Electoral results for the Division of Isaacs

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

Members

	Party	Term
David Hamer	Liberal	1969–1974
Gareth Clayton	Labor	1974–1975
David Hamer	Liberal	1975–1977
Bill Burns	Liberal	1977–1980
David Charles	Labor	1980–1990
Rod Atkinson	Liberal	1990–1996
Greg Wilton	Labor	1996–2000
Ann Corcoran	Labor	2000–2007
Mark Dreyfus	Labor	2007–present

Election results

2019

2019 Australian federal election: Isaacs[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mark Dreyfus	43,364	44.78	+3.84
	Liberal	Jeremy Hearn	34,089	35.20	−7.45
	Greens	Kim Samiotis	10,822	11.18	+0.46
	United Australia	Tony Seals	3,813	3.94	+3.94
	Animal Justice	Bronwyn Currie	3,607	3.72	−0.62
	Rise Up Australia	Ash Puvimanasinghe	1,142	1.18	+0.53
Total formal votes			96,837	95.86	−0.73
Informal votes			4,180	4.14	+0.73
Turnout			101,017	93.28	+1.03
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mark Dreyfus	54,645	56.43	+3.45
	Liberal	Jeremy Hearn	42,192	43.57	−3.45
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.45

2016

2016 Australian federal election: Isaacs[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mark Dreyfus	41,144	44.49	+3.16
	Liberal	Garry Spencer	37,312	40.35	+0.14
	Greens	Alex Breskin	9,429	10.20	+3.14
	Animal Justice	Elizabeth Johnston	4,585	4.96	+4.96
Total formal votes			92,470	96.31	+1.11
Informal votes			3,539	3.69	−1.11
Turnout			96,009	90.78	−2.26
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mark Dreyfus	51,538	55.73	+1.87
	Liberal	Garry Spencer	40,932	44.27	−1.87
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.87

2013

2013 Australian federal election: Isaacs[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mark Dreyfus	35,837	41.33	−7.55
	Liberal	Garry Spencer	34,864	40.21	+5.12
	Greens	Sandra Miles	6,120	7.06	−3.84
	Palmer United	Avtar Gill	2,846	3.28	+3.28
	Family First	John Elliott	2,503	2.89	−0.76
	Sex Party	Laith Graham	2,093	2.41	+2.41
	Democratic Labour	James Leach	1,144	1.32	+1.32
	Christians	Karen Dobby	743	0.86	+0.86
	Rise Up Australia	Nadia Seaman	558	0.64	+0.64
Total formal votes			86,708	95.20	−0.09
Informal votes			4,375	4.80	+0.09
Turnout			91,083	93.01	+0.09
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mark Dreyfus	46,704	53.86	−6.55
	Liberal	Garry Spencer	40,004	46.14	+6.55
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.55

2010

2010 Australian federal election: Isaacs[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mark Dreyfus	45,131	49.42	+0.67
	Liberal	Dale McClelland	31,472	34.47	−4.00
	Greens	Chris Carman	9,980	10.93	+4.69
	Family First	Heather Wheatley	3,377	3.70	+1.15
	Independent	Gordon Ford	1,355	1.48	+0.22
Total formal votes			91,315	95.29	−1.40
Informal votes			4,516	4.71	+1.40
Turnout			95,831	93.23	−1.95
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mark Dreyfus	55,721	61.02	+3.33
	Liberal	Dale McClelland	35,594	38.98	−3.33
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.33

2007

2007 Australian federal election: Isaacs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mark Dreyfus	44,056	48.76	+4.45
	Liberal	Ross Fox	34,762	38.47	−4.82
	Greens	Colin Long	5,636	6.24	−1.07
	Family First	Jadah Pleiter	2,308	2.55	+0.15
	Democrats	Laura Chipp	1,970	2.18	+1.15
	Independent	Gordon Ford	1,137	1.26	+0.49
	Liberty & Democracy	Robert Norrie	492	0.54	+0.54
Total formal votes			90,361	96.69	+1.73
Informal votes			3,092	3.31	−1.73
Turnout			93,453	95.18	−0.07
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mark Dreyfus	52,131	57.69	+6.21
	Liberal	Ross Fox	38,230	42.31	−6.21
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.21

2004

2004 Australian federal election: Isaacs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ann Corcoran	37,245	44.31	−2.93
	Liberal	Jeff Shelley	36,391	43.29	+5.23
	Greens	Sean Hardy	6,143	7.31	+3.35
	Family First	Jacob Mathews	2,019	2.40	+2.40
	Democrats	Haydn Fletcher	862	1.03	−6.05
	Independent	Gordon Ford	650	0.77	+0.77
	One Nation	Carl Groves	536	0.64	−0.55
	CEC	Martha Malliotis	214	0.25	+0.04
Total formal votes			84,060	94.96	−0.37
Informal votes			4,464	5.04	+0.37
Turnout			88,524	95.25	+0.11
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ann Corcoran	43,277	51.48	−5.14
	Liberal	Jeff Shelley	40,783	48.52	+5.14
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.14

2001

2001 Australian federal election: Isaacs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ann Corcoran	31,951	42.18	−6.25
	Liberal	Michael Shepherdson	31,520	41.61	+3.44
	Democrats	Haydn Fletcher	5,627	7.43	+1.50
	Greens	Darren Bujeya	3,073	4.06	+1.92
	One Nation	John Groves	1,358	1.79	−2.25
	Independent	Shirly Oakley	1,342	1.77	+1.77
	Independent	Patricia Brook	640	0.84	+0.84
	CEC	Heather Stanton	246	0.32	+0.32
Total formal votes			75,757	95.35	−1.03
Informal votes			3,691	4.65	+1.03
Turnout			79,448	97.11
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ann Corcoran	40,011	52.81	−3.59
	Liberal	Michael Shepherdson	35,746	47.19	+3.59
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.59

2000 Isaacs by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ann Corcoran	34,483	56.54	+8.11
	Democrats	Haydn Fletcher	10,540	17.28	+11.36
	Greens	Mary Hutchison	5,539	9.08	+6.94
	Independent	Carl Wesley	5,329	8.74	+8.74
	Australia First	Patricia Brook	3,270	5.36	+4.92
	Democratic Labor	Gail King	1,832	3.00	+3.00
Total formal votes			60,993	91.84	−4.55
Informal votes			5,420	8.16	+4.55
Turnout			66,413	81.65	−14.56
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Ann Corcoran	40,280	66.04	+9.64
	Democrats	Haydn Fletcher	20,713	33.96	+33.96
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1998

1998 Australian federal election: Isaacs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Greg Wilton	35,604	48.43	+4.38
	Liberal	Mike Rawlinson	28,060	38.17	−3.89
	Democrats	Robert Ryan	4,355	5.92	−3.65
	One Nation	Denis Reed-Smith	2,971	4.04	+4.04
	Greens	Daniel Tirawa	1,570	2.14	+2.14
	Unity	Mija Carkeek	421	0.57	+0.57
	Australia First	Patricia Brook	325	0.44	+0.44
	Natural Law	Amanda McIntosh	211	0.29	−0.56
Total formal votes			73,517	96.39	−0.82
Informal votes			2,754	3.61	+0.82
Turnout			76,271	96.21	+0.00
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Greg Wilton	41,467	56.40	+4.84
	Liberal	Mike Rawlinson	32,050	43.60	−4.84
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.84

1996

1996 Australian federal election: Isaacs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Greg Wilton	30,997	44.05	−4.91
	Liberal	Rod Atkinson	29,595	42.06	−1.38
	Democrats	Kaylyn Raynor	6,734	9.57	+5.12
	AAFI	Angela Walker	2,448	3.48	+3.48
	Natural Law	Jan Allison	597	0.85	−1.42
Total formal votes			70,371	97.20	−0.19
Informal votes			2,024	2.80	+0.19
Turnout			72,395	96.21	−0.21
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Greg Wilton	36,158	51.56	−2.35
	Liberal	Rod Atkinson	33,965	48.44	+2.35
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.35

1993

1993 Australian federal election: Isaacs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rod Atkinson	35,792	50.55	+0.07
	Labor	John McSwiney	30,007	42.38	+8.48
	Democrats	Kaylyn Raynor	3,546	5.01	−10.60
	Natural Law	Judee Horin	1,458	2.06	+2.06
Total formal votes			70,803	97.57	+0.60
Informal votes			1,761	2.43	−0.60
Turnout			72,564	96.42
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Rod Atkinson	37,490	52.98	−2.74
	Labor	John McSwiney	33,266	47.02	+2.74
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.74

1990

1990 Australian federal election: Isaacs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rod Atkinson	35,160	50.5	+4.5
	Labor	Jim Ensor	23,613	33.9	−10.9
	Democrats	Darren Koch	10,874	15.6	+8.4
Total formal votes			69,647	97.0
Informal votes			2,173	3.0
Turnout			71,820	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Rod Atkinson	38,775	55.7	+5.5
	Labor	Jim Ensor	30,806	44.3	−5.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.5

1987

1987 Australian federal election: Isaacs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Charles	29,325	47.7	−3.2
	Liberal	Rod Atkinson	26,448	43.1	+3.0
	Democrats	Maxine Aspinall	4,428	7.2	+1.1
	National	Bill Buchanan	833	1.4	+0.1
	Independent	Linda Ely	395	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			61,429	95.5
Informal votes			2,891	4.5
Turnout			64,320	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David Charles	32,351	52.7	−1.7
	Liberal	Rod Atkinson	29,057	47.3	+1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.7

1984

1984 Australian federal election: Isaacs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Charles	30,612	50.9	−2.0
	Liberal	Peter Zablud	24,079	40.1	−0.4
	Democrats	Peter Lindemann	3,693	6.1	−0.6
	Democratic Labor	Dudley de Rozario	933	1.6	+1.6
	National	Charles Lacey	774	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			60,091	92.5
Informal votes			4,894	7.5
Turnout			64,985	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David Charles	32,681	54.4	−2.5
	Liberal	Peter Zablud	27,407	45.6	+2.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.5

1983

1983 Australian federal election: Isaacs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Charles	38,630	55.0	+9.9
	Liberal	Ann Dunkley	26,964	38.4	+0.4
	Democrats	Terence Gough	4,689	6.7	−7.4
Total formal votes			70,283	98.4
Informal votes			1,169	1.6
Turnout			71,452	96.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David Charles		59.0	+7.2
	Liberal	Ann Dunkley		41.0	−7.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.2

1980

1980 Australian federal election: Isaacs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Charles	31,192	45.1	+10.5
	Liberal	William Burns	26,293	38.0	−6.4
	Democrats	Michael Bakos	9,777	14.1	−2.9
	Independent	Sydney Balhorn	1,955	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			69,217	97.8
Informal votes			1,534	2.2
Turnout			70,751	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David Charles	35,856	51.8	+9.1
	Liberal	William Burns	33,361	48.2	−9.1
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.1

1977

1977 Australian federal election: Isaacs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Burns	29,857	44.4	−6.8
	Labor	Kenneth Williams	23,275	34.6	−8.2
	Democrats	Francis McLeod	11,427	17.0	+17.0
	Democratic Labor	Ralph Cleary	2,741	4.1	+0.8
Total formal votes			67,300	97.7
Informal votes			1,550	2.3
Turnout			68,850	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	William Burns	38,595	57.3	+2.4
	Labor	Kenneth Williams	28,705	42.7	−2.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.4

1975

1975 Australian federal election: Isaacs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Hamer	30,646	53.2	+8.8
	Labor	Gareth Clayton	23,506	40.8	−5.3
	Democratic Labor	Ralph Cleary	1,917	3.3	−0.5
	Australia	Eldon Simmons	805	1.4	−1.1
	Independent	Marc Aussie-Stone	719	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			57,593	98.3
Informal votes			975	1.7
Turnout			58,568	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Hamer		56.9	+7.5
	Labor	Gareth Clayton		43.1	−7.5
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+7.5

1974

1974 Australian federal election: Isaacs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gareth Clayton	26,225	46.1	+0.3
	Liberal	David Hamer	25,267	44.4	+2.0
	Democratic Labor	William Leech	2,179	3.8	−3.2
	Australia	Elizabeth Chesterfield	1,443	2.5	−2.3
	Independent	James Bernard	1,181	2.1	+2.1
	Independent	Janus Fawke	597	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			56,892	98.2
Informal votes			1,062	1.8
Turnout			57,954	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gareth Clayton		50.6	+1.7
	Liberal	David Hamer		49.4	−1.7
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+1.7

1972

1972 Australian federal election: Isaacs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gareth Clayton	23,904	45.8	+5.7
	Liberal	David Hamer	22,110	42.4	−5.3
	Democratic Labor	Frederick Skinner	3,635	7.0	−3.1
	Australia	Peter Harrie	2,499	4.8	+4.8
Total formal votes			52,148	98.7
Informal votes			685	1.3
Turnout			52,833	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Hamer	26,664	51.1	−6.9
	Labor	Gareth Clayton	25,484	48.9	+6.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.9

1969

1969 Australian federal election: Isaacs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Hamer	23,525	47.7	−1.4
	Labor	Alan Roberts	19,751	40.1	+4.2
	Democratic Labor	Frederick Skinner	4,967	10.1	−0.4
	Independent	Liane Wessley	1,026	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			49,269	97.8
Informal votes			1,129	2.2
Turnout			50,398	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Hamer	28,562	58.0	−3.2
	Labor	Alan Roberts	20,707	42.0	+3.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.2

References

Isaacs, VIC, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.
Isaacs, VIC, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
2013 results for Isaacs, AEC.
"2010 results for Isaacs". AEC.

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

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[1] Isaacs, VIC, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.

[2] Isaacs, VIC, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

[3] 2013 results for Isaacs, AEC.

[4] "2010 results for Isaacs". AEC.