Charlton — Australian Federal Election Results

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

Charlton was won by Pat Conroy (Labor) at the 2013 federal election, with a margin of 15,946 votes over Kevin Baker after preferences. This page covers every federal election in Charlton from 1984 to 2013.

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), 1984–2013

Election	Winner	Party	Final Votes	Final Share	Runner-up	Margin
1984	Robert Brown	Labor	39,827	67.3%	Don Harris (Liberal)	20,473 (34.6 pts)
1987	Robert Brown	Labor	41,830	66.9%	Mollie Blake (Liberal)	21,101 (33.7 pts)
1990	Robert Brown	Labor	44,224	65.7%	Mollie Blake (Liberal)	21,109 (31.3 pts)
1993	Robert Brown	Labor	49,215	67.1%	Laurence Brewster (Liberal)	25,088 (34.2 pts)
1996	Robert Brown	Labor	45,646	59.3%	Peter Craig (Liberal)	14,348 (18.6 pts)
1998	Kelly Hoare	Labor	50,570	63.0%	Bruce Gatgens (Liberal)	20,835 (25.9 pts)
2004	Kelly Hoare	Labor	45,084	57.9%	Kurt Darcey (Liberal)	12,333 (15.8 pts)
2007	Greg Combet	Labor	52,298	62.9%	Lindsay Paterson (Liberal)	21,413 (25.7 pts)
2010	Greg Combet	Labor	52,064	62.7%	John Mcdonald (Liberal)	21,048 (25.3 pts)
2013	Pat Conroy	Labor	51,173	59.2%	Kevin Baker (Liberal)	15,946 (18.5 pts)

First-Preference Result by Election

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

1984

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Robert Brown	Labor	36,860	62.3%
Don Harris	Liberal	16,216	27.4%
Lyn Godfrey	Australian Democrats	6,105	10.3%

1987

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Robert Brown	Labor	36,113	57.7%
Mollie Blake	Liberal	17,084	27.3%
Lyn Godfrey	Australian Democrats	7,252	11.6%
Vishnu Chaudhary	Independent	2,110	3.4%

1990

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Robert Brown	Labor	36,750	54.4%
Mollie Blake	Liberal	13,950	20.7%
Lyn Godfrey	Australian Democrats	9,299	13.8%
Geoff Pendlebury	Independent	7,510	11.1%

1993

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Robert Brown	Labor	44,680	60.9%
Laurence Brewster	Liberal	19,681	26.8%
Lyn Godfrey	Australian Democrats	3,976	5.4%
John Baldwin	Independent	2,216	3.0%
Mick Sandford	Communist Party	1,273	1.7%
Ryan Wilson	Independent	780	1.1%
Charley Sievers	Independent	516	0.7%
Zdenek Kviz	Independent	239	0.3%

1996

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Robert Brown	Labor	38,665	50.0%
Peter Craig	Liberal	25,884	33.5%
Lyn Godfrey	Australian Democrats	6,494	8.4%
Bernadette Brugman	Greens	3,863	5.0%
Ron Franks	AAFI	2,428	3.1%

1998

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Kelly Hoare	Labor	39,604	49.3%
Bruce Gatgens	Liberal	22,175	27.6%
Pamela Young	One Nation	9,664	12.0%
Stephen Bisgrove	Australian Democrats	3,689	4.6%
Nathan Ross	Greens	2,679	3.3%
Ralph Gourlay	Christian Democratic Party	2,494	3.1%

2004

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Kelly Hoare	Labor	35,765	45.9%
Kurt Darcey	Liberal	27,480	35.3%
Suzanne Pritchard	Greens	6,964	8.9%
Paul Scarfe	FFP	3,317	4.3%
Bob Johnson	One Nation	2,416	3.1%
Ben Roffey	Australian Democrats	1,513	1.9%
David Stow	CEC	380	0.5%

2007

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Greg Combet	Labor	44,156	53.1%
Lindsay Paterson	Liberal	26,353	31.7%
Suzanne Pritchard	Greens	6,708	8.1%
Stuart Ulrich	Independent	2,008	2.4%
Jim Kendall	Christian Democratic Party	2,007	2.4%
Patrick Barry	Independent	1,253	1.5%
Terry Cook	Independent	404	0.5%
David Stow	Independent	294	0.4%

2010

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Greg Combet	Labor	44,159	53.2%
John Mcdonald	Liberal	25,514	30.7%
Ian Mckenzie	Greens	7,339	8.8%
Patrick Barry	Independent	2,846	3.4%
Mitchell Pickstone	Christian Democratic Party	2,341	2.8%
Ann Lawler	Independent	881	1.1%

2013

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Pat Conroy	Labor	40,125	46.4%
Kevin Baker	Liberal	24,646	28.5%
Bronwyn Reid	Palmer United Party	9,412	10.9%
Dessie Kocher	Greens	5,820	6.7%
Steve Camilleri	Christian Democratic Party	2,671	3.1%
Brian Burston	One Nation	2,266	2.6%
Trevor Anthoney	Independent	1,460	1.7%

Margin Over Time

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

Trend

Charlton has been contested at 10 federal elections on record since 1984. Winning party over that span: Labor.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Charlton in the 2013 federal election?

Pat Conroy (Labor) won Charlton in 2013 after preferences, with 51,173 votes (59.2%) to Kevin Baker's 35,227.

Which parties have won Charlton since 1984?

Since 1984, Charlton has been won by: Labor.

What was the closest result in Charlton?

The closest result on record for Charlton was 2004, when Kelly Hoare (Labor) beat Kurt Darcey by 12,333 votes (15.8 percentage points) after preferences.