Electoral results for the Division of McEwen

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

Members

	Party	Term
Peter Cleeland	Labor	1984–1990
Fran Bailey	Liberal	1990–1993
Peter Cleeland	Labor	1993–1996
Fran Bailey	Liberal	1996–2010
Rob Mitchell	Labor	2010–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Australian federal election, 2013: McEwen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Donna Petrovich	40,853	40.34	+4.11
	Labor	Rob Mitchell	38,091	37.62	−10.19
	Greens	Neil Barker	7,187	7.10	−3.59
	Palmer United	Trevor Dance	6,822	6.74	+6.74
	Sex Party	Victoria Nash	3,256	3.22	+3.22
	Family First	Barry Newton	2,906	2.87	−0.87
	Katter's Australian	Bruce Stevens	997	0.98	+0.98
	Country Alliance	Ian Cranson	686	0.68	+0.68
	Rise Up Australia	Ferdie Verdan	463	0.46	+0.46
Total formal votes			101,261	95.38	+0.21
Informal votes			4,910	4.62	−0.21
Turnout			106,171	94.83	−1.81
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Rob Mitchell	50,787	50.15	−9.04
	Liberal	Donna Petrovich	50,474	49.85	+9.04
	Labor hold		Swing	−9.04

Australian federal election, 2010: McEwen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Rob Mitchell	45,374	43.17	+2.97
	Liberal	Cameron Caine	42,054	40.01	-5.76
	Greens	Steve Meacher	12,440	11.84	+3.16
	Family First	Belinda Clarkson	3,358	3.19	+0.70
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Bini	1,332	1.27	+0.44
	Secular	Robert Gordon	549	0.52	+0.52
Total formal votes			105,107	95.60	-0.44
Informal votes			4,843	4.40	+0.44
Turnout			109,950	94.96	-1.28
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Rob Mitchell	58,144	55.32	+5.34
	Liberal	Cameron Caine	46,963	44.68	-5.34
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+5.34

Elections in the 2000s

Australian federal election, 2007: McEwen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Fran Bailey	44,165	45.76	-5.98
	Labor	Rob Mitchell	38,819	40.22	+5.67
	Greens	Steve Meacher	8,379	8.68	+1.03
	Family First	Ian Cranson	2,398	2.48	+0.76
	Democrats	David Kane	948	0.98	+0.16
	Independent	Darren Trueman	849	0.88	+0.88
	Liberty & Democracy	Robert Newnham	799	0.83	+0.83
	CEC	Rod McLennan	161	0.17	-0.05
Total formal votes			96,518	95.91	+0.57
Informal votes			3,982	4.09	-0.57
Turnout			100,634	96.29	+0.18
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Fran Bailey	48,339	50.01	-6.41
	Labor	Rob Mitchell	48,308	49.99	+6.41
	Liberal hold		Swing	-6.41

Australian federal election, 2004: McEwen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Fran Bailey	45,230	51.74	+5.18
	Labor	Jenny Beales	30,205	34.55	-2.81
	Greens	Megan Hannes-Paterson	6,686	7.65	+0.41
	Independent	Robert Gordon	2,220	2.54	+2.54
	Family First	Mark Sach	1,500	1.72	+1.72
	Democrats	Marj White	713	0.82	-4.64
	Independent	Damon Gordon Lutz	398	0.46	+0.46
	Independent	Maurie Smith	278	0.32	+0.32
	CEC	Rod McLennan	188	0.22	+0.22
Total formal votes			87,418	95.34	-1.08
Informal votes			4,273	4.66	+1.08
Turnout			91,691	96.11	+0.34
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Fran Bailey	49,322	56.42	+4.10
	Labor	Jenny Beales	38,096	43.58	-4.10
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.10

Australian federal election, 2001: McEwen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Fran Bailey	37,963	46.01	+2.55
	Labor	Andrew MacLeod	31,986	38.76	-1.27
	Greens	Jim Romagnesi	5,006	6.07	+3.40
	Democrats	Tony Carden	3,986	4.83	+0.01
	One Nation	Alan Salter	2,448	2.97	-2.15
	Independent	Bill Lodwick	1,129	1.37	+1.37
Total formal votes			82,518	96.19	-0.47
Informal votes			3,272	3.81	+0.47
Turnout			85,790	97.24
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Fran Bailey	42,249	51.20	+0.16
	Labor	Andrew MacLeod	40,269	48.80	-0.16
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.16

Elections in the 1990s

Australian federal election, 1998: McEwen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Fran Bailey	32,951	43.46	-2.67
	Labor	Graeme McEwen	30,350	40.03	+0.93
	One Nation	Dennis Lacey	3,877	5.11	+5.11
	Democrats	Sean Carter	3,652	4.82	-1.45
	Greens	Pam Lawson	2,020	2.66	-1.24
	Shooters	Vicki Treble	1,808	2.38	+2.38
	Independent	Stephen Bowden	611	0.81	+0.81
	Independent	Elizabeth Savage Kooroonya	363	0.48	+0.48
	Natural Law	Susan Brown	186	0.25	-0.15
Total formal votes			75,818	96.66	-0.80
Informal votes			2,623	3.34	+0.80
Turnout			78,441	96.17	-0.56
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Fran Bailey	38,699	51.04	-1.13
	Labor	Graeme McEwen	37,119	48.96	+1.13
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.13

Australian federal election, 1996: McEwen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Fran Bailey	33,637	46.13	-2.08
	Labor	Peter Cleeland	28,516	39.10	-4.36
	Democrats	David Zemdegs	4,571	6.27	+1.50
	Greens	Chris James	2,843	3.90	+3.90
	AAFI	Rick Lloyd	2,235	3.06	+3.05
	Independent	Jock Kyme	835	1.15	+1.15
	Natural Law	Martin Magee	285	0.39	-0.74
Total formal votes			72,922	97.45	+0.08
Informal votes			1,905	2.55	-0.08
Turnout			74,827	96.74	+0.32
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Fran Bailey	37,845	52.18	+1.50
	Labor	Peter Cleeland	34,689	47.82	-1.50
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.50

Australian federal election, 1993: McEwen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Fran Bailey	35,549	46.96	+0.12
	Labor	Peter Cleeland	34,320	45.34	+7.04
	Democrats	Geoff Mosley	3,022	3.99	-6.37
	Independent	Harry Grey	2,148	2.84	+2.84
	Natural Law	Julie Nihill	655	0.87	+0.87
Total formal votes			75,694	97.35	+0.10
Informal votes			2,064	2.65	-0.10
Turnout			77,758	96.42
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Cleeland	38,347	50.69	+3.90
	Liberal	Fran Bailey	37,307	49.31	-3.90
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.90

Australian federal election, 1990: McEwen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Fran Bailey	31,323	46.8	+7.1
	Labor	Peter Cleeland	25,610	38.3	-8.0
	Democrats	Russell Dawes	6,928	10.4	+3.3
	Call to Australia	Win Wise	1,630	2.4	+2.4
	Independent	Maurie Smith	1,381	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			66,872	97.2
Informal votes			1,894	2.8
Turnout			68,766	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Fran Bailey	35,543	53.2	+6.1
	Labor	Peter Cleeland	31,256	46.8	-6.1
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+6.1

Elections in the 1980s

Australian federal election, 1987: McEwen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Cleeland	31,052	48.5	+1.5
	Liberal	David Millie	24,021	37.5	+0.7
	Democrats	Doug Lorman	4,551	7.1	+0.7
	National	Andrew Coller	4,038	6.3	-2.0
	Independent	Robert Wilson	369	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			64,031	95.8
Informal votes			2,804	4.2
Turnout			66,835	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Cleeland	34,605	54.1	+2.0
	Liberal	David Millie	29,397	45.9	-2.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.0

Australian federal election, 1984: McEwen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Cleeland	25,984	47.0	-1.4
	Liberal	Brian Dixon	20,331	36.8	-3.1
	National	John Brewster	4,571	8.3	+3.5
	Democrats	Julie Stayner	3,547	6.4	+1.2
	Democratic Labor	Daniel Mason	853	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			55,286	92.4
Informal votes			4,559	7.6
Turnout			59,845	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Cleeland	28,789	52.1	+0.3
	Liberal	Brian Dixon	26,483	47.9	-0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.3

References

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

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