Electoral results for the Division of Macquarie

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Macquarie in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1901 until the present.

Members

	Party	Term
Sydney Smith	Free Trade	1901–1906
Ernest Carr	Labor	1906–1916
Ernest Carr	Nationalist	1916–1917
Samuel Nicholls	Labor	1917–1922
Arthur Manning	Nationalist	1922–1928
Ben Chifley	Labor	1928–1931
John Lawson	United Australia	1931–1940
Ben Chifley	Labor	1940–1951
Tony Luchetti	Labor	1951–1975
Reginald Gillard	Liberal	1975–1980
Ross Free	Labor	1980–1984
Alasdair Webster	Liberal	1984–1993
Maggie Deahm	Labor	1993–1996
Kerry Bartlett	Liberal	1996–2007
Bob Debus	Labor	2007–2010
Louise Markus	Liberal	2010–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Australian federal election, 2013: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Louise Markus	42,590	47.36	+2.89
	Labor	Susan Templeman	27,872	31.00	−1.36
	Greens	Danielle Wheeler	9,986	11.10	−2.99
	Palmer United	Philip Maxwell	3,731	4.15	+4.15
	Christian Democrats	Tony Piper	2,720	3.02	+0.87
	Sex Party	Mark Littlejohn	1,776	1.98	+1.98
	Australia First	Matt Hodgson	750	0.83	+0.06
	Democratic Labour	Teresa Elaro	499	0.55	+0.55
Total formal votes			89,924	94.37	−0.15
Informal votes			5,362	5.63	+0.15
Turnout			95,286	94.63	−0.18
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Louise Markus	48,987	54.48	+3.22
	Labor	Susan Templeman	40,937	45.52	−3.22
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.22

Australian federal election, 2010: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Louise Markus	38,867	44.47	-0.23
	Labor	Susan Templeman	28,284	32.36	-5.75
	Greens	Carmel McCallum	12,317	14.09	+3.11
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Whelan	2,087	2.39	+2.19
	Christian Democrats	Luke Portelli	1,883	2.15	-0.10
	Independent	Amy Bell	1,778	2.03	+2.03
	Family First	Jason Cornelius	922	1.05	-0.02
	Australia First	John Bates	676	0.77	+0.77
	Carers Alliance	Terry Tremethick	591	0.68	+0.68
Total formal votes			87,405	94.52	-1.83
Informal votes			5,067	5.48	+1.83
Turnout			92,472	94.78	-1.13
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Louise Markus	44,801	51.26	+1.54
	Labor	Susan Templeman	42,604	48.74	-1.54
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+1.54

Elections in the 2000s

Australian federal election, 2007: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Debus	38,672	44.08	+17.13
	Liberal	Kerry Bartlett	33,197	37.84	-14.93
	Greens	Carmel McCallum	9,092	10.36	+1.94
	Independent	Tim Williams	4,145	4.72	+3.49
	Christian Democrats	Robert Gifford	1,702	1.94	+0.35
	Family First	Charles Liptak	465	0.53	-0.60
	Liberty & Democracy	Kirk Fletcher	355	0.40	+0.40
	CEC	Michael Segedin	99	0.11	-0.30
Total formal votes			87,727	96.44	+0.38
Informal votes			3,240	3.56	-0.38
Turnout			90,967	96.09	-0.09
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Debus	50,037	57.04	+6.57
	Liberal	Kerry Bartlett	37,690	42.96	-6.57
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.57

Australian federal election, 2004: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kerry Bartlett	42,021	53.27	+2.27
	Labor	Mark Ptolemy	21,898	27.76	+0.93
	Greens	Joel Macrae	8,561	10.85	+2.43
	Christian Democrats	Brian Grigg	1,855	2.35	+2.27
	Independent	Tim Williams	1,774	2.25	+2.25
	Family First	Troy Geri	1,082	1.37	+1.37
	Democrats	John Haydon	969	1.23	-4.23
	No GST	Matthew Derrig	639	0.81	+0.81
	CEC	Michael Segedin	86	0.11	+0.11
Total formal votes			78,885	94.72	-1.43
Informal votes			4,394	5.28	+1.43
Turnout			83,279	95.16	+0.18
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Kerry Bartlett	46,482	58.92	+0.25
	Labor	Mark Ptolemy	32,403	41.08	-0.25
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.25

Australian federal election, 2001: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kerry Bartlett	40,225	51.00	+7.37
	Labor	Adam Searle	21,160	26.83	-7.27
	Greens	Leigh Williams	6,644	8.42	+5.05
	Democrats	Les Majoros	4,304	5.46	-0.98
	One Nation	Wayne Buckley	3,893	4.94	-5.29
	Christian Democrats	Brian Grigg	1,559	1.98	+1.91
	Save the ADI Site	Robert Warren	1,086	1.38	+1.38
Total formal votes			78,861	96.15	-0.89
Informal votes			3,160	3.85	+0.89
Turnout			82,031	95.30
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Kerry Bartlett	46,273	58.67	+2.90
	Labor	Adam Searle	32,598	41.33	-2.90
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.90

Elections in the 1990s

Australian federal election, 1998: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kerry Bartlett	32,432	42.74	-5.36
	Labor	Maggie Deahm	26,391	34.78	+1.15
	One Nation	Les Sheather	7,870	10.37	+10.37
	Democrats	Jon Rickard	4,895	6.45	-1.92
	Greens	Adele Doust	2,563	3.38	-0.42
	Christian Democrats	Shirley Grigg	1,510	1.99	+1.99
	Natural Law	Michael Penny	222	0.29	+0.29
Total formal votes			75,883	96.94	+0.88
Informal votes			2,395	3.06	-0.88
Turnout			78,278	95.40	-1.18
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Kerry Bartlett	41,053	54.10	-2.26
	Labor	Maggie Deahm	34,830	45.90	+2.26
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.26

Australian federal election, 1996: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kerry Bartlett	35,199	48.09	+3.73
	Labor	Maggie Deahm	24,614	33.63	-8.85
	Democrats	Jon Rickard	6,127	8.37	+1.72
	Greens	Carol Gaul	2,782	3.80	+0.01
	AAFI	Warwick Tyler	1,806	2.47	+2.47
	Call to Australia	Heather Kraus	1,753	2.40	+2.40
	Independent	John McCall	906	1.24	+1.24
Total formal votes			73,187	96.06	-1.44
Informal votes			3,004	3.94	+1.44
Turnout			76,191	96.58	+0.53
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Kerry Bartlett	41,045	56.36	+6.48
	Labor	Maggie Deahm	31,780	43.64	-6.48
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+6.48

Australian federal election, 1993: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alasdair Webster	30,809	44.36	-0.15
	Labor	Maggie Deahm	29,504	42.49	+9.95
	Democrats	Jon Rickard	4,621	6.65	-6.81
	Greens	Petar Ivanovski	2,633	3.79	+3.79
	Independent	Garth Hutchinson	1,531	2.20	+2.20
	Natural Law	Roger Fay	347	0.50	+0.50
Total formal votes			69,445	97.50	-0.24
Informal votes			1,780	2.50	+0.24
Turnout			71,225	96.05
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Maggie Deahm	34,783	50.12	+1.90
	Liberal	Alasdair Webster	34,619	49.88	-1.90
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+1.90

Australian federal election, 1990: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alasdair Webster	31,268	47.0	-3.3
	Labor	John Marsh	20,932	31.4	-7.3
	Democrats	Bruce Forbes	8,500	12.8	+1.8
	Independent	John Baker	4,328	6.5	+6.5
	Independent	Stuart Douglass	914	1.4	+1.4
	Greens	Leslie Newton	639	1.0	+0.5
Total formal votes			66,581	97.6
Informal votes			1,614	2.4
Turnout			68,195	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alasdair Webster	35,631	53.6	-2.2
	Labor	John Marsh	30,792	46.4	+2.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.2

Elections in the 1980s

Australian federal election, 1987: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alasdair Webster	30,010	50.3	+9.2
	Labor	David March	23,096	38.7	-1.9
	Democrats	Bruce Forbes	6,582	11.0	+3.7
Total formal votes			59,688	96.0
Informal votes			2,497	4.0
Turnout			62,185	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alasdair Webster	33,300	55.8	+4.4
	Labor	David March	26,383	44.2	-4.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.4

Australian federal election, 1984: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alasdair Webster	33,796	41.1	-5.5
	Labor	Garry Cronan	22,565	40.6	-1.9
	Democrats	Dick Jackson-Hope	4,053	7.3	-0.2
	Independent	Peter Quirk	3,069	5.5	+5.5
	National	Paul McGirr	3,036	5.5	+5.5
Total formal votes			55,519	94.8
Informal votes			3,052	5.2
Turnout			58,571	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alasdair Webster	28,529	51.4	+1.9
	Labor	Garry Cronan	26,981	48.6	-1.9
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+1.9

Australian federal election, 1983: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ross Free	50,272	57.3	+10.6
	Liberal	Stephen Screech	30,966	35.3	-8.7
	Democrats	Richard Jackson-Hope	6,573	7.5	+1.7
Total formal votes			87,811	98.0
Informal votes			1,773	2.0
Turnout			89,584	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ross Free		61.8	+9.0
	Liberal	Stephen Screech		38.2	-9.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.0

Australian federal election, 1980: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ross Free	36,814	46.7	+7.3
	Liberal	Reg Gillard	34,699	44.0	+2.2
	Democrats	Richard Jackson-Hope	4,603	5.8	-5.0
	Independent	Raymond Butcher	1,958	2.5	+2.5
	Independent	Ronald Stanton	447	0.6	+0.6
	Independent	Ian Perry	377	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			78,898	97.3
Informal votes			2,194	2.7
Turnout			81,092	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ross Free	41,687	52.8	+4.5
	Liberal	Reg Gillard	37,211	47.2	-4.5
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.5

Elections in the 1970s

Australian federal election, 1977: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Reg Gillard	28,299	41.8	-11.1
	Labor	Ross Free	26,651	39.4	-4.6
	Democrats	Peter Monaghan	7,328	10.8	+10.8
	Independent	Michael Barratt	4,849	7.2	+7.2
	Progress	Alyn Foster	513	0.8	-1.1
Total formal votes			67,640	97.7
Informal votes			1,622	2.3
Turnout			69,262	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Reg Gillard	34,966	51.7	-2.6
	Labor	Ross Free	32,674	48.3	+2.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.6

Australian federal election, 1975: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Reg Gillard	37,739	50.2	+14.9
	Labor	Ross Free	35,131	46.7	-9.4
	Workers	Murray Busch	1,392	1.9	+1.9
	Independent	Norman Lee	524	0.7	+0.7
	Independent	Ian Perry	451	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			75,237	98.2
Informal votes			1,390	1.8
Turnout			76,627	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Reg Gillard		51.6	+10.3
	Labor	Ross Free		48.4	-10.3
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+10.3

Australian federal election, 1974: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Luchetti	39,472	56.1	-2.7
	Liberal	Malcolm Mackay	24,849	35.3	+9.9
	Country	Michael Hunt	4,453	6.3	-4.3
	Australia Party	Gregory Woodward	1,061	1.5	+1.5
	Country	Steven Parrott	579	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			70,414	98.5
Informal votes			1,084	1.5
Turnout			71,498	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Luchetti		58.7	-1.9
	Liberal	Malcolm Mackay		41.3	+1.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.9

Australian federal election, 1972: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Luchetti	36,655	58.8	+0.7
	Liberal	Basil Genders	15,655	25.4	-8.6
	Country	Frank Wolstenholme	7,045	11.4	+11.4
	Democratic Labor	Leslie Clarke	2,652	4.3	-1.1
Total formal votes			61,595	98.6
Informal votes			892	1.4
Turnout			62,487	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Luchetti		60.6	-2.0
	Liberal	Basil Genders		39.4	+2.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.0

Elections in the 1960s

Australian federal election, 1969: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Luchetti	31,403	58.1	+6.7
	Liberal	John MacDonnell	18,391	34.0	-5.5
	Democratic Labor	Leslie Clarke	2,926	5.4	-2.8
	Australia Party	Norman Lee	1,343	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			54,063	98.1
Informal votes			1,016	1.9
Turnout			55,079	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Luchetti		62.6	+9.4
	Liberal	John MacDonnell		37.4	-9.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.4

Australian federal election, 1966: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Luchetti	23,973	52.4	-5.2
	Liberal	John Heesh	17,630	38.5	-3.9
	Democratic Labor	Richard Ambrose	3,762	8.2	+8.2
	Independent	Allan Fuary	372	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			45,737	97.2
Informal votes			1,295	2.8
Turnout			47,032	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Luchetti		54.2	-3.4
	Liberal	John Heesh		45.8	+3.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.4

Australian federal election, 1963: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Luchetti	25,649	57.6	-5.5
	Liberal	John Heesh	18,868	42.4	+10.4
Total formal votes			44,517	98.7
Informal votes			597	1.3
Turnout			45,114	95.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.5

Australian federal election, 1961: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Luchetti	26,803	63.1	+5.0
	Liberal	John Heesh	13,583	32.0	-3.5
	Democratic Labor	Frank Mackenzie	2,063	4.9	-1.5
Total formal votes			42,449	97.7
Informal votes			989	2.3
Turnout			43,438	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Luchetti		64.1	+4.9
	Liberal	John Heesh		35.9	-4.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.9

Elections in the 1950s

Australian federal election, 1958: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Luchetti	23,646	58.1	+2.2
	Liberal	Norman Leven	14,476	35.5	-5.9
	Democratic Labor	Hugh Dougherty	2,611	6.4	+6.4
Total formal votes			40,733	97.8
Informal votes			933	2.2
Turnout			41,666	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Luchetti		59.2	+0.9
	Liberal	Norman Leven		40.8	-0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.9

Australian federal election, 1955: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Luchetti	22,461	55.9	-1.0
	Liberal	Norman Leven	16,662	41.4	+1.1
	Communist	Vernon Moffitt	1,075	2.7	-0.1
Total formal votes			40,198	98.0
Informal votes			828	2.0
Turnout			41,026	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Luchetti		58.3	-1.2
	Liberal	Norman Leven		41.7	+1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.2

Australian federal election, 1954: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Luchetti	22,388	60.4	-1.4
	Liberal	Horace Brownlow	13,484	36.3	-1.9
	Communist	John King	1,224	3.3	+3.3
Total formal votes			37,096	99.1
Informal votes			340	0.9
Turnout			37,436	97.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Luchetti		63.5	+1.7
	Liberal	Horace Brownlow		36.5	-1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.7

Macquarie by-election, 1951
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Luchetti	18,426	52.3	-9.5
	Liberal	William Hannam	12,356	35.1	-3.1
	Independent Labor	William Blanchard	3,853	10.9	+10.9
	Communist	Vernon Moffitt	575	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			35,210	99.1
Informal votes			325	0.9
Turnout			35,535	90.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Luchetti		61.0	-0.8
	Liberal	William Hannam		39.0	+0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.8

Australian federal election, 1951: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ben Chifley	23,136	61.8	+4.1
	Liberal	Bob Cotton	14,325	38.2	-0.6
Total formal votes			37,461	98.5
Informal votes			555	1.5
Turnout			38,016	96.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.8

Elections in the 1940s

Australian federal election, 1949: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ben Chifley	21,683	57.7	-5.1
	Liberal	Bob Cotton	14,585	38.8	+13.3
	Communist	John King	1,320	3.5	+3.5
Total formal votes			37,588	98.8
Informal votes			441	1.2
Turnout			38,029	97.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ben Chifley		61.0	-4.4
	Liberal	Bob Cotton		39.0	+4.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.4

Australian federal election, 1946: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ben Chifley	33,412	58.4	-6.6
	Liberal	Eric Spooner	17,106	29.9	+2.3
	Country	Cecil Williams	5,342	9.3	+9.3
	Independent	John Sutton	1,344	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			57,204	98.1
Informal votes			1,121	1.9
Turnout			58,325	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ben Chifley		60.5	-8.3
	Liberal	Eric Spooner		39.5	+8.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-8.3

Australian federal election, 1943: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ben Chifley	36,937	65.0	+20.4
	United Australia	Arthur Hebblewhite	15,693	27.6	-12.7
	One Parliament	Albert Walker	2,766	4.9	+4.9
	Independent Country	Millie Sullivan	1,471	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			56,837	98.1
Informal votes			1,120	1.9
Turnout			57,987	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ben Chifley		68.8	+10.7
	United Australia	Arthur Hebblewhite		31.2	-10.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.7

Australian federal election, 1940: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ben Chifley	22,660	44.6	-3.3
	United Australia	John Lawson	20,468	40.3	-11.8
	Labor (N-C)	Bernard Cunningham	7,660	15.1	+15.1
Total formal votes			50,788	98.7
Informal votes			665	1.3
Turnout			51,453	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ben Chifley	29,493	58.1	+10.2
	United Australia	John Lawson	21,295	41.9	-10.2
	Labor gain from United Australia		Swing	+10.2

Elections in the 1930s

Australian federal election, 1937: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	John Lawson	26,392	52.1	+6.8
	Labor	Tony Luchetti	24,272	47.9	+27.1
Total formal votes			50,664	98.4
Informal votes			827	1.6
Turnout			51,491	98.6
	United Australia hold		Swing	-1.3

Australian federal election, 1934: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	John Lawson	22,010	45.3	-0.3
	Labor (NSW)	Tony Luchetti	14,506	29.8	+8.3
	Labor	Ben Chifley	10,114	20.8	-6.0
	Social Credit	Edward Smythe	1,099	2.3	+2.3
	Communist	Jock Jamieson	876	1.8	+0.5
Total formal votes			48,605	95.6
Informal votes			2,226	4.4
Turnout			50,831	96.7
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	John Lawson	25,934	53.4	+0.7
	Labor (NSW)	Tony Luchetti	22,671	46.6	+46.6
	United Australia hold		Swing	+0.7

Australian federal election, 1931: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	John Lawson	19,381	49.1	+14.7
	Labor	Ben Chifley	11,085	28.1	-37.5
	Labor (NSW)	Tony Luchetti	8,539	21.6	+21.6
	Communist	Robert Deveney	499	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			39,504	96.1
Informal votes			1,582	3.9
Turnout			41,086	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	John Lawson	19,980	50.6	+16.2
	Labor	Ben Chifley	19,524	49.4	-16.2
	United Australia gain from Labor		Swing	+16.2

Elections in the 1920s

Australian federal election, 1929: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ben Chifley	25,349	65.6	+10.7
	Nationalist	Charles Dash	13,271	34.4	-10.7
Total formal votes			38,620	97.0
Informal votes			1,204	2.0
Turnout			39,824	96.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.7

Australian federal election, 1928: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ben Chifley	20,155	54.9	+6.2
	Nationalist	Arthur Manning	16,577	45.1	-6.2
Total formal votes			36,732	96.2
Informal votes			1,439	3.8
Turnout			38,171	94.5
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	+6.2

Australian federal election, 1925: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Arthur Manning	18,456	51.3	+7.0
	Labor	Ben Chifley	17,553	48.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			36,009	98.4
Informal votes			588	1.6
Turnout			36,597	92.4
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+1.1

Australian federal election, 1922: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Samuel Nicholls	10,406	48.0	-2.4
	Nationalist	Arthur Manning	9,595	44.3	-5.3
	Independent	John Miller	1,674	7.7	+7.7
Total formal votes			21,675	95.3
Informal votes			1,073	4.7
Turnout			22,748	59.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Arthur Manning	10,880	50.2	+0.6
	Labor	Samuel Nicholls	10,795	49.8	-0.6
	Nationalist gain from Labor		Swing	+0.6

Elections in the 1910s

Australian federal election, 1919: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Samuel Nicholls	13,455	53.2	+3.2
	Nationalist	Ernest Carr	11,859	46.8	-3.2
Total formal votes			25,314	98.4
Informal votes			407	1.6
Turnout			25,721	73.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.2

Australian federal election, 1917: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Samuel Nicholls	13,566	50.0	-3.3
	Nationalist	Ernest Carr	13,557	50.0	+3.3
Total formal votes			27,123	97.6
Informal votes			655	2.4
Turnout			27,778	76.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.3

Australian federal election, 1914: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernest Carr	12,888	53.3	+3.3
	Liberal	Robert Moore	11,288	46.7	-0.2
Total formal votes			24,176	97.8
Informal votes			538	2.2
Turnout			24,714	74.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.7

Australian federal election, 1913: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernest Carr	11,163	50.0	-9.1
	Liberal	Robert Moore	10,451	46.9	+6.0
	Independent	Henry Fletcher	693	3.1	+3.1
Total formal votes			22,307	95.6
Informal votes			1,015	4.4
Turnout			23,322	66.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.5

Australian federal election, 1910: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ernest Carr	9,875	56.5	+5.2
	Liberal	Alfred Conroy	7,618	43.5	-5.2
Total formal votes			17,493	98.6
Informal votes			248	1.4
Turnout			17,741	70.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.2

Elections in the 1900s

Australian federal election, 1906: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ernest Carr	7,121	51.3	+51.3
	Anti-Socialist	Sydney Smith	6,760	48.7	-5.3
Total formal votes			13,881	96.4
Informal votes			520	3.6
Turnout			14,401	58.7
	Labour gain from Anti-Socialist		Swing	+51.3

Australian federal election, 1903: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Sydney Smith	6,410	54.0	+0.1
	Protectionist	William Sandford	5,450	46.0	-0.1
Total formal votes			11,860	98.6
Informal votes			170	1.4
Turnout			12,030	58.8
	Free Trade hold		Swing	+0.1

Australian federal election, 1901: Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Sydney Smith	3,846	53.9	+53.9
	Protectionist	William Ferguson	3,285	46.1	+46.1
Total formal votes			7,131	98.2
Informal votes			130	1.8
Turnout			7,261	63.4
	Free Trade 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 New South Wales

Banks Barton Bennelong Berowra Blaxland Bradfield Calare Charlton Chifley Cook Cowper Cunningham Dobell Eden-Monaro Farrer Fowler Gilmore Grayndler Greenway Hughes Hume Hunter Kingsford Smith Lindsay Lyne Macarthur Mackellar Macquarie McMahon Mitchell New England Newcastle North Sydney Page Parkes Parramatta Paterson Reid Richmond Riverina Robertson Shortland Sydney Throsby Warringah Watson Wentworth Werriwa Abolished: Barrier Bland Canobolas Cook (1906–55) Dalley Darling Dundas East Sydney Evans Gwydir Illawarra Lang Lawson Lowe Martin Nepean Parkes (1901–69) Phillip Prospect Riverina-Darling St George South Sydney Watson (1934–69) West Sydney

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

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