Kingston — Australian Federal Election Results

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

Kingston was won by Amanda Rishworth (Labor) at the 2019 federal election, with a margin of 25,335 votes over Laura Curran after preferences. This page covers every federal election in Kingston from 1949 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), 1949–2019

Election	Winner	Party	Final Votes	Final Share	Runner-up	Margin
1949	Herbert Handby	Liberal	23,713	51.6%	Thomas Sheehy (Labor)	1,480 (3.2 pts)
1951	Patrick Galvin	Labor	24,834	51.3%	Herbert Handby (Liberal)	1,220 (2.5 pts)
1954	Patrick Galvin	Labor	31,602	55.0%	Howard Zelling (Liberal)	5,714 (9.9 pts)
1955	Patrick Galvin	Labor	21,429	51.6%	James Forbes (Liberal)	1,300 (3.1 pts)
1958	Patrick Galvin	Labor	25,607	54.4%	Cecil Anderson (Liberal)	4,165 (8.9 pts)
1961	Patrick Galvin	Labor	32,279	61.6%	John Mccoy (Liberal)	12,135 (23.1 pts)
1963	Patrick Galvin	Labor	32,582	56.2%	Kay Brownbill (Liberal)	7,207 (12.4 pts)
1966	Kay Brownbill	Liberal	35,041	56.7%	Patrick Galvin (Labor)	8,277 (13.4 pts)
1969	Richard Gun	Labor	26,975	55.4%	Kay Brownbill (Liberal)	5,288 (10.9 pts)
1972	Richard Gun	Labor	30,169	54.0%	Peter Tonkin (Liberal)	4,512 (8.1 pts)
1974	Richard Gun	Labor	35,647	59.6%	Peter Tonkin (Liberal)	11,530 (19.3 pts)
1975	Grant Chapman	Liberal	40,932	56.6%	Richard Gun (Labor)	9,567 (13.2 pts)
1977	Grant Chapman	Liberal	35,732	51.8%	Richard Gun (Labor)	2,481 (3.6 pts)
1980	Grant Chapman	Liberal	38,034	50.2%	Richard Gun (Labor)	364 (0.5 pts)
1983	Gordon Bilney	Labor	42,568	53.1%	Grant Chapman (Liberal)	5,022 (6.3 pts)
1984	Gordon Bilney	Labor	32,965	57.4%	Richard Noble (Liberal)	8,451 (14.7 pts)
1987	Gordon Bilney	Labor	34,157	54.8%	Richard Noble (Liberal)	5,954 (9.5 pts)
1990	Gordon Bilney	Labor	38,824	55.0%	Judy Fuller (Liberal)	7,102 (10.1 pts)
1993	Gordon Bilney	Labor	39,212	51.5%	Martin Gordon (Liberal)	2,212 (2.9 pts)
1996	Susan Jeanes	Liberal	41,056	52.0%	Gordon Bilney (Labor)	3,175 (4.0 pts)
1998	David Cox	Labor	41,206	50.5%	Susan Jeanes (Liberal)	763 (0.9 pts)
2001	David Cox	Labor	40,618	52.4%	Dean Hersey (Liberal)	3,746 (4.8 pts)
2004	Kym Richardson	Liberal	42,327	50.1%	David Cox (Labor)	119 (0.1 pts)
2007	Amanda Rishworth	Labor	49,247	54.4%	Kym Richardson (Liberal)	8,003 (8.8 pts)
2010	Amanda Rishworth	Labor	58,695	63.9%	Chris Zanker (Liberal)	25,556 (27.8 pts)
2013	Amanda Rishworth	Labor	52,504	59.7%	Damien Mills (Liberal)	17,058 (19.4 pts)
2016	Amanda Rishworth	Labor	62,616	67.0%	Kelvin Binns (Liberal)	31,841 (34.1 pts)
2019	Amanda Rishworth	Labor	65,708	61.9%	Laura Curran (Liberal)	25,335 (23.9 pts)

First-Preference Result by Election

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

1949

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Herbert Handby	Liberal	23,713	51.6%
Thomas Sheehy	Labor	22,233	48.4%

1951

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Patrick Galvin	Labor	24,834	50.6%
Herbert Handby	Liberal	23,614	48.1%
Eric Stead	Communist Party of Australia	654	1.3%

1954

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Patrick Galvin	Labor	31,602	55.0%
Howard Zelling	Liberal	25,888	45.0%

1955

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Patrick Galvin	Labor	21,429	51.6%
James Forbes	Liberal	20,129	48.4%

1958

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Patrick Galvin	Labor	25,607	50.8%
Cecil Anderson	Liberal	21,442	42.6%
Brian Crowe	Democratic Labor Party	3,321	6.6%

1961

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Patrick Galvin	Labor	32,279	56.2%
John Mccoy	Liberal	20,144	35.1%
Brian Crowe	Democratic Labor Party	5,026	8.7%

1963

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Patrick Galvin	Labor	32,582	53.6%
Kay Brownbill	Liberal	25,375	41.7%
Brian Crowe	Democratic Labor Party	2,858	4.7%

1966

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Kay Brownbill	Liberal	35,041	53.4%
Patrick Galvin	Labor	26,764	40.8%
Allan Anderson	Democratic Labor Party	3,776	5.8%

1969

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Richard Gun	Labor	26,975	53.4%
Kay Brownbill	Liberal	21,687	42.9%
Betty Bishop	Democratic Labor Party	1,886	3.7%

1972

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Richard Gun	Labor	30,169	51.9%
Peter Tonkin	Liberal	25,657	44.2%
Mark Posa	Democratic Labor Party	2,251	3.9%

1974

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Richard Gun	Labor	35,647	52.9%
Peter Tonkin	Liberal	24,117	35.8%
Peter Heyson	LM	6,771	10.1%
Janet Veilands	AP	833	1.2%

1975

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Grant Chapman	Liberal	34,893	48.3%
Richard Gun	Labor	30,296	41.9%
Rodney Adam	LM	6,412	8.9%
Verna Oakley	Independent	696	1.0%

1977

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Grant Chapman	Liberal	31,254	45.3%
Richard Gun	Labor	28,919	41.9%
Christopher Harte	Australian Democrats	8,810	12.8%

1980

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Grant Chapman	Liberal	35,069	46.3%
Richard Gun	Labor	33,822	44.7%
Judith Jenkins	Australian Democrats	6,813	9.0%

1983

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Gordon Bilney	Labor	40,019	50.0%
Grant Chapman	Liberal	35,057	43.8%
Robert Ralph	Australian Democrats	5,038	6.3%

1984

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Gordon Bilney	Labor	29,140	50.7%
Richard Noble	Liberal	20,546	35.7%
Robert Ralph	Australian Democrats	4,951	8.6%
Paul Breakwell	NDP	2,270	3.9%
Neville Agars	National	584	1.0%

1987

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Gordon Bilney	Labor	30,138	48.3%
Richard Noble	Liberal	23,997	38.5%
Colin Miller	Australian Democrats	5,819	9.3%
Gerald Larkin	National	1,874	3.0%
Michael Prowse	Independent	539	0.9%

1990

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Gordon Bilney	Labor	26,206	37.1%
Judy Fuller	Liberal	23,355	33.0%
Janine Haines	Australian Democrats	18,694	26.4%
Cliff Boyd	Communist Party	1,533	2.2%
George Gater	Independent	327	0.5%
Lyall Mcdonald	Independent	304	0.4%
Tom Flanagan	Independent	296	0.4%

1993

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Gordon Bilney	Labor	33,906	44.4%
Martin Gordon	Liberal	32,073	42.0%
Anji Gesserit	Australian Democrats	5,885	7.7%
John Watson	Communist Party	1,917	2.5%
Robert Brown	Independent	976	1.3%
Alexa Jamieson	Independent	908	1.2%
Egils Burtmanis	Independent	427	0.6%
Robert Graham	Independent	194	0.3%

1996

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Susan Jeanes	Liberal	34,023	42.9%
Gordon Bilney	Labor	31,372	39.6%
Debbie Webb	Australian Democrats	7,890	9.9%
David Nurton	Greens	1,852	2.3%
Evonne Moore	AAFI	1,780	2.2%
Paula Newell	Independent	1,004	1.3%
John Watson	Independent	443	0.6%
Bob Campbell	Independent	381	0.5%
Sally Ann Hunter	Independent	327	0.4%
Patrick Muldowney	Independent	249	0.3%

1998

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Susan Jeanes	Liberal	32,211	39.5%
David Cox	Labor	31,441	38.5%
Graham Pratt	Australian Democrats	7,725	9.5%
Charlie Mccormack	One Nation	7,510	9.2%
Olive Weston	Independent	980	1.2%
Ralph Hahnheuser	Independent	869	1.1%
Chris Planeta	Independent	513	0.6%
Hugh Dickson	Independent	400	0.5%

2001

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
David Cox	Labor	31,127	40.2%
Dean Hersey	Liberal	30,080	38.8%
Graham Pratt	Australian Democrats	9,076	11.7%
Charlie Mccormack	One Nation	3,634	4.7%
Deborah Guildner	Greens	2,437	3.1%
Gordon Arandelovic	Independent	1,136	1.5%

2004

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Kym Richardson	Liberal	36,848	43.6%
David Cox	Labor	35,748	42.3%
Andrew Cole	FFP	4,767	5.6%
Yvonne Darlington	Greens	4,478	5.3%
Deidre Albrighton	Australian Democrats	1,825	2.2%
Laurel Payne	One Nation	869	1.0%

2007

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Amanda Rishworth	Labor	42,212	46.6%
Kym Richardson	Liberal	35,961	39.7%
Robert Brokenshire	Family First	5,169	5.7%
Bill Weller	Greens	5,132	5.7%
Matthew Fowler	Australian Democrats	859	0.9%
Barry J Becker	Independent	505	0.6%
Alex Kusznir	Independent	380	0.4%
Lachlan Smith	Independent	273	0.3%

2010

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Amanda Rishworth	Labor	46,882	51.1%
Chris Zanker	Liberal	26,652	29.0%
Palitja Moore	Greens	11,264	12.3%
Geoff Doecke	Family First	5,288	5.8%
Ron Baker	Australian Democrats	1,748	1.9%

2013

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Amanda Rishworth	Labor	43,328	49.3%
Damien Mills	Liberal	28,492	32.4%
Palitja Moore	Greens	6,062	6.9%
Geoff Doecke	Family First	5,168	5.9%
Mitchell Frost	Palmer United Party	3,709	4.2%
Andy Snoswell	Independent	1,191	1.4%

2016

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Amanda Rishworth	Labor	46,151	49.4%
Kelvin Binns	Liberal	21,772	23.3%
Damian Carey	Nick Xenophon Team	16,059	17.2%
Robyn Holtham	Greens	5,361	5.7%
Geoff Doecke	Family First	4,048	4.3%

2019

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Amanda Rishworth	Labor	53,655	50.6%
Laura Curran	Liberal	33,650	31.7%
Nikki Mortier	Greens	9,764	9.2%
Jodie Hoskin	United Australia Party	5,270	5.0%
Kellie Somers	AJP	3,742	3.5%

Margin Over Time

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

Trend

Kingston has been contested at 28 federal elections on record since 1949. Winning parties over that span: Liberal, Labor.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Kingston in the 2019 federal election?

Amanda Rishworth (Labor) won Kingston in 2019 after preferences, with 65,708 votes (61.9%) to Laura Curran's 40,373.

Which parties have won Kingston since 1949?

Since 1949, Kingston has been won by: Labor, Liberal.

What was the closest result in Kingston?

The closest result on record for Kingston was 2004, when Kym Richardson (Liberal) beat David Cox by 119 votes (0.1 percentage points) after preferences.