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Herbert — Australian Federal Election Results

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

Herbert was won by Phillip Thompson (Liberal National (Qld)) at the 2019 federal election, with a margin of 15,365 votes over Cathy O'toole after preferences. This page covers every federal election in Herbert 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 Frederick Bamford Labor 3,353 51.6% William Brown (Independent) 213 (3.3 pts)
1903 Frederick Bamford Labor 8,965 57.8% William White (NLU) 2,416 (15.6 pts)
1906 Frederick Bamford Labor 8,151 52.9% Walter Tunbridge (AS) 896 (5.8 pts)
1910 Frederick Bamford Labor 13,668 61.0% Thomas Crawford (Liberal) 4,917 (21.9 pts)
1913 Frederick Bamford Labor 16,709 58.0% John Mann (Liberal) 4,628 (16.1 pts)
1914 Frederick Bamford Labor 18,700 64.4% Frank Fraser (Liberal) 8,350 (28.7 pts)
1917 Frederick Bamford National 18,583 51.3% Eugene Mckenna (Labor) 949 (2.6 pts)
1919 Frederick Bamford National 17,470 52.4% Eugene Mckenna (Labor) 1,598 (4.8 pts)
1922 Frederick Bamford National 17,396 51.7% Maurice Hynes (Labor) 1,137 (3.4 pts)
1925 Lewis Nott National 22,385 50.3% Edward Theodore (Labor) 268 (0.6 pts)
1928 George Martens Labor 25,462 50.2% Lewis Nott (National) 154 (0.3 pts)
1929 George Martens Labor 28,813 52.8% William Amiet (National) 3,041 (5.6 pts)
1931 George Martens Labor 31,866 56.3% Grosvenor Francis (United Australia Party) 7,133 (12.6 pts)
1934 George Martens Labor 27,721 58.1% Ronald Muir (United Australia Party) 7,716 (16.2 pts)
1937 George Martens Labor 39,263 66.4% James Wilkie (Country Party) 19,363 (32.7 pts)
1940 George Martens Labor 34,261 56.4% Thomas Mann (Country Party) 7,815 (12.9 pts)
1943 George Martens Labor 37,219 61.7% Frederick Paterson (Communist Party of Australia) 14,119 (23.4 pts)
1946 William Edmonds Labor 37,026 60.3% Lloyd Roberts (Country Party) 12,694 (20.7 pts)
1949 William Edmonds Labor 18,898 53.7% Douglas Jeffrey (Country Party) 2,581 (7.3 pts)
1951 William Edmonds Labor 19,445 55.9% Douglas Jeffrey (Country Party) 4,113 (11.8 pts)
1954 William Edmonds Labor 20,894 57.8% Frederick Purdie (Country Party) 5,655 (15.7 pts)
1955 William Edmonds Labor 18,825 54.2% Arnold White (Country Party) 2,940 (8.5 pts)
1958 John Murray Liberal-Country Coalition 20,136 51.5% William Edmonds (Labor) 1,156 (3.0 pts)
1961 Ted Harding Labor 21,328 53.8% John Murray (Liberal) 2,978 (7.5 pts)
1963 Ted Harding Labor 24,132 53.2% Roy Pope (Liberal) 2,924 (6.4 pts)
1966 Robert Bonnett Liberal 25,041 51.1% Ted Harding (Labor) 1,096 (2.2 pts)
1969 Robert Bonnett Liberal 23,897 51.7% Ted Harding (Labor) 1,557 (3.4 pts)
1972 Robert Bonnett Liberal 27,171 53.8% Fabian Sweeney (Labor) 3,838 (7.6 pts)
1974 Robert Bonnett Liberal 30,908 54.6% John Rockett (Labor) 5,196 (9.2 pts)
1975 Robert Bonnett Liberal 34,620 58.0% John Rockett (Labor) 9,524 (15.9 pts)
1977 Arthur Dean Liberal 35,353 57.7% Ted Lindsay (Labor) 9,419 (15.4 pts)
1980 Arthur Dean Liberal 33,462 50.9% Ted Lindsay (Labor) 1,121 (1.7 pts)
1983 Ted Lindsay Labor 35,368 59.7% Arthur Dean (Liberal) 11,493 (19.4 pts)
1984 Ted Lindsay Labor 31,517 53.6% Victoria Kippin (National) 4,247 (7.2 pts)
1987 Ted Lindsay Labor 37,259 56.8% Jose Goicoechea (National) 8,899 (13.6 pts)
1990 Ted Lindsay Labor 36,801 65.7% Peter Hazard (Liberal) 17,606 (31.4 pts)
1993 Ted Lindsay Labor 40,452 52.4% Peter Hazard (Liberal) 3,666 (4.7 pts)
1996 Peter Lindsay Liberal 42,826 56.6% Ted Lindsay (Labor) 9,974 (13.2 pts)
1998 Peter Lindsay Liberal 38,512 50.1% Ted Lindsay (Labor) 150 (0.2 pts)
2001 Peter Lindsay Liberal 42,455 51.6% Jennifer Hill (Labor) 2,665 (3.2 pts)
2004 Peter Lindsay Liberal 43,828 56.2% Anita Phillips (Labor) 9,673 (12.4 pts)
2007 Peter Lindsay Liberal 41,089 50.2% George Colbran (Labor) 343 (0.4 pts)
2013 Ewen Jones Liberal National (Qld) 47,889 56.2% Cathy O'toole (Labor) 10,525 (12.3 pts)
2016 Cathy O'toole Labor 44,187 50.0% Ewen Jones (Liberal National (Qld)) 37 (0.0 pts)
2019 Phillip Thompson Liberal National (Qld) 53,641 58.4% Cathy O'toole (Labor) 15,365 (16.7 pts)

First-Preference Result by Election

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

1901

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Frederick BamfordLabor3,35351.6%
William BrownIndependent3,14048.4%

1903

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Frederick BamfordLabor8,96557.8%
William WhiteNLU6,54942.2%

1906

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Frederick BamfordLabor8,15152.9%
Walter TunbridgeAS7,25547.1%

1910

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Frederick BamfordLabor13,66861.0%
Thomas CrawfordLiberal8,75139.0%

1913

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Frederick BamfordLabor16,70958.0%
John MannLiberal12,08142.0%

1914

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Frederick BamfordLabor18,70064.4%
Frank FraserLiberal10,35035.6%

1917

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Frederick BamfordNational18,58351.3%
Eugene MckennaLabor17,63448.7%

1919

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Frederick BamfordNational17,47051.0%
Eugene MckennaLabor15,87246.3%
Henry MaddenIndependent4931.4%
Terence HarenIndependent4431.3%

1922

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Frederick BamfordNational17,39651.7%
Maurice HynesLabor16,25948.3%

1925

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Lewis NottNational22,38550.3%
Edward TheodoreLabor22,11749.7%

1928

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
George MartensLabor25,46250.2%
Lewis NottNational25,30849.8%

1929

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
George MartensLabor28,81352.8%
William AmietNational25,77247.2%

1931

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
George MartensLabor31,86656.3%
Grosvenor FrancisUnited Australia Party24,73343.7%

1934

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
George MartensLabor27,72152.3%
Ronald MuirUnited Australia Party20,00537.7%
John HenryCommunist Party of Australia4,4048.3%
Claude VespermanIndependent8651.6%

1937

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
George MartensLabor25,76643.6%
James WilkieCountry Party17,25229.2%
Frederick PatersonCommunist Party of Australia12,52321.2%
Henry BeckSC3,6226.1%

1940

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
George MartensLabor24,71240.7%
Thomas MannCountry Party21,54535.5%
Frederick PatersonIndependent11,10418.3%
Louis HaydonIndependent3,3465.5%

1943

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
George MartensLabor22,69737.6%
Frederick PatersonCommunist Party of Australia20,62934.2%
Archibald GrahamCountry Party13,69322.7%
Charles CookIndependent3,3005.5%

1946

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
William EdmondsLabor28,24646.0%
Lloyd RobertsCountry Party20,80433.9%
John HenryCommunist Party of Australia9,40415.3%
Joseph PollardIndependent1,6682.7%
Alexander McnameeIndependent1,2362.0%

1949

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
William EdmondsLabor17,39549.4%
Douglas JeffreyCountry Party15,97345.4%
James HendersonCommunist Party of Australia1,8475.2%

1951

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
William EdmondsLabor19,44554.1%
Douglas JeffreyCountry Party15,33242.7%
Gwendoline PhelanCommunist Party of Australia1,1603.2%

1954

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
William EdmondsLabor20,89455.8%
Frederick PurdieCountry Party15,23940.7%
Claude JonesCommunist Party of Australia1,3233.5%

1955

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
William EdmondsLabor18,82550.7%
Arnold WhiteCountry Party15,88542.8%
Francis BishopCommunist Party of Australia2,4166.5%

1958

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
John MurrayLiberal-Country Coalition16,66942.6%
William EdmondsLabor16,24941.5%
Victor BoderoQueensland Labor Party5,49614.1%
Hugh FayCommunist Party of Australia7021.8%

1961

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Ted HardingLabor20,83949.0%
John MurrayLiberal18,29643.1%
Victor BoderoQueensland Labor Party2,1815.1%
Francis BishopCommunist Party of Australia1,1712.8%

1963

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Ted HardingLabor21,06246.5%
Roy PopeLiberal14,80532.7%
Kiernan DorneyDemocratic Labor Party8,41018.5%
Francis BishopCommunist Party of Australia1,0632.3%

1966

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Ted HardingLabor22,21245.3%
Robert BonnettLiberal18,72138.2%
Kiernan DorneyDemocratic Labor Party8,05316.4%

1969

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Ted HardingLabor21,31846.1%
Robert BonnettLiberal19,73842.7%
Kiernan DorneyDemocratic Labor Party5,18111.2%

1972

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Robert BonnettLiberal22,60144.8%
Fabian SweeneyLabor21,87343.3%
Kiernan DorneyDemocratic Labor Party4,7199.3%
Leonard WeberAP1,3112.6%

1974

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Robert BonnettLiberal30,90853.1%
John RockettLabor25,71244.2%
Leonard WeberAP1,6012.7%

1975

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Robert BonnettLiberal34,62058.0%
John RockettLabor25,09642.0%

1977

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Ted LindsayLabor22,66837.0%
Arthur DeanLiberal20,55933.5%
Charles ArnoldNational Country Party12,35720.2%
Kenneth KippingAustralian Democrats4,7997.8%
Grahame WellsIndependent4180.7%
Coral FinlayIndependent2500.4%
Peter DunnIndependent2360.4%

1980

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Arthur DeanLiberal31,53847.9%
Ted LindsayLabor30,57546.5%
John LambAustralian Democrats3,6905.6%

1983

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Ted LindsayLabor35,36850.2%
Arthur DeanLiberal23,87533.9%
John AubreyNational9,56213.6%
John LambAustralian Democrats1,5972.3%

1984

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Ted LindsayLabor29,58950.3%
Victoria KippinNational18,60231.6%
Theo TheofanesLiberal8,32614.2%
Ana Bristowe-LambAustralian Democrats2,2733.9%

1987

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Ted LindsayLabor33,50751.1%
Jose GoicoecheaNational18,20627.7%
Rosemary PaveyLiberal10,57116.1%
Paul SwantonAustralian Democrats3,3445.1%

1990

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Ted LindsayLabor32,16645.8%
Peter HazardLiberal17,38424.8%
Rick AndertonNational12,74918.2%
Colin ParkerAustralian Democrats7,88511.2%

1993

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Ted LindsayLabor31,34940.6%
Peter HazardLiberal24,30031.4%
John RobinsonIndependent10,00212.9%
Robyn QuickNational5,3747.0%
Col ParkerAustralian Democrats2,8483.7%
Dave KimbleGreens1,7712.3%
Warren HarveyIndependent6400.8%
Bill SetterIndependent5150.7%
Cilla PryorIndependent4950.6%

1996

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Peter LindsayLiberal29,40538.7%
Ted LindsayLabor27,81236.6%
Ken KippingNational11,46815.1%
Colin EdwardsAustralian Democrats4,4735.9%
Josephine SailorIndependent1,3381.8%
David SmallwoodIndependent7301.0%
Alex CaldwellIndependent6600.9%

1998

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Peter LindsayLiberal30,68339.9%
Ted LindsayLabor28,58837.2%
Mark SwainOne Nation10,99114.3%
Althea SmithAustralian Democrats1,9792.6%
Rebecca SmithGreens1,7472.3%
John EdmistonChristian Democratic Party9481.2%
Elaine SteleyIndependent8161.1%
Pauline WoodbridgeIndependent6190.8%
Bob BradleyIndependent5030.7%

2001

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Peter LindsayLiberal35,34943.0%
Jennifer HillLabor29,89736.4%
Conway BrownIndependent6,4737.9%
Anthony WeilOne Nation5,8277.1%
Richard HoolihanAustralian Democrats2,4943.0%
Anne GoddardGreens2,2052.7%

2004

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Peter LindsayLiberal38,79249.7%
Anita PhillipsLabor28,26036.2%
Jenny StirlingGreens3,9155.0%
Cathy EatonFFP2,9933.8%
William BrennanOne Nation2,6753.4%
Richard HoolihanAustralian Democrats1,0251.3%
Les MarsdenCEC3230.4%

2007

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Peter LindsayLiberal37,39745.7%
George ColbranLabor35,83843.8%
Jenny StirlingGreens4,2015.1%
Michael PunshonFamily First1,2831.6%
Billy BrennanIndependent9001.1%
Francis H PaulerOne Nation7480.9%
Ben ThompsonIndependent5050.6%
Garrie J LynchIndependent4870.6%
Sharon SheridanAustralian Democrats4760.6%

2013

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Ewen JonesLiberal National (Qld)36,95243.3%
Cathy O'tooleLabor25,05129.4%
Martin BrewsterPalmer United Party7,5738.9%
Bronwyn WalkerKatter's Australian Party6,8908.1%
Gail HamiltonGreens4,4635.2%
Costa GeorgeASP1,5761.8%
Michael PunshonFamily First1,1061.3%
Steve MoirOne Nation7100.8%
Nino MarollaIndependent5490.6%
Margaret BellIndependent3830.4%

2016

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Ewen JonesLiberal National (Qld)31,36135.5%
Cathy O'tooleLabor26,90030.5%
Geoff VirgoOne Nation11,95013.5%
Colin DwyerKatter's Australian Party6,0706.9%
Wendy TubmanGreens5,5336.3%
Michael PunshonFamily First3,1753.6%
Aaron RaffinIndependent1,9372.2%
David HarrisLiberal Democrats1,0961.2%
Martin BrewsterPalmer United Party3150.4%

2019

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Phillip ThompsonLiberal National (Qld)34,11237.1%
Cathy O'tooleLabor23,39325.5%
Amy LohseOne Nation10,18911.1%
Nanette RadeckKatter's Australian Party9,0079.8%
Sam BlackadderGreens6,7217.3%
Greg DowlingUnited Australia Party5,2395.7%
Tamara DurantFACNP1,6711.8%
Mackenzie SevernsAJP1,5851.7%

Margin Over Time

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

1901: Labor margin 3.3 pts 1903: Labor margin 15.6 pts 1906: Labor margin 5.8 pts 1910: Labor margin 21.9 pts 1913: Labor margin 16.1 pts 1914: Labor margin 28.7 pts 1917: National margin 2.6 pts 1919: National margin 4.8 pts 1922: National margin 3.4 pts 1925: National margin 0.6 pts 1928: Labor margin 0.3 pts 1929: Labor margin 5.6 pts 1931: Labor margin 12.6 pts 1934: Labor margin 16.2 pts 1937: Labor margin 32.7 pts 1940: Labor margin 12.9 pts 1943: Labor margin 23.4 pts 1946: Labor margin 20.7 pts 1949: Labor margin 7.3 pts 1951: Labor margin 11.8 pts 1954: Labor margin 15.7 pts 1955: Labor margin 8.5 pts 1958: Liberal-Country Coalition margin 3.0 pts 1961: Labor margin 7.5 pts 1963: Labor margin 6.4 pts 1966: Liberal margin 2.2 pts 1969: Liberal margin 3.4 pts 1972: Liberal margin 7.6 pts 1974: Liberal margin 9.2 pts 1975: Liberal margin 15.9 pts 1977: Liberal margin 15.4 pts 1980: Liberal margin 1.7 pts 1983: Labor margin 19.4 pts 1984: Labor margin 7.2 pts 1987: Labor margin 13.6 pts 1990: Labor margin 31.4 pts 1993: Labor margin 4.7 pts 1996: Liberal margin 13.2 pts 1998: Liberal margin 0.2 pts 2001: Liberal margin 3.2 pts 2004: Liberal margin 12.4 pts 2007: Liberal margin 0.4 pts 2013: Liberal National (Qld) margin 12.3 pts 2016: Labor margin 0.0 pts 2019: Liberal National (Qld) margin 16.7 pts 1901 1903 1906 1910 1913 1914 1917 1919 1922 1925 1928 1929 1931 1934 1937 1940 1943 1946 1949 1951 1954 1955 1958 1961 1963 1966 1969 1972 1974 1975 1977 1980 1983 1984 1987 1990 1993 1996 1998 2001 2004 2007 2013 2016 2019

Trend

Herbert has been contested at 45 federal elections on record since 1901. Winning parties over that span: Labor, National, Liberal-Country Coalition, Liberal, Liberal National (Qld).

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Herbert in the 2019 federal election?

Phillip Thompson (Liberal National (Qld)) won Herbert in 2019 after preferences, with 53,641 votes (58.4%) to Cathy O'toole's 38,276.

Which parties have won Herbert since 1901?

Since 1901, Herbert has been won by: Labor, Liberal, Liberal National (Qld), Liberal-Country Coalition, National.

What was the closest result in Herbert?

The closest result on record for Herbert was 2016, when Cathy O'toole (Labor) beat Ewen Jones by 37 votes (0.0 percentage points) after preferences.

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