Electoral results for the Division of Mitchell

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Mitchell in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1949 until the present.

Members

	Party	Term
Roy Wheeler	Liberal	1949–1961
John Armitage	Labor	1961–1963
Les Irwin	Liberal	1963–1972
Alfred Ashley-Brown	Labor	1972–1974
Alan Cadman	Liberal	1974–2007
Alex Hawke	Liberal	2007–present

Election results

2019

2019 Australian federal election: Mitchell[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alex Hawke	61,202	62.05	+1.56
	Labor	Immanuel Selvaraj	23,618	23.94	−0.67
	Greens	Lawrence Murphy	7,955	8.07	+0.08
	Christian Democrats	Craig L Hall	3,156	3.20	−3.71
	United Australia	Roy Hoppenbrouwer	2,705	2.74	+2.74
Total formal votes			98,636	94.96	−0.53
Informal votes			5,234	5.04	+0.53
Turnout			103,870	94.13	+0.87
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alex Hawke	67,698	68.63	+0.81
	Labor	Immanuel Selvaraj	30,938	31.37	−0.81
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.81

2016

2016 Australian federal election: Mitchell[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alex Hawke	55,168	60.49	−4.33
	Labor	Andrew Punch	22,440	24.61	+3.53
	Greens	Michael Bellstedt	7,287	7.99	+1.58
	Christian Democrats	Darryl Allen	6,303	6.91	+3.70
Total formal votes			91,198	95.49	+1.90
Informal votes			4,308	4.51	−1.90
Turnout			95,506	93.26	−1.50
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alex Hawke	61,847	67.82	−3.57
	Labor	Andrew Punch	29,351	32.18	+3.57
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.57

2013

2013 Australian federal election: Mitchell[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alex Hawke	56,706	65.47	+2.81
	Labor	Andrew Punch	17,775	20.52	−5.81
	Greens	Michael Bellstedt	5,554	6.41	−1.19
	Christian Democrats	Darryl Allen	2,794	3.23	−0.18
	Palmer United	Murray Schultz	2,792	3.22	+3.22
	Democratic Labour	Nathan Dodd	987	1.14	+1.14
Total formal votes			86,608	93.69	−0.73
Informal votes			5,833	6.31	+0.73
Turnout			92,441	94.65	−0.12
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alex Hawke	62,425	72.08	+4.92
	Labor	Andrew Punch	24,183	27.92	−4.92
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.92

2010

2010 Australian federal election: Mitchell[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alex Hawke	52,465	62.66	+7.87
	Labor	Nigel Gould	22,046	26.33	−6.71
	Greens	Colin Dawson	6,363	7.60	+2.32
	Christian Democrats	Brendon Prentice	2,855	3.41	+0.82
Total formal votes			83,729	94.42	−1.51
Informal votes			4,952	5.58	+1.51
Turnout			88,681	94.76	−0.21
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alex Hawke	56,229	67.16	+7.51
	Labor	Nigel Gould	27,500	32.84	−7.51
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.51

2007

2007 Australian federal election: Mitchell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alex Hawke	46,115	56.74	-7.64
	Labor	Nigel Gould	25,211	31.02	+10.02
	Greens	Toni Wright-Turner	4,302	5.29	-0.64
	Christian Democrats	Darryl Allen	2,099	2.58	+0.07
	Climate Change	James Fiander	1,715	2.11	+2.11
	Family First	Jarrod Graetz	1,022	1.26	-0.11
	Independent	Jordie Stuart Bodlay	815	1.00	+0.45
Total formal votes			81,279	96.12	+2.73
Informal votes			3,278	3.88	-2.73
Turnout			84,557	95.63	+1.95
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alex Hawke	50,058	61.59	-9.09
	Labor	Nigel Gould	31,221	38.41	+9.09
	Liberal hold		Swing	-9.09

2004

2004 Australian federal election: Mitchell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Cadman	54,582	64.35	+1.09
	Labor	Harmohan Walia	17,673	20.84	-0.65
	Greens	Sheryl Jarecki	5,258	6.20	+3.07
	Christian Democrats	Michael Horgan	2,161	2.55	+0.42
	Democrats	Kamran Keshavarz Talebi	1,440	1.70	-3.07
	Family First	Joy Montgomery	1,140	1.34	+1.34
	Independent	Stephen Burke	1,048	1.24	+0.34
	One Nation	Norman Byleveld	1,037	1.22	-1.54
	Independent	Jordie Stuart Bodlay	476	0.56	+0.56
Total formal votes			84,815	93.40	-2.10
Informal votes			5,991	6.60	+2.10
Turnout			90,806	95.10	-0.41
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alan Cadman	59,950	70.68	-0.64
	Labor	Harmohan Walia	24,865	29.32	+0.64
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.64

2001

2001 Australian federal election: Mitchell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Cadman	49,995	63.26	+3.35
	Labor	John McShane	16,897	21.49	-0.47
	Democrats	David Baggs	3,769	4.77	-0.26
	Greens	Cindy Taylor	2,470	3.13	+0.87
	One Nation	Dale Eder	2,183	2.76	-3.58
	Christian Democrats	Ken Gregory	1,681	2.13	+0.53
	AAFI	David Mudgee	1,235	1.56	+1.56
	Independent	Stephen Burke	712	0.90	+0.90
Total formal votes			79,032	95.50	-1.05
Informal votes			3,725	4.50	+1.05
Turnout			82,757	95.81
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alan Cadman	56,366	71.32	+1.85
	Labor	John McShane	22,666	28.68	-1.85
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.85

1998

1998 Australian federal election: Mitchell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Cadman	46,203	60.40	-7.03
	Labor	Anthony Ellard	16,263	21.26	+2.10
	One Nation	Stephen Burke	5,090	6.65	+6.65
	Democrats	Helen McAuliffe	3,852	5.04	-3.20
	Unity	Ilo Uzunoski	1,988	2.60	+2.60
	Greens	Cindy Taylor	1,719	2.25	+2.25
	Christian Democrats	Ken Gregory	1,235	1.61	+1.61
	Natural Law	Michael Lyons	145	0.19	-0.28
Total formal votes			76,495	96.65	-0.36
Informal votes			2,648	3.35	+0.36
Turnout			79,143	95.62	-1.50
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alan Cadman	53,432	69.85	-4.47
	Labor	Anthony Ellard	23,063	30.15	+4.47
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.47

1996

1996 Australian federal election: Mitchell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Cadman	48,541	67.43	+2.54
	Labor	Erica Lewis	13,790	19.16	-9.03
	Democrats	Colleen Krason	5,930	8.24	+2.81
	AAFI	Tony Pettitt	2,688	3.73	+3.73
	Reclaim Australia	John Hutchinson	699	0.97	+0.97
	Natural Law	Penny Price	338	0.47	+0.47
Total formal votes			71,986	97.02	-0.67
Informal votes			2,214	2.98	+0.67
Turnout			74,200	97.13	+0.29
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alan Cadman	53,293	74.32	+5.66
	Labor	Erica Lewis	18,410	25.68	-5.66
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.66

1993

1993 Australian federal election: Mitchell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Cadman	43,819	64.89	+1.98
	Labor	Julie Kanaghines	19,036	28.19	+5.97
	Democrats	Roger Posgate	3,664	5.43	-6.58
	Confederate Action	Charles Anderson	1,005	1.49	+1.49
Total formal votes			67,524	97.68	-0.33
Informal votes			1,602	2.32	+0.33
Turnout			69,126	96.84
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alan Cadman	46,347	68.67	-1.36
	Labor	Julie Kanaghines	21,149	31.33	+1.36
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.36

1990

1990 Australian federal election: Mitchell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Cadman	45,050	62.9	-9.6
	Labor	Graeme McIlveen	15,704	21.9	-5.5
	Democrats	Jan Watts	8,982	12.5	+12.5
	Call to Australia	Harold Morton	1,854	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			71,590	98.0
Informal votes			1,427	2.0
Turnout			73,017	96.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alan Cadman	50,223	70.3	-2.2
	Labor	Graeme McIlveen	21,172	29.7	+2.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.2

1987

1987 Australian federal election: Mitchell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Cadman	46,473	72.5	+5.0
	Labor	Geoff Robinson	17,603	27.5	+2.0
Total formal votes			64,076	97.3
Informal votes			1,769	2.7
Turnout			65,845	95.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.7

1984

1984 Australian federal election: Mitchell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Cadman	37,568	67.5	+0.8
	Labor	Edward Mason	14,188	25.5	-2.5
	Democrats	Alan Page	3,928	7.1	+1.8
Total formal votes			55,684	95.8
Informal votes			2,427	4.2
Turnout			58,111	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alan Cadman	39,411	70.8	+2.0
	Labor	Edward Mason	16,273	29.2	-2.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.0

1983

1983 Australian federal election: Mitchell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Cadman	48,797	58.4	-4.8
	Labor	Arthur Llewellyn	30,298	36.3	+5.6
	Democrats	Rona Samuels	4,450	5.3	-0.8
Total formal votes			83,545	98.1
Informal votes			1,623	1.9
Turnout			85,168	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alan Cadman		60.5	-5.1
	Labor	Arthur Llewellyn		39.5	+5.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.1

1980

1980 Australian federal election: Mitchell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Cadman	48,860	63.2	+2.8
	Labor	Patrick McArdle	23,703	30.7	+3.6
	Democrats	Rosemary Mason	4,744	6.1	-3.1
Total formal votes			77,307	98.0
Informal votes			1,603	2.0
Turnout			78,910	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alan Cadman		65.6	-1.6
	Labor	Patrick McArdle		34.4	+1.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.6

1977

1977 Australian federal election: Mitchell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Cadman	39,454	60.4	-5.8
	Labor	Ellen Thompson	17,733	27.1	-4.0
	Democrats	Michael Hartnell	5,988	9.2	+9.2
	Independent	Ronald Allan	1,817	2.8	+2.8
	Progress	Dimitar Mikusalev	353	0.5	-0.7
Total formal votes			65,345	98.0
Informal votes			1,331	2.0
Turnout			66,676	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alan Cadman		67.2	-1.0
	Labor	Ellen Thompson		32.8	+1.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.0

1975

1975 Australian federal election: Mitchell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Cadman	50,875	62.0	+12.0
	Labor	David Savage	28,970	35.3	-11.6
	Workers	Duncan Yuille	999	1.2	+1.2
	Australia	Alexander Munro	705	0.9	-1.6
	Independent	Dimitar Mikusalev	246	0.3	+0.3
	Independent	Ivor F	225	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			82,020	98.1
Informal votes			1,563	1.9
Turnout			83,583	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alan Cadman		64.0	+12.5
	Labor	David Savage		36.0	-12.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+12.5

1974

1974 Australian federal election: Mitchell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Cadman	39,009	50.4	+5.8
	Labor	Alfred Ashley-Brown	36,283	46.9	-0.6
	Australia	John Butterworth	2,080	2.7	-1.4
Total formal votes			77,372	98.6
Informal votes			1,122	1.4
Turnout			78,494	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alan Cadman		51.5	+2.7
	Labor	Alfred Ashley-Brown		48.5	-2.7
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+2.7

1972

1972 Australian federal election: Mitchell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alfred Ashley-Brown	31,631	47.5	+2.8
	Liberal	Les Irwin	29,702	44.6	-3.1
	Australia	Patricia Berzin	2,729	4.1	+1.8
	Democratic Labor	David Sanson	1,925	2.9	-0.4
	Independent	David McArthur	329	0.5	+0.5
	Independent	Ivor F	226	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			66,542	97.6
Informal votes			1,646	2.4
Turnout			68,188	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Alfred Ashley-Brown	34,047	51.2	+3.7
	Liberal	Les Irwin	32,495	48.8	-3.7
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.7

1969

1969 Australian federal election: Mitchell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Les Irwin	25,560	47.7	-4.0
	Labor	Alfred Ashley-Brown	23,907	44.7	+8.5
	Democratic Labor	John Maguire	1,773	3.3	+0.1
	Australia	Gordon Waller	1,244	2.3	+2.3
	Pensioner Power	Harvey Clift	1,055	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			53,539	97.7
Informal votes			1,275	2.3
Turnout			54,814	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Les Irwin	28,111	52.5	-6.7
	Labor	Alfred Ashley-Brown	25,428	47.5	+6.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-6.7

1966

1966 Australian federal election: Mitchell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Les Irwin	48,570	54.3	+5.0
	Labor	Peter McLoughlin	30,070	33.6	-10.8
	Independent	William Murray	3,528	3.9	+3.9
	Independent	Francis Bonnor	2,885	3.2	+3.2
	Democratic Labor	Andrew Diehm	2,878	3.2	-0.5
	Independent	Alan Jones	433	0.5	+0.5
	Independent	Michael Deecke	414	0.5	+0.5
	Independent	Dennis Rees	373	0.4	+0.4
	Independent	Kevin Martin	318	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			89,469	95.1
Informal votes			4,614	4.9
Turnout			94,083	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Les Irwin		61.8	+8.7
	Labor	Peter McLoughlin		38.1	-8.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+8.7

1963

1963 Australian federal election: Mitchell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Les Irwin	29,230	49.3	+6.4
	Labor	John Armitage	35,301	44.4	-7.8
	Democratic Labor	Malcolm Towner	2,943	3.7	-0.6
	New Guinea	Albert Ackerman	1,604	2.0	+2.0
	Independent	John Ashe	438	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			79,516	97.6
Informal votes			1,976	2.4
Turnout			81,492	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Les Irwin	42,226	53.1	+6.5
	Labor	John Armitage	37,290	46.9	-6.5
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+6.5

1961

1961 Australian federal election: Mitchell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Armitage	36,363	52.2	+11.0
	Liberal	Roy Wheeler	29,887	42.9	-11.7
	Democratic Labor	Allan Dwyer	3,011	4.3	+0.1
	Independent	John Mantova	404	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			69,665	97.4
Informal votes			1,854	2.6
Turnout			71,519	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Armitage		53.4	+11.4
	Liberal	Roy Wheeler		46.6	-11.4
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+11.4

1958

1958 Australian federal election: Mitchell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roy Wheeler	26,536	54.6	-5.1
	Labor	Reginald Byrne	20,062	41.2	+0.9
	Democratic Labor	Francis Moffitt	2,039	4.2	+4.2
Total formal votes			48,637	97.4
Informal votes			1,317	2.6
Turnout			49,954	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Roy Wheeler		58.0	-1.7
	Labor	Reginald Byrne		42.0	+1.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.7

1955

1955 Australian federal election: Mitchell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roy Wheeler	24,077	59.7	+3.8
	Labor	Doug Bowd	16,239	40.3	-3.8
Total formal votes			40,316	97.6
Informal votes			971	2.4
Turnout			41,287	93.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.8

1954

1954 Australian federal election: Mitchell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roy Wheeler	24,391	50.1	-3.7
	Labor	Doug Bowd	23,151	47.5	+6.4
	Communist	Mel McCalman	1,186	2.4	-2.6
Total formal votes			48,728	98.7
Informal votes			661	1.3
Turnout			49,389	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Roy Wheeler		50.3	-5.0
	Labor	Doug Bowd		49.7	+5.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.0

1951

1951 Australian federal election: Mitchell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roy Wheeler	23,028	53.8	-3.1
	Labor	Joseph White	17,580	41.1	-2.0
	Communist	Mel McCalman	2,158	5.0	+5.0
Total formal votes			42,766	97.8
Informal votes			978	2.2
Turnout			43,744	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Roy Wheeler		55.3	-1.6
	Labor	Joseph White		44.7	+1.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.6

1949

1949 Australian federal election: Mitchell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roy Wheeler	23,274	56.9	+17.0
	Labor	Joseph White	17,643	43.1	-8.7
Total formal votes			40,917	97.7
Informal votes			963	2.3
Turnout			41,880	96.4
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+12.8

References

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

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

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[1] Mitchell, NSW, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.

[2] Mitchell, NSW, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

[3] 2013 results for Mitchell, AEC.

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