Bruce — Australian Federal Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Bruce was won by Julian Hill (Labor) at the 2019 federal election, with a margin of 26,338 votes over John Macisaac after preferences. This page covers every federal election in Bruce from 1955 to 2019.

Australia uses instant-runoff (preferential) voting: voters rank candidates in order of preference, and if no one has a majority of first-preference votes, the lowest-placed candidate is eliminated and their votes redistributed to voters' next preference, repeating until one candidate has a majority. The "Winner" and "Margin" below reflect the final result after preferences (equivalent to the AEC's own two-candidate-preferred figure) — not simply whoever led on first preferences, which can occasionally be a different candidate.

Full Election History (After Preferences), 1955–2019

Election	Winner	Party	Final Votes	Final Share	Runner-up	Margin
1955	Billy Snedden	Liberal	24,705	55.7%	Keith Ewart (Labor)	5,075 (11.4 pts)
1958	Billy Snedden	Liberal	33,398	54.5%	Keith Ewart (Labor)	5,538 (9.0 pts)
1961	Billy Snedden	Liberal	42,543	52.2%	Keith Ewart (Labor)	3,637 (4.5 pts)
1963	Billy Snedden	Liberal	54,026	57.4%	Barry Jones (Labor)	13,863 (14.7 pts)
1966	Billy Snedden	Liberal	58,268	64.3%	Leslie Donnelly (Labor)	25,858 (28.5 pts)
1969	Billy Snedden	Liberal	25,743	57.7%	Leon Phillips (Labor)	6,905 (15.5 pts)
1972	Billy Snedden	Liberal	32,881	52.2%	Russell Oakley (Labor)	2,818 (4.5 pts)
1974	Billy Snedden	Liberal	38,486	52.4%	Russell Oakley (Labor)	3,496 (4.8 pts)
1975	Billy Snedden	Liberal	44,314	60.8%	Graeme Bond (Labor)	15,737 (21.6 pts)
1977	Billy Snedden	Liberal	33,913	61.8%	Timothy Burke (Labor)	12,986 (23.7 pts)
1980	Billy Snedden	Liberal	39,724	55.4%	Gayle Whyte (Labor)	7,747 (10.8 pts)
1983	Billy Snedden	Liberal	38,544	50.7%	Heather O'connor (Labor)	1,102 (1.5 pts)
1984	Kenneth Aldred	Liberal	30,711	52.1%	Joan Graystone (Labor)	2,481 (4.2 pts)
1987	Kenneth Aldred	Liberal	31,282	52.0%	Patrick Robinson (Labor)	2,420 (4.0 pts)
1990	Julian Beale	Liberal	41,268	59.3%	Philip Cottier (Labor)	12,983 (18.7 pts)
1993	Julian Beale	Liberal	39,181	55.1%	Beverley Williams (Labor)	7,244 (10.2 pts)
1996	Alan Griffin	Labor	39,864	50.8%	Julian Beale (Liberal)	1,195 (1.5 pts)
1998	Alan Griffin	Labor	44,485	56.7%	Jim Wood (Liberal)	10,541 (13.4 pts)
2001	Alan Griffin	Labor	43,592	55.5%	Reg Steele (Liberal)	8,708 (11.1 pts)
2004	Alan Griffin	Labor	41,954	53.5%	Angela Randall (Liberal)	5,457 (7.0 pts)
2007	Alan Griffin	Labor	46,966	58.3%	Angela Randall (Liberal)	13,401 (16.6 pts)
2013	Alan Griffin	Labor	42,812	51.8%	Emanuele Cicchiello (Liberal)	2,979 (3.6 pts)
2016	Julian Hill	Labor	44,894	54.1%	Helen Kroger (Liberal)	6,776 (8.2 pts)
2019	Julian Hill	Labor	59,689	64.2%	John Macisaac (Liberal)	26,338 (28.3 pts)

First-Preference Result by Election

Every candidate's first-preference votes, before any preference redistribution.

1955

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Billy Snedden	Liberal	21,127	47.7%
Keith Ewart	Labor	18,335	41.4%
Reginald Kearney	Labor (Anti-Communist)	4,873	11.0%

1958

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Billy Snedden	Liberal	28,251	46.1%
Keith Ewart	Labor	24,681	40.3%
Henri De Sachau	Democratic Labor Party	8,326	13.6%

1961

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Keith Ewart	Labor	34,741	42.7%
Billy Snedden	Liberal	33,882	41.6%
Henri De Sachau	Democratic Labor Party	12,826	15.7%

1963

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Billy Snedden	Liberal	45,542	48.4%
Barry Jones	Labor	38,396	40.8%
Henri De Sachau	Democratic Labor Party	8,857	9.4%
Brian Crossley	Independent	920	1.0%
Thomas Gilhooley	Independent	474	0.5%

1966

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Billy Snedden	Liberal	58,268	52.9%
Leslie Donnelly	Labor	32,410	29.4%
Henri De Sachau	Democratic Labor Party	13,242	12.0%
Herbert Wessley	LRG	4,188	3.8%
Ralph Gibson	Communist Party of Australia	1,467	1.3%
John Saunderson	Independent	526	0.5%

1969

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Billy Snedden	Liberal	25,470	49.7%
Leon Phillips	Labor	18,449	36.0%
William Hoyne	Democratic Labor Party	5,308	10.4%
Douglas Mckay	AP	990	1.9%
Herbert Wessley	Independent	669	1.3%
Leslie Smith	Communist Party of Australia	366	0.7%

1972

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Billy Snedden	Liberal	27,893	44.3%
Russell Oakley	Labor	26,312	41.8%
Rex Harper	Democratic Labor Party	4,632	7.4%
Peter Moore	AP	4,107	6.5%

1974

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Billy Snedden	Liberal	35,616	48.5%
Russell Oakley	Labor	31,780	43.3%
Rex Harper	Democratic Labor Party	3,270	4.5%
Iris Pederick	AP	2,064	2.8%
John Ryan	Independent	421	0.6%
Diana Martin	Independent	196	0.3%
Glen Mann	Independent	129	0.2%

1975

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Billy Snedden	Liberal	44,314	57.2%
Graeme Bond	Labor	28,577	36.9%
John Lloyd	Democratic Labor Party	2,347	3.0%
Iris Pederick	AP	1,748	2.3%
Diana Martin	Independent	469	0.6%

1977

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Billy Snedden	Liberal	33,913	50.4%
Timothy Burke	Labor	20,927	31.1%
John Sutcliffe	Australian Democrats	10,199	15.2%
John Mulholland	Democratic Labor Party	2,237	3.3%

1980

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Billy Snedden	Liberal	34,982	48.8%
Gayle Whyte	Labor	27,457	38.3%
Fraser Hercus	Australian Democrats	7,942	11.1%
Elaine Mulholland	Democratic Labor Party	954	1.3%
Wilhelm Kapphan	Independent	366	0.5%

1983

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Billy Snedden	Liberal	36,381	47.9%
Heather O'connor	Labor	33,650	44.3%
Michael Johnson	Australian Democrats	5,955	7.8%

1984

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Kenneth Aldred	Liberal	27,536	46.7%
Joan Graystone	Labor	25,723	43.6%
Michael Johnson	Australian Democrats	3,528	6.0%
Mary Mulholland	Democratic Labor Party	2,171	3.7%

1987

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Kenneth Aldred	Liberal	28,568	47.5%
Patrick Robinson	Labor	25,866	43.0%
Kate Carr	Australian Democrats	4,820	8.0%
Terence Pooley	Independent	910	1.5%

1990

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Julian Beale	Liberal	36,171	52.0%
Philip Cottier	Labor	21,794	31.3%
Geoff Herbert	Australian Democrats	9,431	13.6%
Peter Olney	Communist Party	2,195	3.2%

1993

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Julian Beale	Liberal	37,607	52.9%
Beverley Williams	Labor	28,986	40.7%
Leslie Chandra	Australian Democrats	3,899	5.5%
Nicolas Di Tempora	Independent	665	0.9%

1996

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Alan Griffin	Labor	36,104	45.8%
Julian Beale	Liberal	35,954	45.6%
Daryl Burkett	Australian Democrats	4,805	6.1%
Ahmen Bahlaw	Greens	1,586	2.0%
Michael Soos	Independent	343	0.4%

1998

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Alan Griffin	Labor	38,165	48.7%
Jim Wood	Liberal	30,257	38.6%
Adam Mcbeth	Australian Democrats	4,718	6.0%
Laurence Lowe	One Nation	2,296	2.9%
Toan Huynh	Unity	1,336	1.7%
Colin Smith	Greens	1,195	1.5%
Dikran Chabdjian	Independent	253	0.3%
Michael Soos	Independent	209	0.3%

2001

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Alan Griffin	Labor	38,150	48.6%
Reg Steele	Liberal	31,813	40.5%
Shaun Robyns	Australian Democrats	5,164	6.6%
David Collins	Greens	3,349	4.3%

2004

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Alan Griffin	Labor	37,109	47.3%
Angela Randall	Liberal	33,807	43.1%
Tania Giles	Greens	4,110	5.2%
Richard Warner	FFP	2,064	2.6%
Paul Van Den Bergen	Australian Democrats	1,079	1.4%
William Larner	CEC	282	0.4%

2007

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Alan Griffin	Labor	41,754	51.8%
Angela Randall	Liberal	30,257	37.6%
Rob Cassidy	Greens	4,102	5.1%
Bronwyn Rawlins	Family First	2,295	2.8%
Richard Grossi	Australian Democrats	1,012	1.3%
Sandra Herrmann	Christian Democratic Party	678	0.8%
Neil Smith	One Nation	433	0.5%

2013

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Emanuele Cicchiello	Liberal	35,501	43.0%
Alan Griffin	Labor	34,626	41.9%
Lynette Keleher	Greens	5,491	6.6%
Rebecca Filliponi	Family First	2,186	2.6%
Paul Tuyau	Palmer United Party	2,173	2.6%
Geraldine Gonsalvez	Democratic Labor Party	1,334	1.6%
Kiry Uth	Independent	682	0.8%
Robert White	Independent	652	0.8%

2016

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Julian Hill	Labor	36,804	44.3%
Helen Kroger	Liberal	33,248	40.1%
Stefanie Bauer	Greens	5,890	7.1%
Nathan Foggie	Family First	2,870	3.5%
Douglas Leith	AJP	1,944	2.3%
Alan Rancon	Independent	1,434	1.7%
Jill Jarvis-Willis	Independent	816	1.0%

2019

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Julian Hill	Labor	51,713	55.6%
John Macisaac	Liberal	27,170	29.2%
Rhonda Garad	Greens	6,801	7.3%
Mubahil Ahmed	United Australia Party	3,979	4.3%
Tim Boyanton	FACNP	3,377	3.6%

Margin Over Time

Final (after-preferences) winning margin, percentage points, coloured by the winning party.

Trend

Bruce has been contested at 24 federal elections on record since 1955. Winning parties over that span: Liberal, Labor.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Bruce in the 2019 federal election?

Julian Hill (Labor) won Bruce in 2019 after preferences, with 59,689 votes (64.2%) to John Macisaac's 33,351.

Which parties have won Bruce since 1955?

Since 1955, Bruce has been won by: Labor, Liberal.

What was the closest result in Bruce?

The closest result on record for Bruce was 1983, when Billy Snedden (Liberal) beat Heather O'connor by 1,102 votes (1.5 percentage points) after preferences.