Prospect — Australian Federal Election Results

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

Prospect was won by Chris Bowen (Labor) at the 2007 federal election, with a margin of 21,354 votes over Lily Arthur after preferences. This page covers every federal election in Prospect from 1969 to 2007.

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), 1969–2007

Election	Winner	Party	Final Votes	Final Share	Runner-up	Margin
1969	Richard Klugman	Labor	28,155	62.8%	Stanislaus Kelly (Liberal)	11,468 (25.6 pts)
1972	Richard Klugman	Labor	37,242	69.2%	Stanislaus Kelly (Liberal)	20,665 (38.4 pts)
1974	Richard Klugman	Labor	44,082	69.2%	Donald Macdonald (Liberal)	24,491 (38.5 pts)
1975	Richard Klugman	Labor	38,487	58.2%	Donald Macdonald (Liberal)	10,792 (16.3 pts)
1977	Richard Klugman	Labor	34,933	61.8%	Alan Byers (Liberal)	13,342 (23.6 pts)
1980	Richard Klugman	Labor	39,419	61.2%	Alan Byers (Liberal)	14,452 (22.4 pts)
1983	Dick Klugman	Labor	46,793	64.9%	Alan Ryers (Liberal)	21,478 (29.8 pts)
1984	Richard Klugman	Labor	40,474	69.4%	Adrian Burke (Liberal)	22,633 (38.8 pts)
1987	Richard Klugman	Labor	40,861	63.9%	Robert Ingram (Liberal)	17,823 (27.9 pts)
1990	Janice Crosio	Labor	43,157	64.0%	Paul Newton (Liberal)	18,875 (28.0 pts)
1993	Janice Crosio	Labor	46,451	69.0%	Paul Newton (Liberal)	25,617 (38.1 pts)
1996	Janice Crosio	Labor	44,236	63.9%	Ron Cameron (Liberal)	19,252 (27.8 pts)
1998	Janice Crosio	Labor	48,371	69.7%	Nahid Aziz (Liberal)	27,355 (39.4 pts)
2004	Chris Bowen	Labor	43,119	57.1%	Robert Jacobucci (Liberal)	10,745 (14.2 pts)
2007	Chris Bowen	Labor	50,327	63.5%	Lily Arthur (Liberal)	21,354 (26.9 pts)

First-Preference Result by Election

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

1969

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Richard Klugman	Labor	28,155	57.0%
Stanislaus Kelly	Liberal	16,687	33.8%
John Ferguson	Democratic Labor Party	4,517	9.2%

1972

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Richard Klugman	Labor	37,242	64.9%
Stanislaus Kelly	Liberal	16,577	28.9%
William Dunbar	Democratic Labor Party	3,523	6.1%

1974

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Richard Klugman	Labor	44,082	67.4%
Donald Macdonald	Liberal	19,591	30.0%
Geoffrey Thomas	AP	1,693	2.6%

1975

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Richard Klugman	Labor	38,487	57.0%
Donald Macdonald	Liberal	27,695	41.1%
Geoffrey Thomas	AP	1,284	1.9%

1977

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Richard Klugman	Labor	34,933	54.6%
Alan Byers	Liberal	21,591	33.8%
Laurence Bourke	Australian Democrats	7,421	11.6%

1980

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Richard Klugman	Labor	39,419	57.9%
Alan Byers	Liberal	24,967	36.6%
Robert Goodere	Australian Democrats	3,751	5.5%

1983

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Dick Klugman	Labor	46,793	63.1%
Alan Ryers	Liberal	25,315	34.1%
Richard Nichols	Independent	1,320	1.8%
Eric Viitala	Independent	714	1.0%

1984

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Richard Klugman	Labor	38,475	66.0%
Adrian Burke	Liberal	16,085	27.6%
Robert Neesam	Australian Democrats	2,987	5.1%
Dick Nichols	Independent	791	1.4%

1987

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Richard Klugman	Labor	33,367	52.2%
Robert Ingram	Liberal	18,018	28.2%
Sam Barone	Independent	9,354	14.6%
William Utterson	Australian Democrats	3,194	5.0%

1990

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Janice Crosio	Labor	37,866	56.0%
Paul Newton	Liberal	20,058	29.7%
Kate Wright	Australian Democrats	6,639	9.8%
Jenny Zanella	Greens	1,455	2.2%
Dick Nichols	Independent	920	1.4%
Nick Beams	Independent	648	1.0%

1993

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Janice Crosio	Labor	44,039	65.4%
Paul Newton	Liberal	17,593	26.1%
Dick Pike	Australian Democrats	3,044	4.5%
Norman Byleveld	Independent	777	1.2%
Sue Bull	Independent	763	1.1%
Alan Byers	Independent	757	1.1%
Reg Paling	Independent	397	0.6%

1996

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Janice Crosio	Labor	39,318	56.7%
Ron Cameron	Liberal	22,182	32.0%
Manny Poularis	Australian Democrats	6,951	10.0%
Linda Cogger	Independent	922	1.3%

1998

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Janice Crosio	Labor	41,310	59.5%
Nahid Aziz	Liberal	15,965	23.0%
John Hutchinson	One Nation	5,199	7.5%
Manny Poularis	Australian Democrats	3,405	4.9%
Somchai Tongsumrith	Unity	2,199	3.2%
Chris Harris	Greens	1,074	1.5%
Linda Cogger	Independent	235	0.3%

2004

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Chris Bowen	Labor	37,802	50.1%
Robert Jacobucci	Liberal	28,828	38.2%
Kelly Marks	Greens	4,009	5.3%
Manny Poularas	Christian Democratic Party	2,285	3.0%
John Abromas	One Nation	1,438	1.9%
Lily Arthur	Australian Democrats	1,131	1.5%

2007

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Chris Bowen	Labor	46,135	58.2%
Lily Arthur	Liberal	24,705	31.2%
Lizza Gebilagin	Greens	3,618	4.6%
Carolyn Lever	Family First	2,655	3.3%
Jason Callander	Christian Democratic Party	2,187	2.8%

Margin Over Time

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

Trend

Prospect has been contested at 15 federal elections on record since 1969. Winning party over that span: Labor.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Prospect in the 2007 federal election?

Chris Bowen (Labor) won Prospect in 2007 after preferences, with 50,327 votes (63.5%) to Lily Arthur's 28,973.

Which parties have won Prospect since 1969?

Since 1969, Prospect has been won by: Labor.

What was the closest result in Prospect?

The closest result on record for Prospect was 2004, when Chris Bowen (Labor) beat Robert Jacobucci by 10,745 votes (14.2 percentage points) after preferences.