Rankin — Australian Federal Election Results

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

Rankin was won by Jim Chalmers (Labor) at the 2019 federal election, with a margin of 10,922 votes over Clinton Pattison after preferences. This page covers every federal election in Rankin from 1984 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), 1984–2019

Election	Winner	Party	Final Votes	Final Share	Runner-up	Margin
1984	David Beddall	Labor	25,807	50.6%	Cec Jamieson (National)	608 (1.2 pts)
1987	David Beddall	Labor	32,415	54.7%	Gerard Walsh (National)	5,624 (9.5 pts)
1990	David Beddall	Labor	38,037	55.5%	John Miles (Liberal)	7,518 (11.0 pts)
1993	David Beddall	Labor	37,449	52.7%	Sallyanne Atkinson (Liberal)	3,802 (5.3 pts)
1996	David Beddall	Labor	36,278	51.3%	Amanda Scott (Liberal)	1,907 (2.7 pts)
1998	Craig Emerson	Labor	40,691	58.7%	Cuong Bui (Liberal)	12,046 (17.4 pts)
2001	Craig Emerson	Labor	42,267	56.7%	Paul Wood (Liberal)	9,964 (13.4 pts)
2004	Craig Emerson	Labor	41,774	53.2%	Wendy Creighton (Liberal)	5,067 (6.5 pts)
2007	Craig Emerson	Labor	49,440	61.7%	Pete Coulson (Liberal)	18,797 (23.5 pts)
2013	Jim Chalmers	Labor	45,580	54.8%	David Lin (Liberal National (Qld))	7,958 (9.6 pts)
2016	Jim Chalmers	Labor	52,362	61.3%	Freya Ostapovitch (Liberal National (Qld))	19,301 (22.6 pts)
2019	Jim Chalmers	Labor	47,893	56.4%	Clinton Pattison (Liberal National (Qld))	10,922 (12.9 pts)

First-Preference Result by Election

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

1984

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
David Beddall	Labor	23,820	46.7%
Cec Jamieson	National	16,998	33.3%
Bruce Mackenzie-Forbes	Liberal	7,324	14.4%
Bev Peereboom	Australian Democrats	2,880	5.6%

1987

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
David Beddall	Labor	29,118	49.2%
Gerard Walsh	National	13,256	22.4%
John Patterson	Liberal	7,769	13.1%
Peter Jorgenson	National	5,708	9.6%
Miriam Cope	Australian Democrats	2,599	4.4%
Michael Dunne	Independent	670	1.1%
Terri Cavanagh	Independent	99	0.2%

1990

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
David Beddall	Labor	31,782	46.3%
John Miles	Liberal	16,014	23.3%
Huan Fraser	National	11,065	16.1%
John Hoskins	Australian Democrats	7,512	10.9%
Richard Whiteman	Independent	1,865	2.7%
Cheryl Crisp	Independent	465	0.7%

1993

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
David Beddall	Labor	32,157	45.2%
Sallyanne Atkinson	Liberal	25,635	36.0%
Marian Schwarz	National	5,051	7.1%
Susan Werba	Australian Democrats	3,106	4.4%
Richard Nielsen	Greens	1,775	2.5%
Ian Reid	Independent	1,722	2.4%
Lester Reaves	Independent	1,290	1.8%
Debbie Bell	Independent	419	0.6%

1996

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
David Beddall	Labor	31,869	45.0%
Amanda Scott	Liberal	29,046	41.0%
Alan Dickson	Australian Democrats	6,050	8.5%
Richard Nielsen	Greens	1,977	2.8%
Rosemary Bell	Independent	976	1.4%
Xuan Nguyen	Independent	899	1.3%

1998

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Craig Emerson	Labor	32,924	47.5%
Cuong Bui	Liberal	20,736	29.9%
Ron Frood	One Nation	8,749	12.6%
Robert Hernandez	Australian Democrats	2,923	4.2%
Ann Hage	Christian Democratic Party	1,556	2.2%
Sara Van Tinteren	Greens	1,536	2.2%
Brian Norton	Independent	456	0.7%
Lorraine Barnes	Independent	456	0.7%

2001

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Craig Emerson	Labor	36,875	49.5%
Paul Wood	Liberal	27,524	36.9%
Mark Mackenzie	One Nation	4,724	6.3%
Darryl Dobson	Australian Democrats	3,572	4.8%
Daniel Lloyd	Greens	1,875	2.5%

2004

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Craig Emerson	Labor	34,471	43.9%
Wendy Creighton	Liberal	28,819	36.7%
Darren Power	Independent	5,134	6.5%
Ross Wilson	FFP	4,036	5.1%
Julian Hinton	Greens	2,422	3.1%
Margaret Hands	One Nation	1,601	2.0%
Mike Boyd	National	1,187	1.5%
Catherine Sporle	Australian Democrats	653	0.8%
Robert Meyers	CEC	158	0.2%

2007

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Craig Emerson	Labor	44,858	56.0%
Pete Coulson	Liberal	27,299	34.1%
Neil Cotter	Greens	3,773	4.7%
Bert Van Manen	Family First	2,827	3.5%
Salam El-Merebi	Australian Democrats	590	0.7%
Liam Tjia	Independent	463	0.6%
Robert Meyers	Independent	273	0.3%

2013

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Jim Chalmers	Labor	35,098	42.2%
David Lin	Liberal National (Qld)	30,260	36.4%
William Rogan	Palmer United Party	9,228	11.1%
Neil Cotter	Greens	4,405	5.3%
Chris Lawrie	Family First	2,514	3.0%
Chris Claydon	Katter's Australian Party	1,697	2.0%

2016

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Jim Chalmers	Labor	42,147	49.3%
Freya Ostapovitch	Liberal National (Qld)	24,455	28.6%
Neil Cotter	Greens	5,373	6.3%
Christopher Lawrie	Family First	5,011	5.9%
Ric Davies	Liberal Democrats	3,513	4.1%
Shane Holley	Katter's Australian Party	2,874	3.4%
Jeffrey Hodges	Independent	2,050	2.4%

2019

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Jim Chalmers	Labor	35,156	41.4%
Clinton Pattison	Liberal National (Qld)	26,608	31.4%
Neil Cotter	Greens	7,709	9.1%
Jesse Schneider	One Nation	7,261	8.6%
Shaymal Reddy	United Australia Party	3,134	3.7%
Ric Davies	Liberal Democrats	2,379	2.8%
Peter Andrews	FACNP	1,593	1.9%
Yusuf Mohammad	Independent	1,024	1.2%

Margin Over Time

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

Trend

Rankin has been contested at 12 federal elections on record since 1984. Winning party over that span: Labor.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Rankin in the 2019 federal election?

Jim Chalmers (Labor) won Rankin in 2019 after preferences, with 47,893 votes (56.4%) to Clinton Pattison's 36,971.

Which parties have won Rankin since 1984?

Since 1984, Rankin has been won by: Labor.

What was the closest result in Rankin?

The closest result on record for Rankin was 1984, when David Beddall (Labor) beat Cec Jamieson by 608 votes (1.2 percentage points) after preferences.