AuspolDB: Elections

1998 Federal Election

Electoral System	FPV
Government Type	Majority
Outgoing Government Party	Liberal
Incoming Government Party	Liberal
Government Seats	80
Nongovernment Seats	68
Majority The difference between the number of Government seats and non-government seats.	12
Date	03/10/1998
House Composition	67 Australian Labor Party 64 Liberal 16 The Nationals/Country Party 1 Independent

Candidate	Party	Electorate	Votes	Swing	Status
Alby Schultz	Liberal	Hume	28299	0.00	Incoming
Julia Irwin	Australian Labor Party	Fowler	49472	0.60	Incoming
Cheryl Kernot	Australian Labor Party	Dickson	29899	1.20	Incoming
Kelly Hoare	Australian Labor Party	Charlton	39604	0.70	Incoming
Nicola Roxon	Australian Labor Party	Gellibrand	51443	4.00	Incoming
Julia Gillard	Australian Labor Party	Lalor	46374	-0.60	Incoming
Steve Gibbons	Australian Labor Party	Bendigo	33483	0.10	Incoming
Anna Burke	Australian Labor Party	Chisholm	33275	2.00	Incoming
Jill Hall	Australian Labor Party	Shortland	38004	0.90	Incoming
Tanya Plibersek	Australian Labor Party	Sydney	38920	3.20	Incoming
Graham Edwards	Australian Labor Party	Cowan	31312	4.20	Incoming
Kay Hull	The Nationals/Country Party	Riverina	27060	-29.60	Incoming
Bob Horne	Australian Labor Party	Paterson	33066	-0.20	Incoming
Barry Brebner	Australian Labor Party	Parkes	26070	-2.60	Incoming
Stuart St Clair	The Nationals/Country Party	New England	21299	-29.40	Incoming
Michael Danby	Australian Labor Party	Melbourne Ports	32849	-2.50	Incoming
David Cox	Australian Labor Party	Kingston	31441	-1.00	Incoming
Julie Bishop	Liberal	Curtin	35174	2.70	Incoming
Barry Haase	Liberal	Kalgoorlie	19169	1.40	Incoming
Con Sciacca	Australian Labor Party	Bowman	32606	1.70	Incoming
Cameron Thompson	Liberal	Blair	14787	-24.20	Incoming
Sid Sidebottom	Australian Labor Party	Braddon	26643	7.50	Incoming
Kirsten Livermore	Australian Labor Party	Capricornia	35229	6.80	Incoming
Ian Macfarlane	Liberal	Groom	24631	-24.90	Incoming
Kevin Rudd	Australian Labor Party	Griffith	35121	2.90	Incoming
Mal Washer	Liberal	Moore	24754	8.00	Incoming
Bernie Ripoll	Australian Labor Party	Oxley	32770	1.80	Incoming
Craig Emerson	Australian Labor Party	Rankin	32924	4.90	Incoming
Wayne Swan	Australian Labor Party	Lilley	35617	2.00	Incoming
Margaret May	Liberal	McPherson	33329	-16.40	Incoming
Cheryl Dorron	Australian Labor Party	Hinkler	29021	1.90	Incoming
Patrick Secker	Liberal	Barker	36412	-15.60	Incoming
Warren Snowdon	Australian Labor Party	Northern Territory	38469	-1.20	Incoming
Kim Wilkie	Australian Labor Party	Swan	30481	3.10	Incoming
John Murphy	Australian Labor Party	Lowe	26730	-3.10	Incoming
Bruce Baird	Liberal	Cook	37075	-4.90	Incoming
Jane Gerick	Australian Labor Party	Canning	29201	-0.30	Incoming
Susan Jeanes	Liberal	Kingston	32211	-3.40	Outgoing
Graeme Campbell	Independent	Kalgoorlie	15585	-9.70	Outgoing
Paul Filing	Independent	Moore	14739	-13.30	Outgoing
Don Randall	Liberal	Swan	29848	-3.50	Outgoing
Chris Miles	Liberal	Braddon	23480	-11.70	Outgoing
Paul Zammit	Independent	Lowe	11700	0.00	Outgoing
Allan Rocher	Independent	Curtin	13925	-8.10	Outgoing
Ricky Johnston	Liberal	Canning	25350	-9.80	Outgoing
Elizabeth Grace	Liberal	Lilley	30185	-7.80	Outgoing
Paul Neville	The Nationals/Country Party	Hinkler	26471	-16.10	Outgoing
Graeme Mcdougall	Liberal	Griffith	32018	-3.50	Outgoing
Tony Smith	Independent	Dickson	6595	0.00	Outgoing
Paul Marek	The Nationals/Country Party	Capricornia	24197	3.70	Outgoing
Andrea West	Liberal	Bowman	27927	-9.00	Outgoing
Pauline Hanson	Pauline Hanson`s One Nation	Blair	24516	0.00	Outgoing
Nick Dondas	Country Liberal Party	Northern Territory	36014	-5.40	Outgoing
Bob Baldwin	Liberal	Paterson	31212	-5.00	Outgoing
Richard Evans	Liberal	Cowan	27797	-6.20	Outgoing

Name	Jurisdiction	Type
Adelaide	SA	Division
Aston	VIC	Division
Ballarat	VIC	Division
Banks	NSW	Division
Barker	SA	Division
Barton	NSW	Division
Bass	TAS	Division
Batman	VIC	Division
Bendigo	VIC	Division
Bennelong	NSW	Division
Berowra	NSW	Division
Blair	QLD	Division
Blaxland	NSW	Division
Bonython	SA	Division
Boothby	SA	Division
Bowman	QLD	Division
Braddon	TAS	Division
Bradfield	NSW	Division
Brand	WA	Division
Brisbane	QLD	Division
Bruce	VIC	Division
Burke	VIC	Division
Calare	NSW	Division
Calwell	VIC	Division
Canberra	ACT	Division
Canning	WA	Division
Capricornia	QLD	Division
Casey	VIC	Division
Charlton	NSW	Division
Chifley	NSW	Division
Chisholm	VIC	Division
Cook	NSW	Division
Corangamite	VIC	Division
Corio	VIC	Division
Cowan	WA	Division
Cowper	NSW	Division
Cunningham	NSW	Division
Curtin	WA	Division
Dawson	QLD	Division
Deakin	VIC	Division
Denison	TAS	Division
Dickson	QLD	Division
Dobell	NSW	Division
Dunkley	VIC	Division
Eden-Monaro	NSW	Division
Fadden	QLD	Division
Fairfax	QLD	Division
Farrer	NSW	Division
Fisher	QLD	Division
Flinders	VIC	Division
Forde	QLD	Division
Forrest	WA	Division
Fowler	NSW	Division
Franklin	TAS	Division
Fraser	VIC	Division
Fremantle	WA	Division
Gellibrand	VIC	Division
Gilmore	NSW	Division
Gippsland	VIC	Division
Goldstein	VIC	Division
Grayndler	NSW	Division
Greenway	NSW	Division
Grey	SA	Division
Griffith	QLD	Division
Groom	QLD	Division
Gwydir	NSW	Division
Herbert	QLD	Division
Higgins	VIC	Division
Hindmarsh	SA	Division
Hinkler	QLD	Division
Holt	VIC	Division
Hotham	VIC	Division
Hughes	NSW	Division
Hume	NSW	Division
Hunter	NSW	Division
Indi	VIC	Division
Isaacs	VIC	Division
Jagajaga	VIC	Division
Kalgoorlie	WA	Division
Kennedy	QLD	Division
Kingsford Smith	NSW	Division
Kingston	SA	Division
Kooyong	VIC	Division
La Trobe	VIC	Division
Lalor	VIC	Division
Leichhardt	QLD	Division
Lilley	QLD	Division
Lindsay	NSW	Division
Longman	QLD	Division
Lowe	NSW	Division
Lyne	NSW	Division
Lyons	TAS	Division
Macarthur	NSW	Division
Mackellar	NSW	Division
Macquarie	NSW	Division
Makin	SA	Division
Mallee	VIC	Division
Maranoa	QLD	Division
Maribyrnong	VIC	Division
Mayo	SA	Division
McEwen	VIC	Division
McMillan	VIC	Division
McPherson	QLD	Division
Melbourne	VIC	Division
Melbourne Ports	VIC	Division
Menzies	VIC	Division
Mitchell	NSW	Division
Moncrieff	QLD	Division
Moore	WA	Division
Moreton	QLD	Division
Murray	VIC	Division
New England	NSW	Division
Newcastle	NSW	Division
North Sydney	NSW	Division
Northern Territory	NT	Division
Oxley	QLD	Division
O`Connor	WA	Division
Page	NSW	Division
Parkes	NSW	Division
Parramatta	NSW	Division
Paterson	NSW	Division
Pearce	WA	Division
Perth	WA	Division
Petrie	QLD	Division
Port Adelaide	SA	Division
Prospect	NSW	Division
Rankin	QLD	Division
Reid	NSW	Division
Richmond	NSW	Division
Riverina	NSW	Division
Robertson	NSW	Division
Ryan	QLD	Division
Scullin	VIC	Division
Shortland	NSW	Division
Stirling	WA	Division
Sturt	SA	Division
Swan	WA	Division
Sydney	NSW	Division
Tangney	WA	Division
Throsby	NSW	Division
Wakefield	SA	Division
Wannon	VIC	Division
Warringah	NSW	Division
Watson	NSW	Division
Wentworth	NSW	Division
Werriwa	NSW	Division
Wide Bay	QLD	Division
Wills	VIC	Division

Candidate	Party	State	Votes	Elected
Victor Shen	Australia First Party	NSW	29525	No
Greg Willson	Australia First Party	NSW	135	No
Chris Nash	No Aircraft Noise	NSW	4950	No
Jane Waddell	No Aircraft Noise	NSW	85	No
Michael Denborough	Nuclear Disarmament	NSW	6405	No
Yvonne Francis	Nuclear Disarmament	NSW	84	No
Mick Gallagher	No GST/Abolish Child Support	NSW	1670	No
John Mawson	No GST/Abolish Child Support	NSW	20	No
Richard Nolan	Natural Law Party	NSW	4564	No
Bev Seymour	Natural Law Party	NSW	38	No
Justice Abolish	No GST/Abolish Child Support	NSW	5770	No
Richard Mezinec	No GST/Abolish Child Support	NSW	40	No
Malcolm Lees	Independent	NSW	5715	No
Warwick Rankin	Independent	NSW	30	No
Steve Hutchins	Australian Labor Party	NSW	1446231	Yes (1)
John Faulkner	Australian Labor Party	NSW	2914	Yes (3)
Michael Forshaw	Australian Labor Party	NSW	864	Yes (6)
Ursula Stephens	Australian Labor Party	NSW	2551	No
Robert Butler	Citizens Electoral Council	NSW	4366	No
Glenys Collins	Citizens Electoral Council	NSW	17	No
Lindsay Cosgrove	Citizens Electoral Council	NSW	20	No
David Mouldfield	Independent	NSW	2646	No
Paul-Ian Handsome Handpuppet	Independent	NSW	140	No
David Oldfield	Pauline Hanson`s One Nation	NSW	359654	No
Brian Burston	Pauline Hanson`s One Nation	NSW	570	No
Bevan O`Regan	Pauline Hanson`s One Nation	NSW	785	No
Bill Heffernan	Liberal	NSW	1371578	Yes (2)
John Tierney	Liberal	NSW	1441	Yes (4)
Sandy Macdonald	The Nationals/Country Party	NSW	1689	No
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells	Liberal	NSW	855	No
Aden Ridgeway	Australian Democrats	NSW	272481	Yes (5)
Matthew Baird	Australian Democrats	NSW	457	No
Suzzanne Reddy	Australian Democrats	NSW	2163	No
David Mendelssohn	Australian Democrats	NSW	809	No
Marina Carman	Democratic Socialists	NSW	8181	No
Peter Boyle	Democratic Socialists	NSW	40	No
Rodney Smith	Reclaim Australia	NSW	7992	No
Edwin Woodger	Reclaim Australia	NSW	27	No
Patricia Poulos	Independent	NSW	697	No
John Holley	Independent	NSW	11	No
Nick Beams	Socialist Equality Party	NSW	1794	No
Carol Divjak	Socialist Equality Party	NSW	14	No
Robert Schollbach	Independent	NSW	405	No
Amanda Stirling	Independent	NSW	10	No
Graeme Melville	Independent	NSW	735	No
Philip Broadbridge	Independent	NSW	73	No
Graham Mclennan	Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)	NSW	57698	No
Janne Petersen	Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)	NSW	148	No
Tom Allanson	Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)	NSW	71	No
Rex Morgan	Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)	NSW	45	No
Michael Mclennan	Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)	NSW	117	No
John Sutton	The Greens	NSW	80073	No
Catherine Moore	The Greens	NSW	748	No
Lee Rhiannon	The Greens	NSW	249	No
Suzie Russell	The Greens	NSW	542	No
Jason Yat-Sen Li	Unity	NSW	61400	No
Sonja Stockreiter	Unity	NSW	66	No
Sam Mcguid	Unity	NSW	9	No
Kieran Ginges	Unity	NSW	65	No
Nicholas Hassapis	Unity	NSW	67	No
Mehmet Yaglipinar	Independent	NSW	256	No
Paul Sarks	Independent	NSW	165	No
Adrian Vaughan	Independent	NSW	72	No
Pauline Pantsdown	Independent	NSW	2295	No
Tom Kumar	Independent	NSW	35	No
Richard Ross	Independent	NSW	133	No
Stani Joseph	Independent	NSW	54	No
Party Parslow	Independent	NSW	59	No
Ron Poulsen	Independent	NSW	117	No
Eric Bullmore	Australian Bill of Rights Group	VIC	9258	No
David Sydenham	Australian Bill of Rights Group	VIC	56	No
Joseph Toscano	Independent	VIC	2173	No
Steve Roper	Independent	VIC	32	No
Jim Downey	Australian Democrats	VIC	276493	No
Matthew Townsend	Australian Democrats	VIC	297	No
Ken Saunders	Australian Democrats	VIC	589	No
Alison Harcourt	Australian Democrats	VIC	2427	No
Bill Cope	Unity	VIC	20063	No
Phong Nguyen	Unity	VIC	168	No
Wellington Lee	Unity	VIC	138	No
Ricci Stewart	Unity	VIC	40	No
Markham Rose	Unity	VIC	18	No
Vivien Cerolini	Unity	VIC	18	No
Naji Imam	Unity	VIC	39	No
Mary Kalantzis	Unity	VIC	119	No
Charmaine Clarke	The Greens	VIC	70288	No
David Ristrom	The Greens	VIC	208	No
Liz Conor	The Greens	VIC	376	No
Sue Phillips	Socialist Equality Party	VIC	1368	No
Wil Marshall	Socialist Equality Party	VIC	24	No
Gareth Smith	Nuclear Disarmament	VIC	3169	No
Jacob Grech	Nuclear Disarmament	VIC	27	No
Ray Matheson	Australian Reform Party	VIC	5025	No
Ted Drane	Australian Reform Party	VIC	178	No
Deb Nicholson	Australian Women`s Party	VIC	9672	No
Pat O`Brien	Australian Women`s Party	VIC	39	No
John Mulholland	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	VIC	29838	No
Pat Crea	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	VIC	56	No
Steven Conroy	Australian Labor Party	VIC	1148985	Yes (1)
Kim Carr	Australian Labor Party	VIC	1452	Yes (3)
Jacinta Collins	Australian Labor Party	VIC	1399	Yes (5)
Wendy Boyle	Australian Labor Party	VIC	1325	No
Judith Troeth	Liberal	VIC	1073551	Yes (2)
Julian Mcgauran	The Nationals/Country Party	VIC	1251	Yes (4)
Tseben Tchen	Liberal	VIC	511	Yes (6)
Karen Synon	Liberal	VIC	512	No
Dino De Marchi	Liberal	VIC	170	No
Anna Macgowan	Liberal	VIC	846	No
Abboud Haidar	No GST/Abolish Child Support	VIC	3054	No
John Abbotto	Family Law Reform	VIC	40	No
Graham Murray	Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)	VIC	13785	No
Ken Cook	Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)	VIC	96	No
Denis Mccormack	Australia First Party	VIC	6065	No
Colin Godfrey	Australia First Party	VIC	16	No
Robyn Spencer	Pauline Hanson`s One Nation	VIC	116559	No
Ben Buckley	Pauline Hanson`s One Nation	VIC	489	No
Byron Rigby	Natural Law Party	VIC	2567	No
Raymond Schlager	Natural Law Party	VIC	5	No
Lorna Scurfield	Natural Law Party	VIC	35	No
Graham Eames	Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party	VIC	34287	No
Neville Sayers	Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party	VIC	64	No
Alan Hutchison	Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party	VIC	29	No
Graeme Forbes	Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party	VIC	54	No
Jo Williams	Democratic Socialists	VIC	2264	No
Vannessa Hearman	Democratic Socialists	VIC	30	No
Craig Isherwood	Citizens Electoral Council	VIC	815	No
Robert Barwick	Citizens Electoral Council	VIC	6	No
Cecil Murgatroyd	Independent	VIC	389	No
M H Pech	Independent	VIC	67	No
Graham Smith	Independent	VIC	82	No
David Heffron	Independent	VIC	54	No
Malcolm Mcclure	Independent	VIC	168	No
Lex Martin	The Greens	NT	4096	No
Andy Gough	The Greens	NT	136	No
Grant Tambling	Country Liberal Party	NT	35412	Yes (2)
Maisie Austin	Country Liberal Party	NT	651	No
Victor Edwards	Australian Democrats	NT	4928	No
Peter Clements	Australian Democrats	NT	191	No
Ted Hagger	Pauline Hanson`s One Nation	NT	8319	No
Dee Mills	Pauline Hanson`s One Nation	NT	338	No
Trish Crossin	Australian Labor Party	NT	37722	Yes (1)
Charlie Phillips	Australian Labor Party	NT	537	No
Jonathan Polke	Independent	NT	672	No
David A Colston	Queensland First	QLD	11495	No
Dawn P Colston	Queensland First	QLD	59	No
Jan Linsley	Independent	QLD	890	No
Percy Meredith	Independent	QLD	51	No
Noel Payne	Independent	QLD	664	No
Jim Pavier	Independent	QLD	21	No
Harry Fong	Unity	QLD	9413	No
Chris Toogood	Unity	QLD	74	No
Bill O`Chee	The Nationals/Country Party	QLD	190111	No
Thomas Bradley	The Nationals/Country Party	QLD	258	No
Teresa Cobb	The Nationals/Country Party	QLD	293	No
Eric Nagle	Australia First Party	QLD	4869	No
Klaus Duke	Australia First Party	QLD	28	No
John Bradford	Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)	QLD	28604	No
Kerry Blackman	Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)	QLD	125	No
Judy Mckenzie	Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)	QLD	97	No
Barry Weedon	Family Law Reform	QLD	2311	No
Robyn Somers	Family Law Reform	QLD	15	No
Heather Hill	Pauline Hanson`s One Nation	QLD	295903	Yes (3)
Len Harris	Pauline Hanson`s One Nation	QLD	336	No
Sue Gordon	Pauline Hanson`s One Nation	QLD	349	No
David Anning	Pauline Hanson`s One Nation	QLD	290	No
Barry Evans	Pauline Hanson`s One Nation	QLD	367	No
Maurice Hetherington	Citizens Electoral Council	QLD	1775	No
Ray Gillham	Citizens Electoral Council	QLD	10	No
Mario Zocchi	One Australia Party	QLD	7536	No
Ray Buckley	One Australia Party	QLD	36	No
Geoff Wilson	Natural Law Party	QLD	1765	No
Dorothy Mckenzie	Natural Law Party	QLD	17	No
Brenda Moloney	Australian Reform Party	QLD	1920	No
Terry Fleming	Australian Reform Party	QLD	91	No
John Woodley	Australian Democrats	QLD	154639	Yes (6)
John Cherry	Australian Democrats	QLD	226	No
Megan Bathurst	Australian Democrats	QLD	1586	No
Bruce The Family	No GST/Abolish Child Support	QLD	4883	No
Steve Southall	No GST/Abolish Child Support	QLD	22	No
Jan Mclucas	Australian Labor Party	QLD	653183	Yes (1)
Joseph Ludwig	Australian Labor Party	QLD	709	Yes (4)
Jann Piasecki	Australian Labor Party	QLD	731	No
Warwick Parer	Liberal	QLD	568406	Yes (2)
Brett Mason	Liberal	QLD	465	Yes (5)
David Mcgibbon	Liberal	QLD	755	No
Deborah Kember	Liberal	QLD	1066	No
Mary Kelly	Australian Women`s Party	QLD	9056	No
Jenny Hughey	Australian Women`s Party	QLD	47	No
Selwyn Johnston	Independent	QLD	656	No
Aaron Johnston	Independent	QLD	5	No
Andy Gianniotis	Democratic Socialists	QLD	4323	No
Coral Wynter	Democratic Socialists	QLD	71	No
Drew Hutton	The Greens	QLD	41841	No
Desiree Mahoney	The Greens	QLD	278	No
Chris Gwin	The Greens	QLD	145	No
Michelle Macnevin	Independent	QLD	484	No
Terry Sharples	Independent	QLD	51	No
Kenny Dalton	Independent	QLD	147	No
Doug Hodgetts	Independent	QLD	21	No
Bryan Peach	Independent	QLD	141	No

1998 Federal Election

Incoming/Outgoing Members

Lower House

Upper House