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Macquarie — Australian Federal Election Results

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

Macquarie was won by Susan Templeman (Labor) at the 2019 federal election, with a margin of 371 votes over Sarah Richards after preferences. This page covers every federal election in Macquarie 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 Sydney Smith FT 3,846 53.9% William Ferguson (Prot) 561 (7.9 pts)
1903 Sydney Smith FT 6,410 54.0% William Sandford (Prot) 960 (8.1 pts)
1906 Ernest Carr Labor 7,121 51.3% Sydney Smith (AS) 361 (2.6 pts)
1910 Ernest Carr Labor 9,875 56.5% Alfred Conroy (Liberal) 2,257 (12.9 pts)
1913 Ernest Carr Labor 11,163 51.6% Robert Moore (Liberal) 712 (3.3 pts)
1914 Ernest Carr Labor 12,888 53.3% Robert Moore (Liberal) 1,600 (6.6 pts)
1917 Samuel Nicholls Labor 13,566 50.0% Ernest Carr (National) 9 (0.0 pts)
1919 Samuel Nicholls Labor 13,455 53.2% Ernest Carr (National) 1,596 (6.3 pts)
1922 Arthur Manning National 10,880 50.2% Samuel Nicholls (Labor) 85 (0.4 pts)
1925 Arthur Manning National 18,456 51.3% Ben Chifley (Labor) 903 (2.5 pts)
1928 Ben Chifley Labor 20,155 54.9% Arthur Manning (National) 3,578 (9.7 pts)
1929 Ben Chifley Labor 25,349 65.6% Charles Dash (National) 12,078 (31.3 pts)
1931 John Lawson United Australia Party 19,980 50.6% Ben Chifley (Labor) 456 (1.2 pts)
1934 John Lawson United Australia Party 25,934 53.4% Tony Luchetti (Labor (Non-Communist)) 3,263 (6.7 pts)
1937 John Lawson United Australia Party 26,392 52.1% Tony Luchetti (Labor) 2,120 (4.2 pts)
1940 Ben Chifley Labor 29,493 58.1% John Lawson (United Australia Party) 8,198 (16.1 pts)
1943 Ben Chifley Labor 36,937 70.2% Arthur Hebblewhite (United Australia Party) 21,244 (40.4 pts)
1946 Ben Chifley Labor 33,412 66.1% Eric Spooner (Liberal) 16,306 (32.3 pts)
1949 Ben Chifley Labor 21,683 59.8% Robert Cotton (Liberal) 7,098 (19.6 pts)
1951 Ben Chifley Labor 23,136 61.8% Robert Cotton (Liberal) 8,811 (23.5 pts)
1954 Tony Luchetti Labor 22,388 62.4% Horace Brownlow (Liberal) 8,904 (24.8 pts)
1955 Tony Luchetti Labor 22,461 57.4% Norman Leven (Liberal) 5,799 (14.8 pts)
1958 Tony Luchetti Labor 23,646 62.0% Norman Leven (Liberal) 9,170 (24.1 pts)
1961 Tony Luchetti Labor 26,803 66.4% John Heesh (Liberal) 13,220 (32.7 pts)
1963 Tony Luchetti Labor 25,649 57.6% John Heesh (Liberal) 6,781 (15.2 pts)
1966 Tony Luchetti Labor 23,973 57.6% John Heesh (Liberal) 6,343 (15.2 pts)
1969 Tony Luchetti Labor 31,403 63.1% John Macdonnell (Liberal) 13,012 (26.1 pts)
1972 Tony Luchetti Labor 36,243 69.8% Basil Genders (Liberal) 20,588 (39.7 pts)
1974 Tony Luchetti Labor 39,472 61.4% Malcolm Mackay (Liberal) 14,623 (22.7 pts)
1975 Reginald Gillard Liberal 37,739 51.8% Ross Free (Labor) 2,608 (3.6 pts)
1977 Reginald Gillard Liberal 34,966 51.7% Ross Free (Labor) 2,292 (3.4 pts)
1980 Ross Free Labor 41,687 52.8% Reginald Gillard (Liberal) 4,476 (5.7 pts)
1983 Ross Free Labor 50,272 61.9% Stephen Screech (Liberal) 19,306 (23.8 pts)
1984 Alasdair Webster Liberal 28,529 51.4% Garry Cronan (Labor) 1,548 (2.8 pts)
1987 Alasdair Webster Liberal 33,300 55.8% David March (Labor) 6,917 (11.6 pts)
1990 Alasdair Webster Liberal 35,631 53.6% John Marsh (Labor) 4,839 (7.3 pts)
1993 Maggie Deahm Labor 34,783 50.1% Alasdair Webster (Liberal) 164 (0.2 pts)
1996 Kerry Bartlett Liberal 41,045 56.4% Maggie Deahm (Labor) 9,265 (12.7 pts)
1998 Kerry Bartlett Liberal 41,053 54.1% Maggie Deahm (Labor) 6,223 (8.2 pts)
2004 Kerry Bartlett Liberal 46,482 58.9% Mark Ptolemy (Labor) 14,079 (17.8 pts)
2007 Bob Debus Labor 50,037 57.0% Kerry Bartlett (Liberal) 12,347 (14.1 pts)
2010 Louise Markus Liberal 44,801 51.3% Susan Templeman (Labor) 2,197 (2.5 pts)
2013 Louise Markus Liberal 48,987 54.5% Susan Templeman (Labor) 8,050 (9.0 pts)
2016 Susan Templeman Labor 47,733 52.2% Louise Markus (Liberal) 4,014 (4.4 pts)
2019 Susan Templeman Labor 48,661 50.2% Sarah Richards (Liberal) 371 (0.4 pts)

First-Preference Result by Election

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

1901

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Sydney SmithFT3,84653.9%
William FergusonProt3,28546.1%

1903

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Sydney SmithFT6,41054.0%
William SandfordProt5,45046.0%

1906

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Ernest CarrLabor7,12151.3%
Sydney SmithAS6,76048.7%

1910

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Ernest CarrLabor9,87556.5%
Alfred ConroyLiberal7,61843.5%

1913

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Ernest CarrLabor11,16350.0%
Robert MooreLiberal10,45146.9%
Henry FletcherIndependent6933.1%

1914

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Ernest CarrLabor12,88853.3%
Robert MooreLiberal11,28846.7%

1917

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Samuel NichollsLabor13,56650.0%
Ernest CarrNational13,55750.0%

1919

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Samuel NichollsLabor13,45553.2%
Ernest CarrNational11,85946.8%

1922

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Samuel NichollsLabor10,40648.0%
Arthur ManningNational9,59544.3%
John MillerIndependent1,6747.7%

1925

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Arthur ManningNational18,45651.3%
Ben ChifleyLabor17,55348.7%

1928

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Ben ChifleyLabor20,15554.9%
Arthur ManningNational16,57745.1%

1929

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Ben ChifleyLabor25,34965.6%
Charles DashNational13,27134.4%

1931

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
John LawsonUnited Australia Party19,38149.1%
Ben ChifleyLabor11,08528.1%
Tony LuchettiLabor (Non-Communist)8,53921.6%
Robert DeveneyCommunist Party of Australia4991.3%

1934

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
John LawsonUnited Australia Party22,01045.3%
Tony LuchettiLabor (Non-Communist)14,50629.8%
Ben ChifleyLabor10,11420.8%
Edward SmytheSC1,0992.3%
John JamiesonCommunist Party of Australia8761.8%

1937

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
John LawsonUnited Australia Party26,39252.1%
Tony LuchettiLabor24,27247.9%

1940

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Ben ChifleyLabor22,66044.6%
John LawsonUnited Australia Party20,46840.3%
Bernard CunninghamLabor (Non-Communist)7,66015.1%

1943

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Ben ChifleyLabor36,93765.0%
Arthur HebblewhiteUnited Australia Party15,69327.6%
Albert WalkerOPA2,7664.9%
Millie SullivanIndependent1,4712.6%

1946

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Ben ChifleyLabor33,41258.4%
Eric SpoonerLiberal17,10629.9%
Cecil WilliamsCountry Party5,3429.3%
John SuttonIndependent1,3442.3%

1949

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Ben ChifleyLabor21,68357.7%
Robert CottonLiberal14,58538.8%
John KingCommunist Party of Australia1,3203.5%

1951

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Ben ChifleyLabor23,13661.8%
Robert CottonLiberal14,32538.2%

1954

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Tony LuchettiLabor22,38860.4%
Horace BrownlowLiberal13,48436.3%
John KingCommunist Party of Australia1,2243.3%

1955

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Tony LuchettiLabor22,46155.9%
Norman LevenLiberal16,66241.4%
Vernon MoffittCommunist Party of Australia1,0752.7%

1958

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Tony LuchettiLabor23,64658.1%
Norman LevenLiberal14,47635.5%
Hugh DoughertyDemocratic Labor Party2,6116.4%

1961

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Tony LuchettiLabor26,80363.1%
John HeeshLiberal13,58332.0%
Francis MackenzieDemocratic Labor Party2,0634.9%

1963

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Tony LuchettiLabor25,64957.6%
John HeeshLiberal18,86842.4%

1966

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Tony LuchettiLabor23,97352.4%
John HeeshLiberal17,63038.5%
Richard AmbroseDemocratic Labor Party3,7628.2%
Allan FuaryIndependent3720.8%

1969

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Tony LuchettiLabor31,40358.1%
John MacdonnellLiberal18,39134.0%
Leslie ClarkeDemocratic Labor Party2,9265.4%
Norman LeeAP1,3432.5%

1972

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Tony LuchettiLabor36,24358.8%
Basil GendersLiberal15,65525.4%
Frank WolstenholmeCountry Party7,04511.4%
Leslie ClarkeDemocratic Labor Party2,6524.3%

1974

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Tony LuchettiLabor39,47256.1%
Malcolm MackayLiberal24,84935.3%
Michael HuntCountry Party4,4536.3%
Gregory WoodwardAP1,0611.5%
Steven ParrottCountry Party5790.8%

1975

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Reginald GillardLiberal37,73950.2%
Ross FreeLabor35,13146.7%
Murray BuschIndependent1,3921.9%
Norman LeeIndependent5240.7%
Ian PerryIndependent4510.6%

1977

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Reginald GillardLiberal28,29941.8%
Ross FreeLabor26,65139.4%
Peter MonaghanAustralian Democrats7,32810.8%
Michael BarrattIndependent4,8497.2%
Alyn FosterIndependent5130.8%

1980

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Ross FreeLabor36,81446.7%
Reginald GillardLiberal34,69944.0%
Richard Jackson-HopeAustralian Democrats4,6035.8%
Raymond ButcherIndependent1,9582.5%
Ronald StantonIndependent4470.6%
Ian PerryIndependent3770.5%

1983

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Ross FreeLabor50,27257.3%
Stephen ScreechLiberal30,96635.3%
Richard Jackson-HopeAustralian Democrats6,5737.5%

1984

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Alasdair WebsterLiberal22,79641.1%
Garry CronanLabor22,56540.6%
Dick Jackson-HopeAustralian Democrats4,0537.3%
Peter QuirkIndependent3,0695.5%
Paul McgirrNational3,0365.5%

1987

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Alasdair WebsterLiberal30,01050.3%
David MarchLabor23,09638.7%
Bruce ForbesAustralian Democrats6,58211.0%

1990

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Alasdair WebsterLiberal31,26847.0%
John MarshLabor20,93231.4%
Bruce ForbesAustralian Democrats8,50012.8%
John BakerIndependent4,3286.5%
Stuart DouglassIndependent9141.4%
Leslie NewtonGreens6391.0%

1993

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Alasdair WebsterLiberal30,80944.4%
Maggie DeahmLabor29,50442.5%
Jon RickardAustralian Democrats4,6216.7%
Petar IvanovskiGreens2,6333.8%
Garth HutchinsonIndependent1,5312.2%
Roger FayIndependent3470.5%

1996

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Kerry BartlettLiberal35,19948.1%
Maggie DeahmLabor24,61433.6%
Jon RickardAustralian Democrats6,1278.4%
Carol GaulGreens2,7823.8%
Warwick TylerAAFI1,8062.5%
Heather KrausCommunist Party1,7532.4%
John MccallIndependent9061.2%

1998

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Kerry BartlettLiberal32,43242.7%
Maggie DeahmLabor26,39134.8%
Les SheatherOne Nation7,87010.4%
Jon RickardAustralian Democrats4,8956.5%
Adele DoustGreens2,5633.4%
Shirley GriggIndependent1,5102.0%
Michael PennyIndependent2220.3%

2004

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Kerry BartlettLiberal42,02153.3%
Mark PtolemyLabor21,89827.8%
Joel MacraeGreens8,56110.9%
Brian GriggChristian Democratic Party1,8552.4%
Tim WilliamsIndependent1,7742.2%
Troy GeriFFP1,0821.4%
John HaydonAustralian Democrats9691.2%
Matthew DerrigIndependent6390.8%
Michael SegedinCEC860.1%

2007

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Bob DebusLabor38,67244.1%
Kerry BartlettLiberal33,19737.8%
Carmel MccallumGreens9,09210.4%
Tim WilliamsIndependent4,1454.7%
Robert GiffordChristian Democratic Party1,7021.9%
Charles LiptakFamily First4650.5%
Kirk FletcherIndependent3550.4%
Michael SegedinIndependent990.1%

2010

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Louise MarkusLiberal38,86744.5%
Susan TemplemanLabor28,28432.4%
Carmel MccallumGreens12,31714.1%
Peter WhelanIndependent2,0872.4%
Luke PortelliChristian Democratic Party1,8832.2%
Amy BellIndependent1,7782.0%
Jason CorneliusFamily First9221.1%
John BatesIndependent6760.8%
Terry TremethickIndependent5910.7%

2013

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Louise MarkusLiberal42,59047.4%
Susan TemplemanLabor27,87231.0%
Danielle WheelerGreens9,98611.1%
Philip MaxwellPalmer United Party3,7314.1%
Tony PiperChristian Democratic Party2,7203.0%
Mark LittlejohnASP1,7762.0%
Matt HodgsonIndependent7500.8%
Teresa ElaroDemocratic Labor Party4990.6%

2016

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Louise MarkusLiberal34,94638.2%
Susan TemplemanLabor32,48035.5%
Terry MorganGreens10,25711.2%
Catherine LincolnChristian Democratic Party3,5673.9%
Jake GrizeljIndependent3,5503.9%
Hal GingesAJP2,5542.8%
Carl HalleyIndependent1,6931.9%
Liz CooperIndependent1,6531.8%
Olya ShornikovLiberal Democrats7520.8%

2019

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Sarah RichardsLiberal43,48744.9%
Susan TemplemanLabor37,10638.3%
Kingsley LiuGreens8,8709.1%
Tony PettittUnited Australia Party3,8774.0%
Greg KeightleyAJP3,6113.7%

Margin Over Time

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

1901: FT margin 7.9 pts 1903: FT margin 8.1 pts 1906: Labor margin 2.6 pts 1910: Labor margin 12.9 pts 1913: Labor margin 3.3 pts 1914: Labor margin 6.6 pts 1917: Labor margin 0.0 pts 1919: Labor margin 6.3 pts 1922: National margin 0.4 pts 1925: National margin 2.5 pts 1928: Labor margin 9.7 pts 1929: Labor margin 31.3 pts 1931: United Australia Party margin 1.2 pts 1934: United Australia Party margin 6.7 pts 1937: United Australia Party margin 4.2 pts 1940: Labor margin 16.1 pts 1943: Labor margin 40.4 pts 1946: Labor margin 32.3 pts 1949: Labor margin 19.6 pts 1951: Labor margin 23.5 pts 1954: Labor margin 24.8 pts 1955: Labor margin 14.8 pts 1958: Labor margin 24.1 pts 1961: Labor margin 32.7 pts 1963: Labor margin 15.2 pts 1966: Labor margin 15.2 pts 1969: Labor margin 26.1 pts 1972: Labor margin 39.7 pts 1974: Labor margin 22.7 pts 1975: Liberal margin 3.6 pts 1977: Liberal margin 3.4 pts 1980: Labor margin 5.7 pts 1983: Labor margin 23.8 pts 1984: Liberal margin 2.8 pts 1987: Liberal margin 11.6 pts 1990: Liberal margin 7.3 pts 1993: Labor margin 0.2 pts 1996: Liberal margin 12.7 pts 1998: Liberal margin 8.2 pts 2004: Liberal margin 17.8 pts 2007: Labor margin 14.1 pts 2010: Liberal margin 2.5 pts 2013: Liberal margin 9.0 pts 2016: Labor margin 4.4 pts 2019: Labor margin 0.4 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 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019

Trend

Macquarie has been contested at 45 federal elections on record since 1901. Winning parties over that span: FT, Labor, National, United Australia Party, Liberal.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Macquarie in the 2019 federal election?

Susan Templeman (Labor) won Macquarie in 2019 after preferences, with 48,661 votes (50.2%) to Sarah Richards's 48,290.

Which parties have won Macquarie since 1901?

Since 1901, Macquarie has been won by: FT, Labor, Liberal, National, United Australia Party.

What was the closest result in Macquarie?

The closest result on record for Macquarie was 1917, when Samuel Nicholls (Labor) beat Ernest Carr by 9 votes (0.0 percentage points) after preferences.

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