Jagajaga — Australian Federal Election Results

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

Jagajaga was won by Kate Thwaites (Labor) at the 2019 federal election, with a margin of 12,841 votes over Richard Welch after preferences. This page covers every federal election in Jagajaga 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	Peter Staples	Labor	31,518	56.1%	Frederick Garratt (Liberal)	6,874 (12.2 pts)
1987	Peter Staples	Labor	33,698	58.2%	John Pasquarelli (Liberal)	9,507 (16.4 pts)
1990	Peter Staples	Labor	34,484	52.6%	Fred Garrett (Liberal)	3,455 (5.3 pts)
1993	Peter Staples	Labor	37,430	55.5%	Alistair Urquhart (Liberal)	7,366 (10.9 pts)
1996	Jenny Macklin	Labor	41,550	52.7%	Michelle Penson (Liberal)	4,270 (5.4 pts)
1998	Jenny Macklin	Labor	45,100	55.9%	Tony Raunic (Liberal)	9,529 (11.8 pts)
2001	Jenny Macklin	Labor	45,170	55.6%	Brett Jones (Liberal)	9,156 (11.3 pts)
2004	Jenny Macklin	Labor	46,531	54.4%	Woody Inman (Liberal)	7,525 (8.8 pts)
2007	Jenny Macklin	Labor	51,630	59.0%	Conrad D'souza (Liberal)	15,725 (18.0 pts)
2013	Jenny Macklin	Labor	48,669	53.1%	Nick Mcgowan (Liberal)	5,733 (6.3 pts)
2016	Jenny Macklin	Labor	50,536	54.7%	David Mulholland (Liberal)	8,642 (9.3 pts)
2019	Kate Thwaites	Labor	55,304	56.6%	Richard Welch (Liberal)	12,841 (13.1 pts)

First-Preference Result by Election

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

1984

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Peter Staples	Labor	29,781	53.0%
Frederick Garratt	Liberal	20,905	37.2%
Peter Lovell	Australian Democrats	3,038	5.4%
Len Moore	Democratic Labor Party	2,106	3.7%
Nino De Tress	Independent	357	0.6%

1987

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Peter Staples	Labor	29,698	51.3%
John Pasquarelli	Liberal	21,479	37.1%
Howard Mccallum	Australian Democrats	5,023	8.7%
Laurie Kirwan	National	977	1.7%
Lynette Manning	Independent	757	1.3%

1990

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Fred Garrett	Liberal	26,513	40.4%
Peter Staples	Labor	26,510	40.4%
Howard Mccallum	Australian Democrats	10,208	15.6%
Colin Arnold	Communist Party	1,647	2.5%
Robert Morris	Independent	748	1.1%

1993

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Peter Staples	Labor	33,881	50.1%
Alistair Urquhart	Liberal	27,441	40.6%
Bob West	Australian Democrats	2,137	3.2%
Chris Vassis	Independent	843	1.2%
Angela Walker	Independent	842	1.2%
Sue Griffiths	Independent	795	1.2%
Gary Foley	Independent	592	0.9%
Doreen O'kane	Communist Party	436	0.6%
Eric Kirkwood	Independent	344	0.5%
Richard Fitzherbert	Independent	260	0.4%

1996

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Jenny Macklin	Labor	34,977	44.2%
Michelle Penson	Liberal	33,823	42.7%
Timothy Newhouse	Australian Democrats	5,496	6.9%
Susan Coleman	Greens	2,609	3.3%
Paul Tobias	AAFI	994	1.3%
Andrew Mackenzie	Independent	839	1.1%
Byron Rigby	Independent	249	0.3%
Chris Vassis	Independent	214	0.3%

1998

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Jenny Macklin	Labor	38,842	48.1%
Tony Raunic	Liberal	31,760	39.4%
John Mcpherson	Australian Democrats	4,732	5.9%
Robyn Roberts	Greens	2,633	3.3%
Ray Mason	One Nation	1,971	2.4%
Grant Walters	Unity	468	0.6%
Steve Griffith	Independent	265	0.3%

2001

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Jenny Macklin	Labor	37,027	45.6%
Brett Jones	Liberal	32,619	40.2%
Peter Wigg	Australian Democrats	5,421	6.7%
Samantha Roberts	Greens	5,178	6.4%
Gary Schorel-Hlavka	Independent	673	0.8%
Paul Gallagher	Independent	266	0.3%

2004

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Jenny Macklin	Labor	38,303	44.8%
Woody Inman	Liberal	36,210	42.3%
Don Ardin	Greens	7,111	8.3%
Jennifer Barton	FFP	1,956	2.3%
Cate Hayward	Australian Democrats	983	1.1%
Barry Minister	Independent	527	0.6%
Gary Schorel-Hlavka	Independent	285	0.3%
Stephen Lele	CEC	162	0.2%

2007

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Jenny Macklin	Labor	42,154	48.2%
Conrad D'souza	Liberal	32,870	37.6%
Lisa Hodgson	Greens	8,971	10.2%
Andrew Conlon	Family First	2,065	2.4%
Jason Graham	Australian Democrats	979	1.1%
Stephen Lele	Independent	496	0.6%

2013

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Nick Mcgowan	Liberal	38,422	41.9%
Jenny Macklin	Labor	34,813	38.0%
Chris Kearney	Greens	11,863	13.0%
Nicholas Wallis	ASP	2,565	2.8%
Kitten Snape	Palmer United Party	2,452	2.7%
Tahlia Eadie	Family First	1,490	1.6%

2016

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
David Mulholland	Liberal	37,920	41.0%
Jenny Macklin	Labor	36,238	39.2%
Hugh Mckinnon	Greens	13,696	14.8%
Jessica Ward	Family First	2,341	2.5%
Nathan Schram	AJP	2,235	2.4%

2019

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Kate Thwaites	Labor	41,086	42.0%
Richard Welch	Liberal	37,755	38.6%
Paul Kennedy	Greens	13,929	14.2%
Maria Rigoni	United Australia Party	3,652	3.7%
Jeff Truscott	RUA	1,345	1.4%

Margin Over Time

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

Trend

Jagajaga has been contested at 12 federal elections on record since 1984. Winning party over that span: Labor.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Jagajaga in the 2019 federal election?

Kate Thwaites (Labor) won Jagajaga in 2019 after preferences, with 55,304 votes (56.6%) to Richard Welch's 42,463.

Which parties have won Jagajaga since 1984?

Since 1984, Jagajaga has been won by: Labor.

What was the closest result in Jagajaga?

The closest result on record for Jagajaga was 1990, when Peter Staples (Labor) beat Fred Garrett by 3,455 votes (5.3 percentage points) after preferences.