Hawker — Australian Federal Election Results

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

Hawker was won by Christine Gallus (Liberal) at the 1990 federal election, with a margin of 14 votes over Elizabeth Harvey after preferences. This page covers every federal election in Hawker from 1969 to 1990.

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), 1969–1990

Election	Winner	Party	Final Votes	Final Share	Runner-up	Margin
1969	Ralph Jacobi	Labor	28,305	59.7%	Alan Hickinbotham (Liberal)	9,219 (19.5 pts)
1972	Ralph Jacobi	Labor	29,778	60.6%	Phyllis Rogers (Liberal)	10,455 (21.3 pts)
1974	Ralph Jacobi	Labor	31,735	64.2%	Henry Winter (Liberal)	14,018 (28.3 pts)
1975	Ralph Jacobi	Labor	29,974	51.0%	Craig Speil (Liberal)	1,180 (2.0 pts)
1977	Ralph Jacobi	Labor	35,760	50.6%	Steele Hall (Liberal)	859 (1.2 pts)
1980	Ralph Jacobi	Labor	37,073	53.8%	Mark Hanckel (Liberal)	5,173 (7.5 pts)
1983	Ralph Jacobi	Labor	36,483	57.3%	Dennis Harry (Liberal)	9,272 (14.6 pts)
1984	Ralph Jacobi	Labor	33,594	53.4%	Charles Campbell (Liberal)	4,253 (6.8 pts)
1987	Elizabeth Harvey	Labor	32,782	51.2%	Kim Jacobs (Liberal)	1,539 (2.4 pts)
1990	Christine Gallus	Liberal	32,845	50.0%	Elizabeth Harvey (Labor)	14 (0.0 pts)

First-Preference Result by Election

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

1969

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Ralph Jacobi	Labor	28,305	55.8%
Alan Hickinbotham	Liberal	19,086	37.7%
Kathleen Anderson	Democratic Labor Party	2,020	4.0%
Malcolm Hawkins	AP	1,272	2.5%

1972

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Ralph Jacobi	Labor	29,778	56.5%
Phyllis Rogers	Liberal	19,323	36.7%
John Steele	Independent	1,859	3.5%
James Kiley	Democratic Labor Party	1,754	3.3%

1974

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Ralph Jacobi	Labor	31,735	55.6%
Henry Winter	Liberal	17,717	31.1%
Peter Holder	LM	6,744	11.8%
Phillip Vickery	AP	849	1.5%

1975

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Ralph Jacobi	Labor	29,036	49.4%
Craig Speil	Liberal	25,842	44.0%
Stewart Leggett	LM	3,890	6.6%

1977

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Ralph Jacobi	Labor	31,685	44.8%
Steele Hall	Liberal	31,062	44.0%
Bruce Miels	Australian Democrats	7,190	10.2%
Warren Wallace	Independent	724	1.0%

1980

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Ralph Jacobi	Labor	34,066	49.4%
Mark Hanckel	Liberal	29,187	42.3%
Kenneth Johnson	Australian Democrats	5,720	8.3%

1983

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Ralph Jacobi	Labor	36,483	52.1%
Dennis Harry	Liberal	27,211	38.8%
Graham Pamount	Australian Democrats	4,792	6.8%
John Garcia	Independent	1,568	2.2%

1984

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Ralph Jacobi	Labor	30,956	49.2%
Charles Campbell	Liberal	26,101	41.5%
Graham Pamount	Australian Democrats	4,852	7.7%
Thomas Correll	National	1,045	1.7%

1987

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Elizabeth Harvey	Labor	29,560	46.2%
Kim Jacobs	Liberal	28,116	43.9%
Graham Pamount	Australian Democrats	4,439	6.9%
David Dwyer	National	1,203	1.9%
Keith Draper	Independent	719	1.1%

1990

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Christine Gallus	Liberal	28,348	43.1%
Elizabeth Harvey	Labor	26,641	40.5%
Elizabeth Williams	Australian Democrats	8,362	12.7%
Reg Macey	Communist Party	1,266	1.9%
Glen Bottam	Independent	702	1.1%
Kathy Ragless	Independent	477	0.7%

Margin Over Time

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

Trend

Hawker has been contested at 10 federal elections on record since 1969. Winning parties over that span: Labor, Liberal.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Hawker in the 1990 federal election?

Christine Gallus (Liberal) won Hawker in 1990 after preferences, with 32,845 votes (50.0%) to Elizabeth Harvey's 32,831.

Which parties have won Hawker since 1969?

Since 1969, Hawker has been won by: Labor, Liberal.

What was the closest result in Hawker?

The closest result on record for Hawker was 1990, when Christine Gallus (Liberal) beat Elizabeth Harvey by 14 votes (0.0 percentage points) after preferences.