Eden-monaro — Australian Federal Election Results

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

Eden-monaro was won by Mike Kelly (Labor) at the 2019 federal election, with a margin of 1,685 votes over Fiona Kotvojs after preferences. This page covers every federal election in Eden-monaro from 1901 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), 1901–2019

Election	Winner	Party	Final Votes	Final Share	Runner-up	Margin
1901	Austin Chapman	Independent	5,451	64.2%	William Wood (Independent)	2,410 (28.4 pts)
1903	Austin Chapman	Prot	-1	100.0%	None (None)	-1 (100.0 pts)
1906	Austin Chapman	Prot	7,979	67.8%	John Longmuir (AS)	4,190 (35.6 pts)
1910	Austin Chapman	Liberal	-1	100.0%	None (None)	-1 (100.0 pts)
1913	Austin Chapman	Liberal	13,321	58.7%	Henry Lestrange (Labor)	3,954 (17.4 pts)
1914	Austin Chapman	Liberal	13,439	59.2%	Henry Lestrange (Labor)	4,178 (18.4 pts)
1917	Austin Chapman	National	12,879	57.2%	John Bailey (Labor)	3,256 (14.5 pts)
1919	Austin Chapman	National	10,253	51.2%	Harry Brown (Labor)	483 (2.4 pts)
1922	Austin Chapman	National	14,892	61.1%	Ulric Walsh (Labor)	5,397 (22.1 pts)
1925	Austin Chapman	National	23,371	64.6%	Charles Morgan (Labor)	10,543 (29.1 pts)
1928	John Perkins	National	21,158	57.6%	John Cusack (Labor)	5,568 (15.2 pts)
1929	John Cusack	Labor	19,732	50.1%	John Perkins (National)	40 (0.1 pts)
1931	John Perkins	United Australia Party	25,980	63.6%	Gerald O'sullivan (Labor)	11,119 (27.2 pts)
1934	John Perkins	United Australia Party	27,707	62.1%	Charles Johnston (Labor (Non-Communist))	10,779 (24.1 pts)
1937	John Perkins	United Australia Party	28,872	57.5%	Claude Allen (Labor)	7,573 (15.1 pts)
1940	John Perkins	United Australia Party	26,575	54.8%	Herbert Turner (Labor)	4,631 (9.5 pts)
1943	Allan Fraser	Labor	25,694	68.6%	Denzil Macarthur-Onslow (Liberal Democrats)	13,909 (37.1 pts)
1946	Allan Fraser	Labor	25,231	57.6%	Denzil Macarthur-Onslow (Liberal)	6,671 (15.2 pts)
1949	Allan Fraser	Labor	19,004	50.9%	Denzil Macarthur-Onslow (Liberal)	687 (1.8 pts)
1951	Allan Fraser	Labor	19,574	51.0%	Alexander Keys (Liberal)	742 (1.9 pts)
1954	Allan Fraser	Labor	20,824	52.1%	Royce Beavis (Liberal)	1,675 (4.2 pts)
1955	Allan Fraser	Labor	21,007	55.8%	Cecil Flanagan (Liberal)	4,398 (11.7 pts)
1958	Allan Fraser	Labor	21,410	56.9%	Douglas Thomson (Liberal)	5,189 (13.8 pts)
1961	Allan Fraser	Labor	24,217	60.0%	Douglas Thomson (Liberal)	8,083 (20.0 pts)
1963	Allan Fraser	Labor	20,807	53.5%	Dugald Munro (Liberal)	2,712 (7.0 pts)
1966	Dugald Munro	Liberal	21,159	50.7%	Allan Fraser (Labor)	624 (1.5 pts)
1969	Allan Fraser	Labor	23,482	53.5%	Dugald Munro (Liberal)	3,046 (6.9 pts)
1972	Robert Whan	Labor	25,269	50.5%	Roy Howard (Country Party)	503 (1.0 pts)
1974	Robert Whan	Labor	28,571	50.1%	Ronald Brewer (Country Party)	146 (0.3 pts)
1975	Murray Sainsbury	Liberal	34,059	55.5%	Robert Whan (Labor)	6,787 (11.1 pts)
1977	Murray Sainsbury	Liberal	33,517	57.0%	Brian Maguire (Labor)	8,274 (14.1 pts)
1980	Murray Sainsbury	Liberal	36,987	52.8%	James Snow (Labor)	3,903 (5.6 pts)
1983	James Snow	Labor	37,432	52.4%	Murray Sainsbury (Liberal)	3,440 (4.8 pts)
1984	James Snow	Labor	28,808	52.0%	Murray Sainsbury (Liberal)	2,202 (4.0 pts)
1987	James Snow	Labor	34,144	54.4%	David Evans (Liberal)	5,567 (8.9 pts)
1990	James Snow	Labor	37,945	54.3%	Rob Pollock (Liberal)	6,055 (8.7 pts)
1993	James Snow	Labor	37,036	54.3%	Robert De Fegely (Liberal)	5,837 (8.6 pts)
1996	Gary Nairn	Liberal	39,318	54.8%	James Snow (Labor)	6,831 (9.5 pts)
1998	Gary Nairn	Liberal	36,722	50.2%	Steve Whan (Labor)	262 (0.4 pts)
2004	Gary Nairn	Liberal	43,867	52.1%	Kel Watt (Labor)	3,604 (4.3 pts)
2007	Mike Kelly	Labor	45,207	53.4%	Gary Nairn (Liberal)	5,760 (6.8 pts)
2010	Mike Kelly	Labor	46,300	54.2%	David Gazard (Liberal)	7,237 (8.5 pts)
2013	Peter Hendy	Liberal	45,199	50.6%	Mike Kelly (Labor)	1,085 (1.2 pts)
2016	Mike Kelly	Labor	50,003	52.9%	Peter Hendy (Liberal)	5,537 (5.9 pts)
2019	Mike Kelly	Labor	50,472	50.8%	Fiona Kotvojs (Liberal)	1,685 (1.7 pts)

First-Preference Result by Election

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

1901

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Austin Chapman	Independent	5,451	64.2%
William Wood	Independent	3,041	35.8%

1903

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Austin Chapman	Prot	-1	100.0%

1906

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Austin Chapman	Prot	7,979	67.8%
John Longmuir	AS	3,789	32.2%

1910

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Austin Chapman	Liberal	-1	100.0%

1913

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Austin Chapman	Liberal	13,321	58.7%
Henry Lestrange	Labor	9,367	41.3%

1914

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Austin Chapman	Liberal	13,439	59.2%
Henry Lestrange	Labor	9,261	40.8%

1917

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Austin Chapman	National	12,879	57.2%
John Bailey	Labor	9,623	42.8%

1919

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Austin Chapman	National	10,253	51.2%
Harry Brown	Labor	9,770	48.8%

1922

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Austin Chapman	National	14,892	61.1%
Ulric Walsh	Labor	9,495	38.9%

1925

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Austin Chapman	National	23,371	64.6%
Charles Morgan	Labor	12,828	35.4%

1928

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
John Perkins	National	21,158	57.6%
John Cusack	Labor	15,590	42.4%

1929

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
John Cusack	Labor	19,732	50.1%
John Perkins	National	19,692	49.9%

1931

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
John Perkins	United Australia Party	16,888	41.4%
Gerald O'sullivan	Labor	12,619	30.9%
Arthur Christian	Country Party	11,334	27.8%

1934

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
John Perkins	United Australia Party	27,707	56.6%
Charles Johnston	Labor (Non-Communist)	16,928	34.6%
Leo O'sullivan	Labor	4,290	8.8%

1937

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
John Perkins	United Australia Party	28,872	57.5%
Claude Allen	Labor	21,299	42.5%

1940

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Herbert Turner	Labor	16,736	34.5%
John Perkins	United Australia Party	13,092	27.0%
Frank Louat	United Australia Party	6,173	12.7%
Pat Osborne	United Australia Party	4,763	9.8%
Benjamin Kelly	Labor (Non-Communist)	4,575	9.4%
Roy May	United Australia Party	1,175	2.4%
George Alam	Independent	1,018	2.1%
Rupert Beale	Independent	987	2.0%

1943

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Allan Fraser	Labor	23,662	48.9%
Denzil Macarthur-Onslow	Liberal Democrats	10,510	21.7%
John Perkins	United Australia Party	10,162	21.0%
William Beale	Independent	3,210	6.6%
Jonas Crabtree	Independent	365	0.8%
Cecil Grav	Independent	262	0.5%
John Egan	Independent	211	0.4%

1946

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Allan Fraser	Labor	25,231	50.2%
Denzil Macarthur-Onslow	Liberal	18,560	36.9%
Pat Osborne	Country Party	3,292	6.5%
Allan Backhouse	Country Party	2,883	5.7%
Victor Brown	Independent	322	0.6%

1949

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Allan Fraser	Labor	19,004	50.9%
Denzil Macarthur-Onslow	Liberal	18,317	49.1%

1951

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Allan Fraser	Labor	19,574	51.0%
Alexander Keys	Liberal	18,832	49.0%

1954

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Allan Fraser	Labor	20,824	52.1%
Royce Beavis	Liberal	19,149	47.9%

1955

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Allan Fraser	Labor	21,007	52.9%
Cecil Flanagan	Liberal	16,609	41.8%
Royce Beavis	Independent	2,113	5.3%

1958

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Allan Fraser	Labor	21,410	53.7%
Douglas Thomson	Liberal	16,221	40.7%
John Donohue	Democratic Labor Party	2,250	5.6%

1961

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Allan Fraser	Labor	24,217	60.0%
Douglas Thomson	Liberal	16,134	40.0%

1963

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Allan Fraser	Labor	20,807	51.0%
Dugald Munro	Liberal	18,095	44.3%
John Donohue	Democratic Labor Party	1,924	4.7%

1966

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Allan Fraser	Labor	19,875	47.7%
Dugald Munro	Liberal	17,024	40.8%
Anthony Pratten	Country Party	3,618	8.7%
John Mills	Democratic Labor Party	1,177	2.8%

1969

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Allan Fraser	Labor	23,482	51.2%
Dugald Munro	Liberal	20,436	44.6%
John Donohue	Democratic Labor Party	1,342	2.9%
Patrick Starrs	AP	575	1.3%

1972

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Robert Whan	Labor	23,836	47.6%
Edward Otton	Liberal	12,074	24.1%
Roy Howard	Country Party	11,313	22.6%
Anthony Abbey	Democratic Labor Party	1,721	3.4%
Hugh Watson	AP	1,091	2.2%

1974

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Robert Whan	Labor	27,816	48.8%
Ronald Brewer	Country Party	17,144	30.1%
Jonathan Bell	Liberal	11,325	19.9%
Keith Hughes	AP	711	1.2%

1975

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Robert Whan	Labor	26,669	43.5%
Murray Sainsbury	Liberal	21,661	35.3%
John Moore	National Country Party	12,008	19.6%
Frederick Dawson	Independent	993	1.6%

1977

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Murray Sainsbury	Liberal	33,517	51.7%
Brian Maguire	Labor	25,243	38.9%
Norma Helmers	Australian Democrats	5,587	8.6%
Michael Le Grand	Independent	530	0.8%

1980

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Murray Sainsbury	Liberal	34,897	49.8%
James Snow	Labor	31,588	45.1%
Norma Helmers	Australian Democrats	3,586	5.1%

1983

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
James Snow	Labor	36,401	49.1%
Murray Sainsbury	Liberal	33,141	44.7%
Miriam Naughton	Independent	2,333	3.1%
Russell Witt	Australian Democrats	1,977	2.7%
Ronald Sarina	Independent	260	0.4%

1984

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
James Snow	Labor	26,131	47.2%
Murray Sainsbury	Liberal	23,675	42.7%
Bob Shumack	NDP	3,435	6.2%
Alexander Black	National	2,178	3.9%

1987

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
James Snow	Labor	30,335	48.4%
David Evans	Liberal	18,088	28.8%
Peter Cochran	National	10,316	16.4%
John Mcglynn	Independent	3,582	5.7%
Horst Kirchner	Independent	405	0.6%

1990

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
James Snow	Labor	29,225	41.8%
Rob Pollock	Liberal	22,290	31.9%
Jim Collins	Independent	7,259	10.4%
Gaye White	National	6,615	9.5%
Denise Redmond	Australian Democrats	4,208	6.0%
Greg Doyle	Independent	330	0.5%

1993

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
James Snow	Labor	32,229	47.2%
Robert De Fegely	Liberal	25,929	38.0%
Tom Barry	National	5,040	7.4%
Norman Sanders	Independent	3,934	5.8%
Greg Doyle	Independent	694	1.0%
Peter Fraser	Independent	453	0.7%

1996

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Gary Nairn	Liberal	33,151	45.9%
James Snow	Labor	27,347	37.9%
Robyn Loydell	Independent	4,320	6.0%
Nora Endean	Australian Democrats	2,592	3.6%
Robin Tennant-Wood	Greens	2,548	3.5%
Irene Brown	AAFI	1,374	1.9%
David Howes	Communist Party	615	0.9%
Peter Fraser	Independent	200	0.3%

1998

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Gary Nairn	Liberal	31,654	43.3%
Steve Whan	Labor	28,692	39.2%
Adam Miller	One Nation	7,004	9.6%
Dan Mcmillan	Australian Democrats	3,343	4.6%
Rosemary Beaumont	Greens	2,301	3.1%
Gordon Harriott	Independent	188	0.3%

2004

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Gary Nairn	Liberal	40,783	48.5%
Kel Watt	Labor	32,592	38.7%
Cecily Dignan	Greens	6,256	7.4%
Don Tarlington	One Nation	1,541	1.8%
Ursula Bennett	Christian Democratic Party	1,170	1.4%
Tim Quilty	Independent	1,063	1.3%
Nazia Ahmed	Australian Democrats	725	0.9%

2007

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Mike Kelly	Labor	37,724	44.6%
Gary Nairn	Liberal	36,863	43.5%
Keith Hughes	Greens	6,303	7.4%
Acacia Rose	Independent	1,924	2.3%
Matthew J Chivers	Christian Democratic Party	911	1.1%
Peter Robert Harris	Family First	657	0.8%
Tim Quilty	Independent	272	0.3%

2010

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Mike Kelly	Labor	37,225	43.6%
David Gazard	Liberal	35,714	41.8%
Catherine Moore	Greens	8,296	9.7%
Olga Quilty	Independent	1,152	1.3%
Ray Buckley	Independent	1,019	1.2%
Tom Gradwell	Family First	761	0.9%
Ursula Bennett	Christian Democratic Party	637	0.7%
Frank Fragiacomo	Independent	559	0.7%

2013

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Peter Hendy	Liberal	40,431	45.3%
Mike Kelly	Labor	34,638	38.8%
Catherine Moore	Greens	6,725	7.5%
Dean Lynch	Palmer United Party	4,655	5.2%
Andrew Thaler	Independent	1,223	1.4%
Warren Catton	Christian Democratic Party	861	1.0%
Martin Tye	Independent	601	0.7%
Costas Goumas	Independent	179	0.2%

2016

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Mike Kelly	Labor	39,565	41.9%
Peter Hendy	Liberal	39,049	41.3%
Tamara Ryan	Greens	7,177	7.6%
Frankie Seymour	AJP	1,986	2.1%
Ursula Bennett	Christian Democratic Party	1,763	1.9%
Daniel Grosmaire	Independent	1,683	1.8%
Don Friend	Independent	1,448	1.5%
Andrew Thaler	Independent	981	1.0%
Ray Buckley	Independent	817	0.9%

2019

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Mike Kelly	Labor	38,878	39.2%
Fiona Kotvojs	Liberal	36,732	37.0%
Patrick Mcginlay	Greens	8,715	8.8%
Sophie Wade	National	6,899	7.0%
Chandra Singh	United Australia Party	2,748	2.8%
David Sheldon	Independent	2,247	2.3%
James Holgate	Independent	1,883	1.9%
Thomas Harris	Christian Democratic Party	1,157	1.2%

Margin Over Time

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

Trend

Eden-monaro has been contested at 45 federal elections on record since 1901. Winning parties over that span: Independent, Prot, Liberal, National, Labor, United Australia Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Eden-monaro in the 2019 federal election?

Mike Kelly (Labor) won Eden-monaro in 2019 after preferences, with 50,472 votes (50.8%) to Fiona Kotvojs's 48,787.

Which parties have won Eden-monaro since 1901?

Since 1901, Eden-monaro has been won by: Independent, Labor, Liberal, National, Prot, United Australia Party.

What was the closest result in Eden-monaro?

The closest result on record for Eden-monaro was 1929, when John Cusack (Labor) beat John Perkins by 40 votes (0.1 percentage points) after preferences.