Electoral results for the Division of Chifley

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Chifley in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1969 until the present.

Members

	Party	Term
John Armitage	Labor	1969–1983
Russ Gorman	Labor	1983–1984
Roger Price	Labor	1984–2010
Ed Husic	Labor	2010–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Australian federal election, 2016: Chifley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ed Husic	52,278	61.09	+8.39
	Liberal	Mohit Kumar	19,394	22.66	−9.16
	Christian Democrats	Joshua Green	7,820	9.14	+5.68
	Greens	Eliza James	3,883	4.54	+1.88
	Independent	Ammar Khan	2,194	2.56	+0.44
Total formal votes			85,569	91.66	+4.95
Informal votes			7,785	8.34	−4.95
Turnout			93,354	89.84	+0.12
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ed Husic	59,202	69.19	+8.26
	Liberal	Mohit Kumar	26,367	30.81	−8.26
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.26

Australian federal election, 2013: Chifley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ed Husic	43,044	52.30	+0.72
	Liberal	Isabelle White	26,479	32.17	+1.85
	Palmer United	Christopher Buttel	3,361	4.08	+4.08
	Christian Democrats	Dave Vincent	2,862	3.48	−1.58
	Greens	Ben Hammond	2,198	2.67	−5.76
	Independent	Ammar Khan	1,749	2.13	+2.13
	One Nation	Elizabeth Power	1,402	1.70	−0.27
	Democratic Labour	Michael Wright	810	0.98	+0.98
	Australia First	Alex Norwick	396	0.48	−0.69
Total formal votes			82,301	86.64	−2.20
Informal votes			12,690	13.36	+2.20
Turnout			94,991	92.78	+0.09
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ed Husic	49,831	60.55	−1.79
	Liberal	Isabelle White	32,470	39.45	+1.79
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.79

Australian federal election, 2010: Chifley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ed Husic	41,456	51.58	−11.60
	Liberal	Venus Priest	24,369	30.32	+5.42
	Greens	Debbie Robertson	6,776	8.43	+4.72
	Christian Democrats	Dave Vincent	4,068	5.06	+1.72
	One Nation	Louise Kedwell	1,585	1.97	+0.67
	Democrats	Keith Darley	1,174	1.46	+1.46
	Australia First	Terry Cooksley	943	1.17	+1.17
Total formal votes			80,371	88.84	−3.25
Informal votes			10,097	11.16	+3.25
Turnout			90,468	92.69	−0.98
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ed Husic	50,103	62.34	−7.34
	Liberal	Venus Priest	30,268	37.66	+7.34
	Labor hold		Swing	−7.34

Elections in the 2000s

Australian federal election, 2007: Chifley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Roger Price	51,568	64.18	+10.12
	Liberal	Jess Diaz	19,092	23.76	−6.62
	Greens	John Forrester	2,897	3.61	−1.66
	Christian Democrats	Dave Vincent	2,751	3.42	+1.21
	One Nation	Louise Kedwell	1,183	1.47	−0.53
	Socialist Equality	James Cogan	1,069	1.33	+1.33
	Family First	Evan Jewell	1,016	1.26	−0.24
	Independent	Wayne Hyland	484	0.60	−0.24
	Independent	Amarjit Tanda	288	0.36	+0.36
Total formal votes			80,348	92.01	+2.90
Informal votes			6,976	7.99	−2.90
Turnout			87,324	94.40	+0.55
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Roger Price	56,776	70.66	+8.69
	Liberal	Jess Diaz	23,572	29.34	−8.69
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.69

Australian federal election, 2004: Chifley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Roger Price	39,836	55.65	−0.65
	Liberal	Costa Asarloglou	20,814	29.08	+3.56
	Greens	Debbie Robertson	4,326	6.04	+4.33
	Christian Democrats	Dave Vincent	2,653	3.71	+1.21
	One Nation	Terry Cooksley	1,579	2.21	−4.01
	Family First	Robert Heathcote	1,211	1.69	+1.69
	Independent	Wayne Hyland	850	1.19	+0.40
		Graham Rand	315	0.44	+0.44
Total formal votes			71,584	89.90	−0.90
Informal votes			8,043	10.10	+0.90
Turnout			79,627	94.31	+0.10
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Roger Price	45,084	62.98	−2.31
	Liberal	Costa Asarloglou	26,500	37.02	+2.31
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.31

Australian federal election, 2001: Chifley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Roger Price	40,203	56.30	−3.48
	Liberal	Costa Asarloglou	18,225	25.52	+6.53
	One Nation	Joe Damjanovic	4,442	6.22	−4.07
	Save the ADI Site	Barbie Bates	2,347	3.29	+3.29
	Christian Democrats	Joseph Wyness	1,784	2.50	+0.19
	Democrats	S J Clack	1,365	1.91	−2.63
	AAFI	Lindsey Butler	1,262	1.77	+1.77
	Greens	David Cunningham	1,220	1.71	+0.25
	Independent	Wayne Hyland	565	0.79	+0.79
Total formal votes			71,413	90.80	−3.14
Informal votes			7,232	9.20	+3.14
Turnout			78,645	94.93
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Roger Price	46,628	65.29	−5.98
	Liberal	Costa Asarloglou	24,785	34.71	+5.98
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.98

Elections in the 1990s

Australian federal election, 1998: Chifley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Roger Price	43,496	59.26	+1.30
	Liberal	John Coles	14,485	19.73	−7.11
	One Nation	Joe Damjanovic	7,400	10.08	+10.08
	Democrats	Andrew Owen	3,595	4.90	−4.15
	Christian Democrats	Joseph Wyness	1,520	2.07	−0.68
	Greens	Robert Nolan	1,014	1.38	+1.38
	Unity	Aooe Boyd Pio	969	1.32	+1.32
	Independent	Dave Vincent	761	1.04	+1.04
	Natural Law	Zahra Razavikashan	162	0.22	−0.66
Total formal votes			73,402	94.11	−0.64
Informal votes			4,597	5.89	+0.64
Turnout			77,999	94.68	−1.37
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Roger Price	52,037	70.89	+6.36
	Liberal	John Coles	21,365	29.11	−6.36
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.36

Australian federal election, 1996: Chifley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Roger Price	42,804	57.95	−10.11
	Liberal	Jenny Green	19,828	26.85	+6.14
	Democrats	Alec Fisher	6,682	9.05	+9.05
	Call to Australia	Shirley Grigg	2,033	2.75	+2.75
	Independent	Andrew Owen	1,858	2.52	+2.52
	Natural Law	Louise Hargreaves	653	0.88	+0.88
Total formal votes			73,858	94.74	−0.50
Informal votes			4,098	5.26	+0.50
Turnout			77,956	96.04	+0.63
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Roger Price	47,513	64.54	−8.04
	Liberal	Jenny Green	26,109	35.46	+8.04
	Labor hold		Swing	−8.04

Australian federal election, 1993: Chifley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Roger Price	47,123	68.06	+7.93
	Liberal	Jennifer Mackenzie	14,335	20.71	−3.33
	Independent EFF	Joe Bryant	4,656	6.73	+6.68
	Independent	F Ivor	2,014	2.91	+2.80
	Independent	Tom Kumar	622	0.90	+0.90
		Yabu Bilyana	484	0.70	+0.70
Total formal votes			69,234	95.24	−0.42
Informal votes			3,460	4.76	+0.42
Turnout			72,694	95.42
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Roger Price	50,214	72.57	+1.82
	Liberal	Jennifer Mackenzie	18,976	27.43	−1.82
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.82

Australian federal election, 1990: Chifley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Roger Price	40,085	59.6	−4.7
	Liberal	Darren Condon	16,772	25.0	−2.3
	Democrats	Nigel Lovell	8,569	12.7	+5.8
	Call to Australia	Bill Bird	1,789	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			67,215	95.9
Informal votes			2,894	4.1
Turnout			70,109	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Roger Price	47,061	70.1	+1.0
	Liberal	Darren Condon	20,048	29.9	−1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.0

Elections in the 1980s

Australian federal election, 1987: Chifley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Roger Price	38,683	64.3	−2.3
	Liberal	Paul Conlon	16,414	27.3	−0.3
	Democrats	Philip Goldhagen	4,128	6.9	+1.1
	Independent	Cheryl Crisp	960	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			60,185	92.7
Informal votes			4,706	7.3
Turnout			64,891	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Roger Price	41,586	69.1	−0.4
	Liberal	Paul Conlon	18,596	30.9	+0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.4

Australian federal election, 1984: Chifley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Roger Price	34,034	66.6	+13.5
	Liberal	Ken Jessup	14,115	27.6	−3.3
	Democrats	Dominic Fanning	2,951	5.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			51,100	89.0
Informal votes			6,316	11.0
Turnout			57,416	93.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Roger Price	35,503	69.5	+5.5
	Liberal	Ken Jessup	15,595	30.5	−5.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.5

Australian federal election, 1983: Chifley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Russ Gorman	44,419	61.2	−4.0
	Liberal	Edna Mitchell	16,565	22.8	−4.2
	Socialist Workers	Christine Broi	4,556	6.3	+6.3
	Independent	Jonathan Cooper	3,744	5.2	+5.2
	Democrats	Frances Jones	2,187	3.0	−0.6
	Independent	Jane Smith/New	1,114	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			72,586	95.8
Informal votes			3,169	4.2
Turnout			75,755	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Russ Gorman		72.1	+2.0
	Liberal	Edna Mitchell		27.9	−2.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.0

Australian federal election, 1980: Chifley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Armitage	46,289	65.2	+5.2
	Liberal	Philip Daly	19,199	27.0	−1.4
	Democrats	Keith Watson	2,539	3.6	−6.2
	Socialist Labour	Terence Cook	1,918	2.7	+2.7
	Communist	Geoffrey Evans	1,091	1.5	−1.4
Total formal votes			71,036	94.1
Informal votes			2,848	3.9
Turnout			73,884	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Armitage		70.1	+2.6
	Liberal	Philip Daly		29.9	−2.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.6

Elections in the 1970s

Australian federal election, 1977: Chifley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Armitage	39,168	60.0	−3.5
	Liberal	Richard Taylor	17,745	27.2	−9.3
	Democrats	Alfred Tozer	6,414	9.8	+9.8
	Communist	Jack Mundey	1,910	2.9	+2.9
Total formal votes			65,237	96.6
Informal votes			2,307	3.4
Turnout			67,544	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Armitage		67.5	+4.0
	Liberal	Richard Taylor		38.5	−4.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.0

Australian federal election, 1975: Chifley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Armitage	48,767	61.8	−9.0
	Liberal	Shirley Sookee	30,206	38.2	+11.8
Total formal votes			78,973	96.6
Informal votes			2,773	3.4
Turnout			81,746	95.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−10.7

Australian federal election, 1974: Chifley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Armitage	52,400	70.8	−0.7
	Liberal	Patricia Robinson	19,502	26.4	+3.4
	Australia Party	Phillip Lambert	2,090	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			73,992	97.8
Informal votes			1,640	2.2
Turnout			75,632	96.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Armitage		72.5	−0.1
	Liberal	Patricia Robinson		27.5	+0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.1

Australian federal election, 1972: Chifley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Armitage	45,656	71.5	+9.6
	Liberal	Alan Calaby	14,720	23.0	−3.3
	Democratic Labor	Francesco Rea	3,504	5.5	+2.2
Total formal votes			63,880	97.3
Informal votes			1,758	2.7
Turnout			65,638	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Armitage		72.6	+5.8
	Liberal	Alan Calaby		27.4	−5.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.8

Elections in the 1960s

Australian federal election, 1969: Chifley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Armitage	31,133	61.9	+16.2
	Liberal	Milovan Kovjanic	13,234	26.3	−18.5
	Independent	Victor Corcoran	4,283	8.5	+8.5
	Democratic Labor	Stan Aster-Stater	1,651	3.3	−0.7
Total formal votes			50,301	96.9
Informal votes			1,607	3.1
Turnout			51,908	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Armitage		66.8	+16.6
	Liberal	Milovan Kovjanic		33.2	−16.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+16.6

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

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