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This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Blaxland in Australian federal elections since the electorate's creation in 1949 until the present.

Members

Member		Party	Term
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|	James Harrison	Labor	1949—1969
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|	Paul Keating	Labor	1969—1996
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|	Michael Hatton	Labor	1996—2007
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|	Jason Clare	Labor	2007—present

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

Australian federal election, 2007: Blaxland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jason Clare	47,495	61.32	+5.09
	Liberal	Mark Majewski	18,665	24.10	−5.34
	Greens	John Ky	5,004	6.46	+1.14
	Christian Democrats	Chris McLachlan	1,850	2.39	−0.14
	Independent	Harry Stavrinos	1,535	1.98	+1.98
	One Nation	Bob Vinnicombe	1,202	1.55	−1.86
	Family First	Gabrielle Kent	1,183	1.53	+1.53
	Socialist Alliance	Raul Bassi	522	0.67	+0.17
Total formal votes			77,456	90.51	+0.78
Informal votes			8,126	9.49	−0.78
Turnout			85,582	93.26	+0.12
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jason Clare	52,953	68.37	+3.14
	Liberal	Mark Majewski	24,503	31.63	−3.14
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.14

Australian federal election, 2004: Blaxland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Hatton	37,117	53.79	−0.34
	Liberal	Mark Majewski	21,407	31.02	+5.11
	One Nation	Bob Vinnicombe	3,300	4.78	−1.28
	Greens	Marlene Marquez-Obeid	3,205	4.64	+2.02
	Christian Democrats	Matthew Squires	2,378	3.45	+1.26
	Democrats	Martine Eve-Macleod	875	1.27	−3.67
	Socialist Alliance	Raul Bassi	493	0.71	+0.71
	Citizens Electoral Council	Terry Boath	230	0.33	+0.33
Total formal votes			69,005	89.30	−0.92
Informal votes			8,271	10.70	+0.92
Turnout			77,276	93.73	−0.17
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michael Hatton	42,383	62.87	−2.34
	Liberal	Mark Majewski	25,622	37.13	+2.34
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.34

Australian federal election, 2001: Blaxland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Hatton	37,956	54.13	−6.40
	Liberal	Les Osmond	18.170	25.91	+3.78
	One Nation	Bob Vinnicombe	4,248	6.06	−0.94
	Democrats	Colin McDermott	3,461	4.94	+2.53
	Greens	Sonya McKay	1,839	2.62	+1.07
	Christian Democrats	Janne Peterson	1,535	2.19	−0.03
	Unity	Dario Hawat	1,493	2.13	−1.35
	Independent	Peter Sayegh	975	1.39	+1.39
	Independent	Munther Anny	443	0.63	+0.63
Total formal votes			70,120	90.22	−4.26
Informal votes			7,605	9.78	+4.26
Turnout			77,725	94.49
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michael Hatton	45,725	65.21	−6.50
	Liberal	Les Osmond	24,395	34.79	+6.50
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.50

Elections in the 1990s

Australian federal election, 1998: Blaxland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Hatton	44,096	61.42	+2.71
	Liberal	Maureen Shelley	25,649	21.80	−9.25
	One Nation	Hussein Abou-Ghaida	5,052	7.04	+7.04
	Unity	Harold Hassapis	2,536	3.53	+3.53
	Democrats	Matthew Hua	1,733	2.41	−1.05
	Christian Democrats	Kylie Mary Laurence	1,623	2.26	+0.93
	Greens	Benjamin Donnelly	1,107	1.54	+1.54
Total formal votes			71,796	94.46	+1.08
Informal votes			4,211	5.54	−1.08
Turnout			76,007	94.31	−1.75
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michael Hatton	51,738	72.06	+9.08
	Liberal	Maureen Shelley	20,058	27.94	−9.08
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.08

Blaxland by-election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Hatton	37,804	58.83	+0.12
	Against Further Immigration	Peter John Krumins	8,759	13.63	+10.88
	Reclaim Australia	John Hutchinson	5,771	8.98	+8.98
	Greens	Vicki Kearney	3,148	4.90	+4.90
	Call to Australia	Melodie Rahme	2,782	4.33	+4.16
	Independent	Peter Sayegh	2,334	3.63	+2.65
	Independent	Neil Baird	1,499	2.33	+2.33
	Independent	Bob Reid	750	1.17	+1.17
		Adam Spencer	499	0.78	+0.78
		Marnie Kennedy	388	0.60	+0.60
	Independent	Marc Aussie-Stone	298	0.46	+0.11
	Natural Law	Linda Cogger	224	0.35	+0.10
Total formal votes			64,256	92.66	−0.72
Informal votes			5,092	7.34	+0.72
Turnout			69,348	87.00	−9.06
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michael Hatton		69.06	+6.08
	Reclaim Australia	John Hutchinson		30.94	+30.94
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.08

Australian federal election, 1996: Blaxland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Keating	41,444	58.71	−10.69
	Liberal	Nick Korovin	21,916	31.05	+6.80
	Democrats	Jeffrey Meikle	2,442	3.46	+1.47
	Against Further Immigration	Michael Lavis	1,944	2.75	+2.75
	Call to Australia	Melodie Rahme	936	1.33	+0.17
	Independent	Peter Sayegh	695	0.98	+0.98
	Independent	Eric Lawrence	526	0.75	+0.75
	Independent	Marc Aussie-Stone	267	0.38	+0.09
		Nick Beams	244	0.35	+0.35
	Natural Law	Peter Smith	176	0.25	−0.29
Total formal votes			70,590	93.38	−1.59
Informal votes			5,005	6.62	+1.59
Turnout			75,595	96.06	+0.55
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Keating	44,328	62.98	−9.12
	Liberal	Nick Korovin	26,056	37.02	+9.12
	Labor hold		Swing	-9.12

Australian federal election, 1993: Blaxland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Keating	48,446	69.4	+14.1
	Liberal	Les Osmond	16,927	24.2	−7.3
	Democrats	Peter Hennessy	1,388	2.0	−6.8
	Call to Australia	Trevor Carrick	804	1.2	+1.2
	Independent	Jon Hillman	678	1.0	+1.0
	Independent	Linda Tenenbaum	413	0.6	+0.6
	Independent	Bob Reid	388	0.6	+0.6
	Independent	Peter O'Neill	378	0.5	+0.5
	Independent	Marcus Aussie-Stone	204	0.3	+0.3
	Independent	Wilfred Kelvin	179	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			69,805	95.0
Informal votes			3,698	5.00
Turnout			73,503	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Keating	50,384	72.1	+9.9
	Liberal	Les Osmond	19,461	27.9	−9.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.9

Australian federal election, 1990: Blaxland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Keating	33,780	55.3	+2.1
	Liberal	David Voight	19,243	31.5	−2.1
	Democrats	Fiona Richardson	5,382	8.8	+5.0
	Independent	Mohamad Arja	1,313	2.1	+2.1
	Independent	Stephanie Miller	707	1.2	+1.2
	Independent	Michael Irsak	646	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			61,071	94.5
Informal votes			3,567	5.5
Turnout			64,638	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Keating	37,887	62.2	+3.4
	Liberal	David Voight	23,056	37.8	−3.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.4

Elections in the 1980s

Australian federal election, 1987: Blaxland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Keating	30,968	53.2	−8.6
	Liberal	Andrew Thorn	19,573	33.6	+2.7
	Independent	Philip Black	2,782	4.8	+4.8
	Democrats	John Young	2,222	3.8	−3.5
	Independent	Paul Keating	1,239	2.1	+2.1
	Independent	Tony Leitao	759	1.3	+1.3
	Independent	Frank Rayner	431	0.7	+0.7
	Independent	Kaye Tucker	221	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			58,195	90.9
Informal votes			5,860	9.1
Turnout			64,055	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Keating	34,192	58.8	−7.4
	Liberal	Andrew Thorn	23,950	41.2	+7.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.4

Australian federal election, 1984: Blaxland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Keating	35,139	61.8	−0.9
	Liberal	Bob Young	17,581	30.9	−2.0
	Democrats	Samuel Adams	4,165	7.3	+3.5
Total formal votes			56,885	90.5
Informal votes			6,006	9.5
Turnout			62,891	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Keating	37,646	66.2	+1.3
	Liberal	Bob Young	19,197	33.8	−1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.3

Australian federal election, 1983: Blaxland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Keating	41,609	62.9	+3.3
	Liberal	David Brown	21,604	32.7	+1.7
	Democrats	Phillip Grattan	2,504	3.8	+0.5
	Independent	Sion Hoe Goh	388	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			66,105	96.5
Informal votes			2,407	3.5
Turnout			68,512	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Keating		65.7	−1.5
	Liberal	David Brown		34.3	+1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.5

Australian federal election, 1980: Blaxland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Keating	38,493	59.6	+5.4
	Liberal	Salvatore Napoli	20,024	31.0	−2.0
	Independent	James Doughney	3,203	5.0	+5.0
	Democrats	Phillip Grattan	2,103	3.3	−3.5
	Independent	Craig Marley	802	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			64,625	96.3
Informal votes			2,485	3.7
Turnout			67,110	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Keating		67.2	+5.6
	Liberal	Salvatore Napoli		32.8	−5.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.6

Elections in the 1970s

Australian federal election, 1977: Blaxland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Keating	36,109	54.2	−3.1
	Liberal	Salvatore Napoli	21,978	33.0	−7.3
	Democrats	Steven Suli	4,500	6.8	+6.8
	Independent	William Haggerty	3,974	6.0	+6.0
Total formal votes			66,561	96.3
Informal votes			2,541	3.7
Turnout			69,102	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Keating		61.6	+3.8
	Liberal	Salvatore Napoli		38.4	−3.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.8

Australian federal election, 1975: Blaxland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Keating	36,338	59.8	−7.0
	Liberal	Joseph Touma	22,957	37.8	+9.1
	Independent	Robert Symes	1,463	2.4	+2.4
Total formal votes			60,758	97.5
Informal votes			1,584	2.5
Turnout			62,342	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Keating		60.3	−9.5
	Liberal	Joseph Touma		39.7	+9.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-9.5

Australian federal election, 1974: Blaxland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Keating	40,484	66.8	+0.1
	Liberal	Wallace Smallwood	17,398	28.7	−0.9
	Australia	Kenneth Higgs	2,689	4.4	+4.4
Total formal votes			60,571	97.9
Informal votes			1,311	2.1
Turnout			61,882	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Keating		69.8	+2.4
	Liberal	Wallace Smallwood		30.2	−2.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.4

Australian federal election, 1972: Blaxland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Keating	36,724	66.7	+5.0
	Liberal	John Ghent	16,317	29.6	−2.1
	Democratic Labor	Anthony Young	2,020	3.7	−2.9
Total formal votes			55,061	97.8
Informal votes			1,231	2.2
Turnout			56,292	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Keating		67.4	+4.6
	Liberal	John Ghent		32.6	−4.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.6

Elections in the 1960s

Australian federal election, 1969: Blaxland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Keating	32,426	61.7	+10.1
	Liberal	John Ghent	16,658	31.7	−11.5
	Democratic Labor	Joseph Conroy	3,493	6.6	+1.4
Total formal votes			52,577	97.2
Informal votes			1,508	2.8
Turnout			54,085	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Keating		62.8	+10.2
	Liberal	John Ghent		37.2	−10.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.2

Australian federal election, 1966: Blaxland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Harrison	24,924	55.8	−5.2
	Liberal	Robert Lovell	17,411	39.0	+6.4
	Democratic Labor	Terence Keenan	2,299	5.2	−1.2
Total formal votes			44,634	96.6
Informal votes			1,582	3.4
Turnout			46,216	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	James Harrison		56.8	−6.3
	Liberal	Robert Lovell		43.2	+6.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.3

Australian federal election, 1963: Blaxland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Harrison	27,558	61.0	−5.3
	Liberal	Terence Morrish	14,741	32.6	+7.2
	Democratic Labor	Kevin Davis	2,883	6.4	−2.0
Total formal votes			45,182	98.1
Informal votes			894	1.9
Turnout			46,076	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	James Harrison		63.1	−4.7
	Liberal	Terence Morrish		36.9	+4.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.7

Australian federal election, 1961: Blaxland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Harrison	29,565	66.3	+2.6
	Liberal	David Cowan	11,319	25.4	−2.1
	Democratic Labor	Bernard Atkinson	3,742	8.4	−0.4
Total formal votes			44,626	97.0
Informal votes			1,363	3.0
Turnout			45,989	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	James Harrison		67.8	+1.5
	Liberal	David Cowan		32.2	−1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.5

Elections in the 1950s

Australian federal election, 1958: Blaxland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Harrison	27,548	63.7	+1.2
	Liberal	Winston Pickering	11,908	37.5	−10.0
	Democratic Labor	Carlyle Dalgleish	3,784	8.8	+8.8
Total formal votes			43,240	96.5
Informal votes			1,554	3.5
Turnout			44,794	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	James Harrison		66.3	+3.8
	Liberal	Winston Pickering		33.7	−3.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.8

Australian federal election, 1955: Blaxland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Harrison	25,577	62.5	−0.6
	Liberal	Reginald Allsop	15,371	37.5	+5.5
Total formal votes			40,948	96.6
Informal votes			1,429	3.4
Turnout			42,377	95.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.0

Australian federal election, 1954: Blaxland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Harrison	27,621	64.9	+1.0
	Liberal	Reginald Allsop	13,604	32.0	−4.1
	Communist	Jack Hughes	1,308	3.1	+3.1
Total formal votes			42,533	98.7
Informal votes			539	1.3
Turnout			43,072	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	James Harrison		67.7	+3.8
	Liberal	Reginald Allsop		32.3	−3.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.8

Australian federal election, 1951: Blaxland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Harrison	25,749	63.9	+14.6
	Liberal	James Dennison	14,547	36.1	+12.3
Total formal votes			40,296	97.5
Informal votes			1,039	2.5
Turnout			41,335	94.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.5

Elections in the 1940s

Australian federal election, 1949: Blaxland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Harrison	19,403	49.3	+21.7
	Labor (NSW)	Jack Lang	9,752	24.8	−15.0
	Liberal	Thomas Handran-Smith	9,364	23.8	−7.7
	Communist	Roy Kirby	865	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			39,384	98.0
Informal votes			802	2.0
Turnout			40,186	96.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	James Harrison		53.4	+53.4
	Labor (NSW)	Jack Lang		46.6	−13.9
	Labor gain from Labor (NSW)		Swing	+53.4

References

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

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