,098	34.37	+4.19
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.19

Elections in the 1990s

Australian federal election, 1998: Lalor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Julia Gillard	46,374	61.21	−0.63
	Liberal	Cameron O'Sullivan	19,381	25.58	−2.54
	Democrats	Anthony Shaw	4,090	5.40	−2.36
	One Nation	John Brodel	3,127	4.13	+4.13
	Unity	George Papaellinas	1,446	1.91	+1.91
	Greens	Cynthia Mason	1,339	1.77	+1.77
Total formal votes			75,757	96.63	+0.03
Informal votes			2,638	3.37	−0.03
Turnout			78,395	96.43	+0.10
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Julia Gillard	52,893	69.82	+1.31
	Liberal	Cameron O'Sullivan	22,864	30.18	−1.31
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.31

Australian federal election, 1996: Lalor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Barry Jones	43,217	61.85	−3.64
	Liberal	Chris Macgregor	19,653	28.12	−0.97
	Democrats	Leigh Hebbard	5,423	7.76	+4.83
	Natural Law	Juliana Kendi	1,585	2.27	+1.34
Total formal votes			69,878	96.60	−0.10
Informal votes			2,458	3.40	+0.10
Turnout			72,336	96.32	−0.43
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Barry Jones	47,729	68.51	−0.51
	Liberal	Chris Macgregor	21,941	31.49	+0.51
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.51

Australian federal election, 1993: Lalor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Barry Jones	47,390	64.29	+16.26
	Liberal	Anne Canterbury	22,400	30.39	−1.29
	Democrats	Carla Stacey	2,113	2.87	−7.17
	Call to Australia	Anthony Golding	1,126	1.53	−1.44
	Natural Law	Floyd Evans	682	0.93	+0.93
Total formal votes			73,711	96.75	+0.79
Informal votes			2,473	3.25	−0.79
Turnout			76,184	96.76
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Barry Jones	49,628	67.35	+8.38
	Liberal	Anne Canterbury	24,055	32.65	−8.38
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.38

Australian federal election, 1990: Lalor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Barry Jones	30,879	48.0	−15.8
	Liberal	Rae Medlock	20,367	31.7	+4.5
	Democrats	George Demetriou	6,455	10.0	+1.1
	Independent	Peter Ryan	4,685	7.3	+7.3
	Call to Australia	Ron Moffett	1,908	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			64,294	96.0
Informal votes			2,701	4.0
Turnout			66,995	96.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Barry Jones	37,832	59.0	−10.5
	Liberal	Rae Medlock	26,321	41.0	+10.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−10.5

Elections in the 1980s

Australian federal election, 1987: Lalor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Barry Jones	42,087	63.8	−3.4
	Liberal	Darren Farquhar	17,966	27.2	+0.1
	Democrats	Heather Jeffcoat	5,899	8.9	+4.7
Total formal votes			65,962	93.4
Informal votes			4,676	6.6
Turnout			70,628	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Barry Jones	45,824	69.5	−0.5
	Liberal	Darren Farquhar	20,118	30.5	+0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.5

Australian federal election, 1984: Lalor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Barry Jones	38,024	67.2	+3.1
	Liberal	Mark Pallett	15,306	27.1	−3.0
	Democrats	Barry McLeod	2,383	4.2	−0.7
	Democratic Labor	Gail de Rozario	839	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			56,552	90.5
Informal votes			5,902	9.5
Turnout			62,454	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Barry Jones	39,569	70.0	+2.1
	Liberal	Mark Pallett	16,982	30.0	−2.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.1

Australian federal election, 1983: Lalor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Barry Jones	55,640	68.0	−0.3
	Liberal	John Fahey	21,442	26.2	+0.6
	Democrats	Ivan Pollock	4,040	4.9	−1.1
	Socialist Workers	Helen Said	719	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			81,841	97.6
Informal votes			2,914	3.4
Turnout			84,755	96.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Barry Jones		71.8	−0.1
	Liberal	John Fahey		28.2	+0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.1

Australian federal election, 1980: Lalor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Barry Jones	50,509	68.3	+17.8
	Liberal	Thomas Meskos	18,944	25.6	−2.5
	Democrats	Ivan Pollock	4,446	6.0	−3.9
Total formal votes			73,899	96.0
Informal votes			3,103	4.0
Turnout			77,002	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Barry Jones		71.9	+14.3
	Liberal	Thomas Meskos		28.1	−14.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+14.3

Elections in the 1970s

Australian federal election, 1977: Lalor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Barry Jones	31,693	50.5	−7.1
	Liberal	Harley Dickinson	17,633	28.1	−7.0
	Democrats	Charles Skidmore	6,196	9.9	+9.9
	Democratic Labor	Denis Bilston	5,502	8.8	+1.6
	Independent	Rosalba Vicari	1,002	1.6	+1.6
	Independent	Jeffrey Day	729	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			62,755	94.6
Informal votes			3,561	5.4
Turnout			66,316	96.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Barry Jones		57.6	−1.6
	Liberal	Harley Dickinson		42.4	+1.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.6

Australian federal election, 1975: Lalor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Cairns	43,426	59.3	−5.3
	Liberal	Francis Purcell	24,467	33.4	+7.6
	Democratic Labor	Denis Bilston	5,289	7.2	−0.7
Total formal votes			73,182	96.6
Informal votes			2,543	3.4
Turnout			75,725	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Cairns		60.9	−6.4
	Liberal	Francis Purcell		39.1	+6.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.4

Australian federal election, 1974: Lalor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Cairns	44,005	64.6	+2.1
	Liberal	Francis Purcell	17,613	25.8	+0.9
	Democratic Labor	John Bacon	5,398	7.9	−3.8
	Australia Party	William Inglis	1,128	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			68,144	96.7
Informal votes			2,338	3.3
Turnout			70,482	96.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Cairns		67.3	+2.3
	Liberal	Francis Purcell		32.7	−2.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.3

Australian federal election, 1972: Lalor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Cairns	35,677	62.5	+5.6
	Liberal	Joseph Sheen	14,189	24.9	+0.2
	Democratic Labor	John Bacon	6,698	11.7	−3.6
	National Socialist	Francis Young	489	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			57,053	95.6
Informal votes			2,432	4.1
Turnout			59,485	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Cairns		65.0	+4.1
	Liberal	Joseph Sheen		35.0	−4.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.1

Elections in the 1960s

Australian federal election, 1969: Lalor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Cairns	26,807	56.9	+3.9
	Liberal	Vaclav Ubl	11,631	24.7	+1.7
	Democratic Labor	John Bacon	7,227	15.3	+1.3
	Independent	Thomas Gilhooley	1,447	3.1	+3.1
Total formal votes			47,112	94.1
Informal votes			2,959	5.9
Turnout			50,071	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Cairns		60.9	+4.8
	Liberal	Vaclav Ubl		39.1	−4.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.8

Australian federal election, 1966: Lalor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Reg Pollard	45,243	46.2	−8.2
	Liberal	Mervyn Lee	29,211	29.8	+1.3
	Democratic Labor	James Marmion	13,706	14.0	−3.1
	Independent	Paul de Tert	6,914	7.1	+7.1
	Liberal Reform Group	Victor Parsons	1,568	1.6	+1.6
	Independent	Michael Wood	681	0.7	+0.7
	Independent	Peter Spencer	592	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			97,915	91.2
Informal votes			9,480	8.8
Turnout			107,395	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Mervyn Lee	49,650	50.7	+7.7
	Labor	Reg Pollard	48,265	49.3	−7.7
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+7.7

Australian federal election, 1963: Lalor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Reg Pollard	49,383	54.4	+0.5
	Liberal	Bernard Treseder	25,831	28.5	+4.2
	Democratic Labor	James Marmion	15,507	17.1	+0.9
Total formal votes			90,721	98.0
Informal votes			1,892	2.0
Turnout			92,613	96.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Reg Pollard		57.0	−0.8
	Liberal	Bernard Treseder		43.0	+0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.8

Australian federal election, 1961: Lalor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Reg Pollard	42,906	53.9	+2.7
	Liberal	Peter Kemp	19,324	24.3	−5.4
	Democratic Labor	John Donnellon	12,870	16.2	−2.8
	Centre	Kenneth Agius	4,431	5.6	+5.6
Total formal votes			79,531	96.9
Informal votes			2,539	3.1
Turnout			82,070	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Reg Pollard		57.8	+4.8
	Liberal	Peter Kemp		42.2	−4.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.8

Elections in the 1950s

Australian federal election, 1958: Lalor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Reg Pollard	30,872	51.2	+2.1
	Liberal	Peter Kemp	17,904	29.7	−7.5
	Democratic Labor	John Donnellon	11,475	19.0	+5.4
Total formal votes			60,251	97.4
Informal votes			1,628	2.6
Turnout			61,879	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Reg Pollard		53.0	+2.1
	Liberal	Peter Kemp		47.0	−2.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.1

Australian federal election, 1955: Lalor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Reg Pollard	21,036	49.1	−11.1
	Liberal	Peter Kemp	15,953	37.2	−2.6
	Labor (A-C)	William Lloyd	5,845	13.6	+13.6
Total formal votes			42,834	97.2
Informal votes			1,222	2.8
Turnout			44,056	93.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Reg Pollard	21,821	50.9	−9.3
	Liberal	Peter Kemp	21,013	49.1	+9.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−9.3

Australian federal election, 1954: Lalor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Reg Pollard	30,232	58.3	+3.4
	Liberal	George Morison	21,598	41.7	−3.4
Total formal votes			51,830	98.8
Informal votes			629	1.2
Turnout			52,459	95.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.4

Australian federal election, 1951: Lalor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Reg Pollard	23,278	54.9	+3.3
	Liberal	Allen Bateman	19,103	45.1	−3.3
Total formal votes			42,381	98.5
Informal votes			635	1.5
Turnout			43,016	95.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.3

Elections in the 1940s

Australian federal election, 1949: Lalor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Reg Pollard	20,264	51.6	−5.4
	Liberal	John Bellair	18,970	48.4	+5.4
Total formal votes			39,234	98.4
Informal votes			619	1.6
Turnout			39,853	94.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.4

References

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