Greenway — Australian Federal Election Results

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

Greenway was won by Michelle Rowland (Labor) at the 2019 federal election, with a margin of 5,343 votes over Allan Green after preferences. This page covers every federal election in Greenway from 1984 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), 1984–2019

Election	Winner	Party	Final Votes	Final Share	Runner-up	Margin
1984	Russell Gorman	Labor	35,263	63.8%	Edna Mitchell (Liberal)	15,288 (27.7 pts)
1987	Russell Gorman	Labor	35,386	59.9%	Warren Musgrave (Liberal)	11,686 (19.8 pts)
1990	Russell Gorman	Labor	36,305	58.8%	Tony Packard (Liberal)	10,853 (17.6 pts)
1993	Russell Gorman	Labor	41,881	63.6%	Ray Morris (Liberal)	17,872 (27.1 pts)
1996	Frank Mossfield	Labor	39,299	53.4%	Vicki Burakowski (Liberal)	4,994 (6.8 pts)
1998	Frank Mossfield	Labor	46,493	59.9%	Mathew Cross (Liberal)	15,421 (19.9 pts)
2004	Louise Markus	Liberal	38,381	50.6%	Ed Husic (Labor)	883 (1.2 pts)
2007	Louise Markus	Liberal	43,881	54.5%	Michael Vassili (Labor)	7,240 (9.0 pts)
2010	Michelle Rowland	Labor	40,355	50.9%	Jaymes Diaz (Liberal)	1,402 (1.8 pts)
2013	Michelle Rowland	Labor	45,639	53.0%	Jaymes Diaz (Liberal)	5,137 (6.0 pts)
2016	Michelle Rowland	Labor	50,163	56.3%	Yvonne Keane (Liberal)	11,243 (12.6 pts)
2019	Michelle Rowland	Labor	50,425	52.8%	Allan Green (Liberal)	5,343 (5.6 pts)

First-Preference Result by Election

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

1984

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Russell Gorman	Labor	31,384	56.8%
Edna Mitchell	Liberal	15,765	28.5%
Michael Corbin	Independent	5,557	10.1%
Ray Eade	Independent	2,557	4.6%

1987

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Russell Gorman	Labor	35,386	59.9%
Warren Musgrave	Liberal	23,700	40.1%

1990

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Russell Gorman	Labor	30,891	49.9%
Tony Packard	Liberal	21,824	35.3%
Roger Posgate	Australian Democrats	4,866	7.9%
Remi Biala	Independent	1,531	2.5%
Warren Wormald	Independent	1,279	2.1%
Ivor F	Independent	764	1.2%
Gail Lord	Independent	695	1.1%

1993

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Russell Gorman	Labor	41,115	58.8%
Ray Morris	Liberal	22,470	32.1%
Bill Clancy	Australian Democrats	3,215	4.6%
John Jerrow	Communist Party	2,091	3.0%
Ray Alsop	Independent	1,002	1.4%

1996

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Frank Mossfield	Labor	32,297	43.7%
Vicki Burakowski	Liberal	28,122	38.0%
Bill Clancy	Australian Democrats	6,128	8.3%
John Bates	AAFI	3,369	4.6%
Bob Bawden	Communist Party	2,408	3.3%
J S Ryder	Independent	1,602	2.2%

1998

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Frank Mossfield	Labor	36,010	46.4%
Mathew Cross	Liberal	23,865	30.8%
Bill Nixon	One Nation	7,774	10.0%
Peter Reddy	Australian Democrats	3,497	4.5%
Bob Bawden	Christian Democratic Party	3,292	4.2%
Jocelyn Howden	Greens	1,459	1.9%
Reynolds Bonuedi	Unity	1,082	1.4%
Salvinder Dhillon	Independent	586	0.8%

2004

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Louise Markus	Liberal	33,353	44.0%
Ed Husic	Labor	30,389	40.0%
Astrid O'neill	Greens	2,730	3.6%
Greg Tan	Christian Democratic Party	2,142	2.8%
Jean Lopez	Independent	1,362	1.8%
Tony Pettitt	One Nation	1,040	1.4%
Julie Houlton	Independent	895	1.2%
Joe Chidiac	Independent	881	1.2%
John Dorhauer	FFP	877	1.2%
Grant Bayley	Independent	772	1.0%
David King	Australian Democrats	672	0.9%
Ivor F	Independent	420	0.6%
Amarjit Tanda	Independent	267	0.4%
Goran Reves	CEC	79	0.1%

2007

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Louise Markus	Liberal	40,338	50.1%
Michael Vassili	Labor	30,973	38.5%
Leigh Williams	Greens	4,617	5.7%
John Phillips	Christian Democratic Party	1,711	2.1%
F Ivor	Independent	1,343	1.7%
Joanne Muller	Family First	1,312	1.6%
Goran Reves	Independent	228	0.3%

2010

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Michelle Rowland	Labor	33,567	42.3%
Jaymes Diaz	Liberal	32,788	41.3%
Paul Taylor	Greens	4,769	6.0%
Allan Green	Christian Democratic Party	2,922	3.7%
Iris Muller	Family First	1,296	1.6%
John Baiada	Independent	815	1.0%
Tony Pettitt	Independent	780	1.0%
Michael Santos	Independent	770	1.0%
Joaquim De Lima	Independent	542	0.7%
Amarjit Tanda	Independent	530	0.7%
Ronaldo Villaver	Australian Democrats	529	0.7%

2013

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Michelle Rowland	Labor	38,319	44.5%
Jaymes Diaz	Liberal	34,488	40.0%
Jodie Wootton	Palmer United Party	3,483	4.0%
Allan Green	Christian Democratic Party	3,253	3.8%
Chris Brentin	Greens	3,175	3.7%
Tom Lillicrap	ASP	1,516	1.8%
Anthony Belcastro	Katter's Australian Party	681	0.8%
Maree Nichols	Independent	681	0.8%
Jamie Cavanough	Independent	545	0.6%

2016

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Michelle Rowland	Labor	43,722	49.1%
Yvonne Keane	Liberal	30,657	34.4%
Aaron Wright	Christian Democratic Party	4,484	5.0%
Chris Winslow	Greens	3,351	3.8%
Timothy Mak	Liberal Democrats	2,923	3.3%
Avtar Billu	Independent	1,749	2.0%
Rohan Salins	Family First	1,273	1.4%
Vivek Singha	Independent	924	1.0%

2019

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Michelle Rowland	Labor	43,901	46.0%
Allan Green	Liberal	38,759	40.6%
Damien Atkins	Greens	5,256	5.5%
Scott Feeney	United Australia Party	2,853	3.0%
Osbourn Rajadurai	Christian Democratic Party	2,666	2.8%
Graham Mcfarland	Independent	2,072	2.2%

Margin Over Time

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

Trend

Greenway has been contested at 12 federal elections on record since 1984. Winning parties over that span: Labor, Liberal.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Greenway in the 2019 federal election?

Michelle Rowland (Labor) won Greenway in 2019 after preferences, with 50,425 votes (52.8%) to Allan Green's 45,082.

Which parties have won Greenway since 1984?

Since 1984, Greenway has been won by: Labor, Liberal.

What was the closest result in Greenway?

The closest result on record for Greenway was 2004, when Louise Markus (Liberal) beat Ed Husic by 883 votes (1.2 percentage points) after preferences.