La trobe — Australian Federal Election Results

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

La trobe was won by Jason Wood (Liberal) at the 2019 federal election, with a margin of 8,863 votes over Simon Curtis after preferences. This page covers every federal election in La trobe 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	Richard Casey	Liberal	23,645	58.6%	Robert Balcombe (Labor)	6,931 (17.2 pts)
1951	Richard Casey	Liberal	26,920	58.0%	Bernard Rees (Labor)	7,456 (16.1 pts)
1954	Richard Casey	Liberal	34,585	56.2%	Edward Smith (Labor)	7,642 (12.4 pts)
1955	Richard Casey	Liberal	24,442	63.3%	William Webber (Labor)	10,265 (26.6 pts)
1958	Richard Casey	Liberal	28,570	59.3%	Samuel Goldbloom (Labor)	8,947 (18.6 pts)
1961	John Jess	Liberal	36,236	56.6%	Donell Pritchard (Labor)	8,439 (13.2 pts)
1963	John Jess	Liberal	40,866	56.8%	Moss Cass (Labor)	9,726 (13.5 pts)
1966	John Jess	Liberal	48,873	60.6%	Donell Pritchard (Labor)	17,086 (21.2 pts)
1969	John Jess	Liberal	27,641	55.2%	Pauline Mccarthy (Labor)	5,164 (10.3 pts)
1972	Antony Lamb	Labor	31,885	57.1%	John Jess (Liberal)	7,924 (14.2 pts)
1974	Antony Lamb	Labor	40,444	55.7%	Marshall Baillieu (Liberal)	8,318 (11.5 pts)
1975	Marshall Baillieu	Liberal	41,276	53.8%	Antony Lamb (Labor)	5,772 (7.5 pts)
1977	Marshall Baillieu	Liberal	31,845	50.8%	Antony Lamb (Labor)	1,044 (1.7 pts)
1980	Peter Milton	Labor	36,360	52.3%	Marshall Baillieu (Liberal)	3,182 (4.6 pts)
1983	Peter Milton	Labor	40,493	60.9%	Peter Nugent (Liberal)	14,448 (21.7 pts)
1984	Peter Milton	Labor	31,370	58.7%	Ted French (Liberal)	9,293 (17.4 pts)
1987	Peter Milton	Labor	35,539	57.3%	Bob Charles (Liberal)	9,100 (14.7 pts)
1990	Bob Charles	Liberal	34,980	51.4%	Peter Milton (Labor)	1,842 (2.7 pts)
1993	Bob Charles	Liberal	38,348	52.4%	Geoff Pain (Labor)	3,455 (4.7 pts)
1996	Bob Charles	Liberal	35,396	51.4%	Carolyn Hirsh (Labor)	1,888 (2.7 pts)
1998	Bob Charles	Liberal	37,442	51.0%	Carolyn Hirsh (Labor)	1,454 (2.0 pts)
2001	Bob Charles	Liberal	43,366	53.7%	Phil Staindl (Labor)	5,934 (7.3 pts)
2004	Jason Wood	Liberal	43,394	55.8%	Susan Davies (Labor)	9,057 (11.7 pts)
2007	Jason Wood	Liberal	43,077	50.5%	Rodney Cocks (Labor)	871 (1.0 pts)
2013	Jason Wood	Liberal	47,998	54.0%	Laura Smyth (Labor)	7,130 (8.0 pts)
2016	Jason Wood	Liberal	47,649	51.5%	Simon Curtis (Labor)	2,701 (2.9 pts)
2019	Jason Wood	Liberal	53,776	54.5%	Simon Curtis (Labor)	8,863 (9.0 pts)

First-Preference Result by Election

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

1949

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Richard Casey	Liberal	23,645	58.6%
Robert Balcombe	Labor	16,714	41.4%

1951

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Richard Casey	Liberal	26,920	58.0%
Bernard Rees	Labor	19,464	42.0%

1954

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Richard Casey	Liberal	34,585	55.1%
Edward Smith	Labor	26,943	42.9%
Gerald O'day	Communist Party of Australia	1,227	2.0%

1955

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Richard Casey	Liberal	24,442	57.6%
William Webber	Labor	14,177	33.4%
George Noone	Labor (Anti-Communist)	3,830	9.0%

1958

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Richard Casey	Liberal	28,570	53.7%
Samuel Goldbloom	Labor	19,623	36.9%
Terence Kirley	Democratic Labor Party	4,963	9.3%

1961

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
John Jess	Liberal	27,952	43.7%
Donell Pritchard	Labor	26,875	42.0%
John Hoare	Democratic Labor Party	8,651	13.5%
Bernard Rees	Independent	554	0.9%

1963

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
John Jess	Liberal	35,050	48.7%
Moss Cass	Labor	29,466	40.9%
Kevin Adamson	Democratic Labor Party	7,490	10.4%

1966

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
John Jess	Liberal	38,427	47.6%
Donell Pritchard	Labor	26,847	33.3%
Kevin Adamson	Democratic Labor Party	10,311	12.8%
Leonard Weber	LRG	5,075	6.3%

1969

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
John Jess	Liberal	22,343	44.6%
Pauline Mccarthy	Labor	20,898	41.7%
Peter Tunstall	Democratic Labor Party	4,393	8.8%
Brenda Elliott	AP	2,484	5.0%

1972

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Antony Lamb	Labor	31,885	50.5%
John Jess	Liberal	23,961	37.9%
George Noone	Democratic Labor Party	3,292	5.2%
Donald Walters	AP	2,083	3.3%
Eileen Fowler	Independent	1,238	2.0%
Jeffrey Gill	Independent	700	1.1%

1974

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Antony Lamb	Labor	40,444	52.9%
Marshall Baillieu	Liberal	32,126	42.0%
Daniel Mason	Democratic Labor Party	2,051	2.7%
Donald Walters	AP	1,501	2.0%
William Bryant	Independent	323	0.4%

1975

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Marshall Baillieu	Liberal	41,276	50.5%
Antony Lamb	Labor	35,504	43.5%
James Penna	Democratic Labor Party	1,889	2.3%
Cornelus Hellema	Independent	1,837	2.2%
Donald Walters	AP	1,029	1.3%
Ronald Neilsen	Independent	169	0.2%

1977

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Marshall Baillieu	Liberal	26,060	41.6%
Antony Lamb	Labor	25,250	40.3%
Andrew Mccann	Australian Democrats	8,827	14.1%
James Penna	Democratic Labor Party	1,410	2.3%
Cornelus Hellema	Independent	1,099	1.8%

1980

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Peter Milton	Labor	31,439	45.2%
Marshall Baillieu	Liberal	28,282	40.7%
James Leicester	Australian Democrats	7,201	10.4%
Cornelus Hellema	Independent	1,487	2.1%
Desmond Burke	Democratic Labor Party	867	1.2%
Wilhelm Kapphan	Independent	262	0.4%

1983

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Peter Milton	Labor	40,493	52.8%
Peter Nugent	Liberal	26,045	34.0%
Milton Blake	Australian Democrats	8,010	10.5%
Cornelis Hellema	Independent	2,085	2.7%

1984

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Peter Milton	Labor	28,853	54.0%
Ted French	Liberal	19,438	36.4%
Andrew Mccann	Australian Democrats	4,185	7.8%
Julie Garratt	Democratic Labor Party	976	1.8%

1987

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Peter Milton	Labor	31,510	50.8%
Bob Charles	Liberal	24,013	38.7%
John Benton	Australian Democrats	6,461	10.4%

1990

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Bob Charles	Liberal	29,805	43.7%
Peter Milton	Labor	23,720	34.8%
Greta Jungwirth	Australian Democrats	12,246	17.9%
Teresa Kemp	Communist Party	2,468	3.6%

1993

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Bob Charles	Liberal	35,306	48.2%
Geoff Pain	Labor	29,715	40.5%
Rebecca Wigney	Greens	3,317	4.5%
Raymond Jungwirth	Australian Democrats	3,106	4.2%
Wolfgang Voigt	Communist Party	866	1.2%
Peter Herbert	Independent	552	0.8%
Juliana Kendi	Independent	436	0.6%

1996

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Bob Charles	Liberal	30,806	44.5%
Carolyn Hirsh	Labor	26,905	38.8%
John Hastie	Australian Democrats	6,549	9.5%
John Benton	Greens	3,264	4.7%
Wolf Voigt	Communist Party	874	1.3%
Frank Dean	Independent	542	0.8%
Andrew Sternberg	Independent	350	0.5%

1998

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Bob Charles	Liberal	31,456	42.8%
Carolyn Hirsh	Labor	27,733	37.8%
Amanda Leeper	Australian Democrats	6,447	8.8%
Jeff Thomas	One Nation	3,173	4.3%
Robyn Holtham	Greens	2,801	3.8%
Wolf Voigt	Christian Democratic Party	740	1.0%
Assyl Haidar	Unity	411	0.6%
Frank Dean	Independent	331	0.5%
Graham Woolley	Independent	186	0.3%
Andrew Sternberg	Independent	152	0.2%

2001

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Bob Charles	Liberal	37,641	46.6%
Phil Staindl	Labor	27,912	34.5%
Tony Holland	Australian Democrats	6,424	8.0%
Craig Smith	Greens	5,740	7.1%
June Scott	One Nation	1,304	1.6%
Wolfgang Voigt	Independent	861	1.1%
Jason Allen	Independent	530	0.7%
Frank Dean	Independent	386	0.5%

2004

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Jason Wood	Liberal	39,810	51.2%
Susan Davies	Labor	26,251	33.8%
Craig Smith	Greens	7,313	9.4%
Darryl Bridges	FFP	1,830	2.4%
Tony Holland	Australian Democrats	1,160	1.5%
Frank Dean	Independent	777	1.0%
Wolfgang Voigt	Christian Democratic Party	459	0.6%
Kurt Beilharz	CEC	131	0.2%

2007

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Jason Wood	Liberal	39,636	46.5%
Rodney Cocks	Labor	34,448	40.4%
Bree Taylor	Greens	7,539	8.8%
Jim Zubic	Family First	2,423	2.8%
Craig Beale	Australian Democrats	1,012	1.2%
Kurt Beilharz	Independent	140	0.2%
Surome Singh	Independent	85	0.1%

2013

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Jason Wood	Liberal	40,925	46.1%
Laura Smyth	Labor	28,488	32.1%
Michael Schilling	Greens	8,905	10.0%
Jason Kennedy	Palmer United Party	4,514	5.1%
Martin Leahy	ASP	2,475	2.8%
Daniel Martin	Family First	1,680	1.9%
Rachel Jenkins	Democratic Labor Party	1,168	1.3%
Kevin Seaman	Independent	711	0.8%

2016

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Jason Wood	Liberal	39,108	42.2%
Simon Curtis	Labor	29,052	31.4%
Tom Cummings	Greens	9,773	10.6%
Julieanne Doidge	Independent	3,922	4.2%
Leah Folloni	AJP	2,677	2.9%
Jeffrey Bartram	Family First	2,273	2.5%
Martin Leahy	ASP	2,103	2.3%
David Fent	Independent	1,321	1.4%
Leslie Hughes	Liberal Democrats	1,188	1.3%
Margaret Quinn	RUA	1,180	1.3%

2019

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Jason Wood	Liberal	45,123	45.7%
Simon Curtis	Labor	34,040	34.5%
Amy Gregorovich	Greens	7,752	7.9%
Esther Baker	One Nation	4,796	4.9%
Asher Calwell-Browne	DHJP	3,525	3.6%
Duncan Dean	United Australia Party	2,506	2.5%
Norman Baker	RUA	947	1.0%

Margin Over Time

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

Trend

La trobe has been contested at 27 federal elections on record since 1949. Winning parties over that span: Liberal, Labor.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won La trobe in the 2019 federal election?

Jason Wood (Liberal) won La trobe in 2019 after preferences, with 53,776 votes (54.5%) to Simon Curtis's 44,913.

Which parties have won La trobe since 1949?

Since 1949, La trobe has been won by: Labor, Liberal.

What was the closest result in La trobe?

The closest result on record for La trobe was 2007, when Jason Wood (Liberal) beat Rodney Cocks by 871 votes (1.0 percentage points) after preferences.