Shortland — Australian Federal Election Results

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

Shortland was won by Pat Conroy (Labor) at the 2019 federal election, with a margin of 8,894 votes over Nell Mcgill after preferences. This page covers every federal election in Shortland 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	Charles Griffiths	Labor	21,921	67.6%	Harold Daisley (Liberal)	11,408 (35.2 pts)
1951	Charles Griffiths	Labor	26,708	65.0%	Arthur Downey (Liberal)	12,339 (30.0 pts)
1954	Charles Griffiths	Labor	27,226	64.4%	Arthur Downey (Liberal)	12,182 (28.8 pts)
1955	Charles Griffiths	Labor	26,066	63.2%	Gordon Greig (Liberal)	10,887 (26.4 pts)
1958	Charles Griffiths	Labor	27,366	69.8%	Hilary Fallins (Liberal)	15,505 (39.5 pts)
1961	Charles Griffiths	Labor	32,127	72.6%	Allan Pitts (Liberal)	20,027 (45.3 pts)
1963	Charles Griffiths	Labor	32,270	68.9%	William Gilchrist (Liberal)	17,735 (37.9 pts)
1966	Charles Griffiths	Labor	30,309	59.1%	Douglas Blackshaw (Liberal)	9,353 (18.2 pts)
1969	Charles Griffiths	Labor	29,371	66.3%	Paul Clarkson (Liberal)	14,462 (32.7 pts)
1972	Peter Morris	Labor	29,604	67.4%	Paul Clarkson (Liberal)	15,317 (34.9 pts)
1974	Peter Morris	Labor	37,031	67.6%	David Morris (Liberal)	19,275 (35.2 pts)
1975	Peter Morris	Labor	34,182	58.5%	Richard Bevan (Liberal)	9,967 (17.1 pts)
1977	Peter Morris	Labor	37,406	60.7%	Richard Bevan (Liberal)	13,228 (21.5 pts)
1980	Peter Morris	Labor	45,509	68.8%	Eddie Namir (Liberal)	24,898 (37.7 pts)
1983	Peter Morris	Labor	49,275	70.3%	Peter Wilson (Liberal)	28,494 (40.7 pts)
1984	Peter Morris	Labor	40,005	63.1%	Milton Caine (Liberal)	16,635 (26.2 pts)
1987	Peter Morris	Labor	39,890	61.1%	Milton Caine (Liberal)	14,485 (22.2 pts)
1990	Peter Morris	Labor	43,951	64.3%	Lynne Hall (Liberal)	19,590 (28.7 pts)
1993	Peter Morris	Labor	46,813	67.3%	Laurie Coghlan (Liberal)	24,100 (34.7 pts)
1996	Peter Morris	Labor	41,660	58.2%	David Parker (Liberal)	11,678 (16.3 pts)
1998	Jill Hall	Labor	46,100	62.8%	Peter Craig (Liberal)	18,800 (25.6 pts)
2004	Jill Hall	Labor	47,754	59.5%	Dell Tschanter (Liberal)	15,233 (19.0 pts)
2007	Jill Hall	Labor	55,379	64.7%	Jon Kealy (Liberal)	25,217 (29.5 pts)
2010	Jill Hall	Labor	52,612	62.8%	Deborah Narayanan (Liberal)	21,511 (25.7 pts)
2013	Jill Hall	Labor	49,230	57.2%	John Church (Liberal)	12,416 (14.4 pts)
2016	Pat Conroy	Labor	58,761	59.9%	Jenny Barrie (Liberal)	19,484 (19.9 pts)
2019	Pat Conroy	Labor	54,437	54.4%	Nell Mcgill (Liberal)	8,894 (8.9 pts)

First-Preference Result by Election

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

1949

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Charles Griffiths	Labor	21,921	54.4%
Harold Daisley	Liberal	10,513	26.1%
Alfred Boa	Independent	6,423	15.9%
Eugene Marshall	Communist Party of Australia	882	2.2%
Isabel Longworth	Independent	570	1.4%

1951

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Charles Griffiths	Labor	26,708	65.0%
Arthur Downey	Liberal	14,369	35.0%

1954

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Charles Griffiths	Labor	27,226	64.4%
Arthur Downey	Liberal	15,044	35.6%

1955

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Charles Griffiths	Labor	26,066	63.2%
Gordon Greig	Liberal	15,179	36.8%

1958

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Charles Griffiths	Labor	27,366	61.0%
Hilary Fallins	Liberal	11,861	26.4%
Robert Burke	Democratic Labor Party	4,096	9.1%
William Quinn	Communist Party of Australia	1,561	3.5%

1961

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Charles Griffiths	Labor	32,127	64.8%
Allan Pitts	Liberal	12,100	24.4%
Robert Burke	Democratic Labor Party	4,047	8.2%
Geoffrey Curthoys	Communist Party of Australia	1,341	2.7%

1963

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Charles Griffiths	Labor	32,270	60.6%
William Gilchrist	Liberal	14,535	27.3%
Robert Burke	Democratic Labor Party	4,922	9.2%
Barbara Curthoys	Communist Party of Australia	1,538	2.9%

1966

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Charles Griffiths	Labor	30,309	53.3%
Douglas Blackshaw	Liberal	20,956	36.8%
Robert Burke	Democratic Labor Party	2,747	4.8%
Geoffrey Curthoys	Communist Party of Australia	1,600	2.8%
Stanley Millington	Independent	1,262	2.2%

1969

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Charles Griffiths	Labor	29,371	60.0%
Paul Clarkson	Liberal	14,909	30.5%
Robert Burke	Democratic Labor Party	2,502	5.1%
Charles Hockings	AP	1,149	2.3%
Geoffrey Curthoys	Communist Party of Australia	991	2.0%

1972

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Peter Morris	Labor	29,604	55.9%
Paul Clarkson	Liberal	14,287	27.0%
Leo Gately	Independent	3,905	7.4%
Hugh Ansell	Democratic Labor Party	2,549	4.8%
Charles Hockings	AP	1,669	3.2%
Geoffrey Curthoys	Communist Party of Australia	594	1.1%
Lionel Lambkin	Independent	356	0.7%

1974

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Peter Morris	Labor	37,031	63.5%
David Morris	Liberal	17,756	30.4%
Lionel Lambkin	Independent	2,063	3.5%
John Steele	AP	1,493	2.6%

1975

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Peter Morris	Labor	34,182	56.9%
Richard Bevan	Liberal	24,215	40.3%
Barbara Timmins	Independent	872	1.5%
Lionel Lambkin	Independent	800	1.3%

1977

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Peter Morris	Labor	37,406	54.5%
Richard Bevan	Liberal	24,178	35.2%
Lionel Lambkin	Australian Democrats	7,058	10.3%

1980

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Peter Morris	Labor	45,509	61.0%
Eddie Namir	Liberal	20,611	27.6%
Lionel Lambkin	Australian Democrats	5,111	6.8%
Robert Buhler	Independent	3,422	4.6%

1983

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Peter Morris	Labor	49,275	62.7%
Peter Wilson	Liberal	20,781	26.4%
Lyn Godfrey	Australian Democrats	4,677	6.0%
Peter Abrahamson	Independent	2,584	3.3%
Robert Buhler	Independent	1,280	1.6%

1984

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Peter Morris	Labor	36,855	58.2%
Milton Caine	Liberal	20,459	32.3%
John Aitken	Australian Democrats	5,058	8.0%
Jane Power	Independent	1,005	1.6%

1987

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Peter Morris	Labor	35,916	55.0%
Milton Caine	Liberal	20,652	31.6%
Derek Mccabe	Australian Democrats	8,727	13.4%

1990

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Peter Morris	Labor	35,269	51.4%
Lynne Hall	Liberal	15,535	22.7%
Michael Reckenberg	Australian Democrats	7,975	11.6%
Lorraine Welsh	Independent	5,839	8.5%
Mark Booth	Independent	2,983	4.4%
Geoff Ellis	Independent	771	1.1%
Clay Robinson	Independent	187	0.3%

1993

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Peter Morris	Labor	43,012	61.8%
Laurie Coghlan	Liberal	20,082	28.9%
Michael Reckenberg	Australian Democrats	3,864	5.6%
Ivan Morrow	Communist Party	1,113	1.6%
Terry Cook	Independent	737	1.1%
Brett Randall	Independent	413	0.6%
Geoff Payne	Independent	329	0.5%

1996

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Peter Morris	Labor	36,603	50.9%
David Parker	Liberal	24,812	34.5%
Kaye Westbury	Australian Democrats	4,977	6.9%
Ian Mckenzie	Greens	3,102	4.3%
Richard Hill	Independent	1,898	2.6%
Terry Cook	Independent	547	0.8%

1998

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Jill Hall	Labor	38,004	51.8%
Peter Craig	Liberal	20,733	28.2%
Ron Gardnir	One Nation	7,499	10.2%
Rebecca Moroney	Greens	2,681	3.7%
Aysha Pollnitz	Australian Democrats	2,605	3.5%
Ivan Welsh	Independent	1,878	2.6%

2004

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Jill Hall	Labor	40,069	49.9%
Dell Tschanter	Liberal	28,745	35.8%
Bob Phillips	Greens	6,333	7.9%
Florence Roberts	One Nation	2,113	2.6%
Brian Dixon	FFP	1,804	2.2%
Peter Lee	Australian Democrats	1,211	1.5%

2007

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Jill Hall	Labor	48,525	56.7%
Jon Kealy	Liberal	26,620	31.1%
Keith Parsons	Greens	7,097	8.3%
Les Wallace	Christian Democratic Party	1,655	1.9%
Matthew Reeves	Family First	1,644	1.9%

2010

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Jill Hall	Labor	44,987	53.7%
Deborah Narayanan	Liberal	27,758	33.2%
Phillipa Parsons	Greens	8,646	10.3%
Milton Alchin	One Nation	1,726	2.1%
Peter Williams	Independent	596	0.7%

2013

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Jill Hall	Labor	41,892	48.7%
John Church	Liberal	32,532	37.8%
Philip Baldwin	Palmer United Party	5,341	6.2%
Jane Oakley	Greens	5,198	6.0%
Andrew Weatherstone	Christian Democratic Party	1,081	1.3%

2016

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Pat Conroy	Labor	50,164	51.2%
Jenny Barrie	Liberal	34,514	35.2%
Ivan Macfadyen	Greens	9,279	9.5%
Morgan Cox	Christian Democratic Party	4,081	4.2%

2019

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Pat Conroy	Labor	41,126	41.1%
Nell Mcgill	Liberal	37,363	37.4%
Wylie Campbell	Greens	8,256	8.3%
Dani Rifai	United Australia Party	4,532	4.5%
Bryan Mcgrath	AJP	3,596	3.6%
Susan Newbury	Independent	3,097	3.1%
Xing Yu	Christian Democratic Party	2,010	2.0%

Margin Over Time

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

Trend

Shortland has been contested at 27 federal elections on record since 1949. Winning party over that span: Labor.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Shortland in the 2019 federal election?

Pat Conroy (Labor) won Shortland in 2019 after preferences, with 54,437 votes (54.4%) to Nell Mcgill's 45,543.

Which parties have won Shortland since 1949?

Since 1949, Shortland has been won by: Labor.

What was the closest result in Shortland?

The closest result on record for Shortland was 2019, when Pat Conroy (Labor) beat Nell Mcgill by 8,894 votes (8.9 percentage points) after preferences.