Electoral results for the Division of Watson

For electoral results for the Division of Watson (1934–69), see Electoral results for the Division of Watson (1934–69).

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Watson in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1993 until the present.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Leo McLeay	Labor	1993–2004
	Tony Burke	Labor	2004–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Australian federal election, 2013: Watson^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Burke	39,126	49.51	−0.92
	Liberal	Ron Delezio	30,617	38.74	+1.57
	Greens	Barbara Bloch	4,171	5.28	−4.34
	Palmer United	John Nasser	1,970	2.49	+2.49
	Christian Democrats	David Fraser	1,873	2.37	+2.37
	Democratic Labour	Stephen Rawson	897	1.14	+1.14
	Rise Up Australia	Paul Kamlade	376	0.48	+0.48
Total formal votes			79,030	86.05	−1.15
Informal votes			12,814	13.95	+1.15
Turnout			91,844	90.64	+0.60
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Burke	44,895	56.81	−2.33
	Liberal	Ron Delezio	34,135	43.19	+2.33
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.33

Australian federal election, 2010: Watson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Burke	38,707	50.43	-9.87
	Liberal	Ken Nam	28,527	37.17	+9.53
	Greens	Christine Donayre	7,387	9.62	+3.14
	Independent	Mark Sharma	2,136	2.78	+2.78
Total formal votes			76,757	87.20	-3.71
Informal votes			11,265	12.80	+3.71
Turnout			88,022	90.03	-2.21
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Burke	45,393	59.14	-9.06
	Liberal	Ken Nam	31,364	40.86	+9.06
	Labor hold		Swing	-9.06

Elections in the 2000s

Australian federal election, 2007: Watson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Burke	49,652	61.81	+5.43
	Liberal	Philip Mansour	20,957	26.09	-5.54
	Greens	Christine Donayre	5,302	6.60	+0.22
	Family First	Merry Foy	2,011	2.50	+1.04
	Christian Democrats	Josephine Sammut	1,988	2.47	+1.89
		Ronald Poulsen	424	0.53	+0.14
Total formal votes			80,334	90.95	+0.11
Informal votes			7,997	9.05	-0.11
Turnout			88,331	93.31	+0.44
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Burke	56,499	70.33	+5.77
	Liberal	Philip Mansour	23,835	29.67	-5.77
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.77

Australian federal election, 2004: Watson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Burke	39,046	56.65	+0.50
	Liberal	Keith Topolski	21,723	31.52	+3.40
	Greens	Kali Reid	4,667	6.77	+3.29
	Family First	Cat Cannone	1,150	1.67	+1.67
	One Nation	John Coleman	1,093	1.59	-1.49
	Democrats	Garry Dalrymple	914	1.33	-2.63
		Ron Poulsen	335	0.49	+0.03
Total formal votes			68,928	90.90	-1.58
Informal votes			6,898	9.10	+1.58
Turnout			75,826	92.68	-0.17
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Burke	44,899	65.14	-2.17
	Liberal	Keith Topolski	24,029	34.86	+2.17
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.17

Australian federal election, 2001: Watson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Leo McLeay	39,516	56.15	-1.07
	Liberal	Arnold Plooy	19,791	28.12	+1.73
	Unity	Ken Nam	3,349	4.76	-0.51
	Democrats	Kristin Griffiths	2,788	3.96	+0.80
	Greens	Dominic Fitzsimmons	2,446	3.48	+2.00
	One Nation	Michelle Farrell	2,165	3.08	-1.54
		Ronald Poulsen	322	0.46	+0.46
Total formal votes			70,377	92.48	-2.41
Informal votes			5,726	7.52	+2.41
Turnout			76,103	93.23
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Leo McLeay	47,374	67.31	-0.31
	Liberal	Arnold Plooy	23,003	32.69	+0.31
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.31

Elections in the 1990s

Australian federal election, 1998: Watson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Leo McLeay	41,159	56.85	+1.74
	Liberal	Joe Rafferty	19,461	26.88	-6.53
	Unity	Zahir Abdurahman	3,838	5.30	+5.30
	One Nation	Claire Wright	3,392	4.68	+4.68
	Democrats	Amelia Gavagnin Newman	2,309	3.19	-4.69
	Christian Democrats	Murray Peterson	1,176	1.62	-1.98
	Greens	Caroline Toomey	1,070	1.48	+1.48
Total formal votes			72,405	95.02	+0.14
Informal votes			3,791	4.98	-0.14
Turnout			76,196	93.41	-2.63
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Leo McLeay	48,849	67.47	+5.79
	Liberal	Joe Rafferty	23,556	32.53	-5.79
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.79

Australian federal election, 1996: Watson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Leo McLeay	39,329	55.11	-4.45
	Liberal	Bruce Larter	23,840	33.41	+2.94
	Democrats	Amelia Newman	5,625	7.88	+4.37
	Call to Australia	Todd Rahme	2,570	3.60	+3.60
Total formal votes			71,364	94.88	-0.06
Informal votes			3,851	5.12	+0.06
Turnout			75,215	96.05	+0.58
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Leo McLeay	43,913	61.68	-3.16
	Liberal	Bruce Larter	27,281	38.32	+3.16
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.16

Australian federal election, 1993: Watson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Leo McLeay	41,701	59.56	+9.74
	Liberal	Bernard O'Bree	21,330	30.46	-4.06
	Independent EFF	Col Harding	2,499	3.57	+3.57
	Democrats	Amelia Newman	2,457	3.51	-5.45
	Independent	George Tsirkas	952	1.36	+1.36
	Independent	Brian Meyer	721	1.03	+0.99
	Natural Law	M. Chaplin	355	0.51	+0.51
Total formal votes			70,015	94.94	+0.43
Informal votes			3,732	5.06	-0.43
Turnout			73,747	95.47
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Leo McLeay	45,355	64.84	+6.14
	Liberal	Bernard O'Bree	24,593	35.16	-6.14
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.14

References

↑ "NSW Division - Watson, NSW". Virtual Tally Room, Election 2013. Australian Electoral Commission. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2013.

Australian Electoral Commission. Federal election results
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