Mcmillan — Australian Federal Election Results

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

Mcmillan was won by Russell Broadbent (Liberal) at the 2016 federal election, with a margin of 12,165 votes over Chris Buckingham after preferences. This page covers every federal election in Mcmillan from 1949 to 2016.

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), 1949–2016

Election	Winner	Party	Final Votes	Final Share	Runner-up	Margin
1949	Geoffrey Brown	Liberal	20,960	56.9%	Adam Keltie (Labor)	5,093 (13.8 pts)
1951	Geoffrey Brown	Liberal	21,465	57.7%	Horace Hawkins (Labor)	5,748 (15.5 pts)
1954	Geoffrey Brown	Liberal	22,314	53.6%	Desmond Devlin (Labor)	3,019 (7.3 pts)
1955	Alexander Buchanan	Liberal	20,197	60.1%	Horace Hawkins (Labor)	6,767 (20.1 pts)
1958	Alexander Buchanan	Liberal	23,031	57.2%	George Brown (Labor)	5,831 (14.5 pts)
1961	Alexander Buchanan	Liberal	26,401	61.2%	James Longstaff (Labor)	9,680 (22.4 pts)
1963	Alexander Buchanan	Liberal	27,221	60.4%	Eric Kent (Labor)	9,343 (20.7 pts)
1966	Alexander Buchanan	Liberal	22,857	59.7%	Eric Kent (Labor)	7,408 (19.3 pts)
1969	Alexander Buchanan	Liberal	26,795	55.3%	Frank Mountford (Labor)	5,169 (10.7 pts)
1972	Henry Hewson	Country Party	26,096	52.4%	Frank Mountford (Labor)	2,387 (4.8 pts)
1974	Henry Hewson	Country Party	30,110	54.6%	Barry Murphy (Labor)	5,085 (9.2 pts)
1975	Barry Simon	Liberal	32,070	56.7%	William Rutherford (Labor)	7,600 (13.4 pts)
1977	Barry Simon	Liberal	34,077	54.8%	Richard Elkington (Labor)	5,984 (9.6 pts)
1980	Barry Cunningham	Labor	33,647	51.4%	Barry Simon (Liberal)	1,816 (2.8 pts)
1983	Barry Cunningham	Labor	37,433	53.1%	Alexander Ross (Liberal)	4,338 (6.2 pts)
1984	Barry Cunningham	Labor	34,182	58.0%	John Dwyer (Liberal)	9,477 (16.1 pts)
1987	Barry Cunningham	Labor	33,949	54.3%	John Kiely (Liberal)	5,394 (8.6 pts)
1990	John Riggall	Liberal	38,576	54.4%	Barry Cunningham (Labor)	6,295 (8.9 pts)
1993	Barry Cunningham	Labor	37,793	50.4%	John Riggall (Liberal)	593 (0.8 pts)
1996	Russell Broadbent	Liberal	39,333	52.1%	Barry Cunningham (Labor)	3,123 (4.1 pts)
1998	Christian Zahra	Labor	38,360	50.6%	Russell Broadbent (Liberal)	872 (1.1 pts)
2001	Christian Zahra	Labor	41,559	52.5%	Jim Forbes (Liberal)	3,899 (4.9 pts)
2004	Russell Broadbent	Liberal	41,478	55.0%	Christian Zahra (Labor)	7,525 (10.0 pts)
2007	Russell Broadbent	Liberal	44,172	54.8%	Christine Maxfield (Labor)	7,729 (9.6 pts)
2013	Russell Broadbent	Liberal	58,095	61.8%	Anthony Naus (Labor)	22,238 (23.7 pts)
2016	Russell Broadbent	Liberal	56,543	56.0%	Chris Buckingham (Labor)	12,165 (12.1 pts)

First-Preference Result by Election

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

1949

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Adam Keltie	Labor	14,263	38.7%
Geoffrey Brown	Liberal	11,938	32.4%
Robert May	Country Party	9,714	26.4%
Robert Hamilton	Communist Party of Australia	912	2.5%

1951

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Geoffrey Brown	Liberal	21,465	55.7%
Horace Hawkins	Labor	15,717	40.8%
Frederick Charlesworth	Communist Party of Australia	1,328	3.4%

1954

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Desmond Devlin	Labor	17,989	43.2%
Geoffrey Brown	Liberal	17,054	41.0%
John Mcdonald	Country Party	5,790	13.9%
Robert Hamilton	Communist Party of Australia	776	1.9%

1955

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Alexander Buchanan	Liberal	20,197	52.0%
Horace Hawkins	Labor	13,430	34.6%
Desmond Devlin	Labor (Anti-Communist)	5,193	13.4%

1958

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
George Brown	Labor	15,821	39.3%
Alexander Buchanan	Liberal	12,113	30.1%
Francis Hawtin	Country Party	7,514	18.7%
Kevin Scanlon	Democratic Labor Party	4,123	10.2%
Walter Doig	Communist Party of Australia	450	1.1%
Decima Mayne	Independent	210	0.5%

1961

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
James Longstaff	Labor	15,907	36.9%
Alexander Buchanan	Liberal	15,288	35.5%
Francis Hawtin	Country Party	6,758	15.7%
Leslie Hilton	Democratic Labor Party	4,988	11.6%
Patrick Linane	Independent	181	0.4%

1963

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Alexander Buchanan	Liberal	22,479	49.8%
Eric Kent	Labor	17,377	38.5%
Leslie Hilton	Democratic Labor Party	5,243	11.6%

1966

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Alexander Buchanan	Liberal	22,857	50.4%
Eric Kent	Labor	15,449	34.1%
Leslie Hilton	Democratic Labor Party	5,040	11.1%
Thomas Yates	Independent	2,000	4.4%

1969

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Frank Mountford	Labor	20,390	42.1%
Alexander Buchanan	Liberal	15,530	32.1%
John Dwyer	Country Party	8,164	16.9%
Leslie Hilton	Democratic Labor Party	4,337	9.0%

1972

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Frank Mountford	Labor	22,802	45.8%
Barrie Armitage	Liberal	12,025	24.1%
Henry Hewson	Country Party	8,282	16.6%
Michael Houlihan	Democratic Labor Party	3,583	7.2%
Alexander Buchanan	Independent	3,113	6.3%

1974

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Barry Murphy	Labor	24,201	43.9%
Henry Hewson	Country Party	13,650	24.8%
Ronald Dent	Liberal	13,345	24.2%
Leslie Hilton	Democratic Labor Party	2,273	4.1%
Ronald Broadhurst	AP	1,666	3.0%

1975

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
William Rutherford	Labor	22,402	39.6%
Barry Simon	Liberal	18,415	32.6%
Henry Hewson	National Country Party	12,971	22.9%
Leslie Hilton	Democratic Labor Party	2,227	3.9%
David Little	Independent	525	0.9%

1977

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Barry Simon	Liberal	27,650	44.5%
Richard Elkington	Labor	21,999	35.4%
Ronald Dent	Australian Democrats	8,844	14.2%
Brian Handley	Democratic Labor Party	3,010	4.8%
Norman Holyoak	Independent	667	1.1%

1980

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Barry Simon	Liberal	28,957	44.2%
Barry Cunningham	Labor	28,100	42.9%
Sandra Burke	Australian Democrats	4,748	7.3%
Brian Handley	Democratic Labor Party	3,295	5.0%
Robert Mccracken	Independent	378	0.6%

1983

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Barry Cunningham	Labor	34,099	48.3%
Alexander Ross	Liberal	27,831	39.5%
Gloria Auchterlonie	Australian Democrats	4,062	5.8%
Stewart Robertson	National	3,317	4.7%
John Sellens	Democratic Labor Party	1,219	1.7%

1984

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Barry Cunningham	Labor	31,517	53.5%
John Dwyer	Liberal	19,559	33.2%
Heather Ronald	National	3,580	6.1%
James Richards	Australian Democrats	2,509	4.3%
Anne Barrett	Democratic Labor Party	1,732	2.9%

1987

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Barry Cunningham	Labor	30,610	48.9%
John Kiely	Liberal	19,846	31.7%
Pat O'brien	National	7,544	12.1%
Ross Ollquist	Australian Democrats	3,319	5.3%
Anne Lorraine	Independent	833	1.3%
Thomas Walsh	Independent	404	0.6%

1990

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
John Riggall	Liberal	27,224	38.3%
Barry Cunningham	Labor	26,903	37.9%
Ross Ollquist	Australian Democrats	7,247	10.2%
Jillian Petersen	National	6,358	9.0%
Michael Slaughter	Communist Party	2,726	3.8%
Glen Mann	Independent	544	0.8%

1993

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Barry Cunningham	Labor	34,295	45.7%
John Riggall	Liberal	32,939	43.9%
Helen Hoppner	Independent	4,385	5.8%
David White	Australian Democrats	2,515	3.3%
Glen Mann	Independent	540	0.7%
Cathy Boschin	Independent	428	0.6%

1996

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Barry Cunningham	Labor	31,115	40.9%
Russell Broadbent	Liberal	30,546	40.1%
Helen Hoppner	National	6,206	8.1%
Colin Thornby	Australian Democrats	3,859	5.1%
Luke Van Der Meulen	Greens	2,031	2.7%
Dave Smith	Independent	878	1.2%
Norman Baker	Communist Party	818	1.1%
Chris King	Independent	526	0.7%
Michael Pollock	Independent	170	0.2%

1998

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Russell Broadbent	Liberal	29,512	38.9%
Christian Zahra	Labor	27,995	36.9%
Bryan Atkin	One Nation	3,963	5.2%
Barry Cunningham	Independent	3,800	5.0%
David Wall	Australian Democrats	3,228	4.3%
Peter Kelly	Independent	2,954	3.9%
Peter Wells	Independent	2,036	2.7%
Jenny Farrar	Greens	1,645	2.2%
Anthony Geoghegan	Independent	352	0.5%
Colin Milne	Unity	247	0.3%
Peter Jackson	Independent	116	0.2%

2001

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Christian Zahra	Labor	35,238	44.5%
Jim Forbes	Liberal	31,532	39.8%
David Wall	Australian Democrats	3,233	4.1%
Jenny Farrar	Greens	2,905	3.7%
John Holtman	One Nation	2,864	3.6%
David Roberts	National	2,172	2.7%
Betty Howell	Independent	1,262	1.6%

2004

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Russell Broadbent	Liberal	32,379	42.9%
Christian Zahra	Labor	28,555	37.9%
Bridget Mckenzie	National	6,676	8.9%
Chris Aitken	Greens	3,381	4.5%
Harold Paul	FFP	1,289	1.7%
Howard Emanuel	Independent	1,079	1.4%
A R Gizycki De Gozdawa	One Nation	1,044	1.4%
Julie Grant	Australian Democrats	638	0.8%
Greg Byrne	Democratic Labor Party	263	0.3%
Graeme Reid	CEC	127	0.2%

2007

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Russell Broadbent	Liberal	40,254	49.9%
Christine Maxfield	Labor	30,743	38.1%
Sandra Betts	Greens	4,839	6.0%
Terry Aeschlimann	Family First	2,370	2.9%
Don Walters	Australian Democrats	1,206	1.5%
Suryan Chandrasegaran	Independent	775	1.0%
Theo Alblas	Independent	287	0.4%
Ben Fiechtner	Independent	141	0.2%

2013

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Russell Broadbent	Liberal	47,316	50.4%
Anthony Naus	Labor	23,537	25.1%
Malcolm Mckelvie	Greens	7,157	7.6%
Matthew Sherry	Palmer United Party	4,380	4.7%
David Amor	Katter's Australian Party	2,262	2.4%
Benjamin Stoddart	ASP	2,168	2.3%
Luke Conlon	Family First	1,893	2.0%
Andrew Kis-Rigo	Democratic Labor Party	1,641	1.7%
John Parker	Independent	1,245	1.3%
Ross Fisher	Independent	822	0.9%
Leigh Gatt	Independent	695	0.7%
Norman Baker	Independent	627	0.7%
Gary Paton	Independent	209	0.2%

2016

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Russell Broadbent	Liberal	48,304	47.9%
Chris Buckingham	Labor	29,531	29.3%
Donna Lancaster	Greens	9,810	9.7%
Nathan Harding	Family First	3,418	3.4%
Jennifer Mcadam	AJP	3,022	3.0%
Norman Baker	RUA	2,786	2.8%
Jim Mcdonald	Liberal Democrats	2,289	2.3%
Kathleen Ipsen	AC	1,761	1.7%

Margin Over Time

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

Trend

Mcmillan has been contested at 26 federal elections on record since 1949. Winning parties over that span: Liberal, Country Party, Labor.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Mcmillan in the 2016 federal election?

Russell Broadbent (Liberal) won Mcmillan in 2016 after preferences, with 56,543 votes (56.0%) to Chris Buckingham's 44,378.

Which parties have won Mcmillan since 1949?

Since 1949, Mcmillan has been won by: Country Party, Labor, Liberal.

What was the closest result in Mcmillan?

The closest result on record for Mcmillan was 1993, when Barry Cunningham (Labor) beat John Riggall by 593 votes (0.8 percentage points) after preferences.