Electoral results for the Division of Fadden

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Fadden in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1977 until the present.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Don Cameron	Liberal	1977–1983
	David Beddall	Labor	1983–1984
	David Jull	Liberal	1984–2007
	Stuart Robert	Liberal	2007–2010
		Liberal National	2010–2023
	Cameron Caldwell	Liberal National	2023–Present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2023 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 2023 Fadden by-election § Results.[edit]

2023 Fadden by-election 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Cameron Caldwell	43,554	49.08	+4.46
	Labor	Letitia Del Fabbro	19,580	22.06	–0.29
	One Nation	Sandy Roach	7,896	8.90	+0.22
	Legalise Cannabis	Suzette Luyken	6,424	7.24	+7.24
	Greens	Scott Turner	5,477	6.17	–4.56
	Independent	Belinda Jones	931	1.05	+1.05
	Indigenous-Aboriginal	Marnie Laree Davis	895	1.01	+1.01
	Independent	Stewart Brooker	805	0.91	–3.26
	Sustainable Australia	Quentin Bye	779	0.88	+0.88
	Independent	Kevin Young	641	0.72	+0.72
	Federation	James Tayler	607	0.68	+0.68
	Democrats	Chris Simpson	589	0.66	+0.66
	Australian Citizens	Jan Pukallus	570	0.64	+0.64
Total formal votes			88,748	93.20	−2.49
Informal votes			6,473	6.80	+2.49
Turnout			95,221	72.54	−14.00
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Cameron Caldwell	56,224	63.35	+2.72
	Labor	Letitia Del Fabbro	32,524	36.65	–2.72
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+2.72

2022

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Queensland § Fadden.[edit]

2022 Australian federal election: Fadden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Stuart Robert	47,190	44.62	−4.10
	Labor	Letitia Del Fabbro	23,638	22.35	−0.16
	Greens	Sally Spain	11,353	10.73	+1.73
	One Nation	Sandy Roach	9,177	8.68	+0.11
	United Australia	Nathan O'Brien	7,014	6.63	+1.52
	Independent	Stewart Brooker	4,407	4.17	+4.17
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Forbes	2,992	2.83	−1.69
Total formal votes			105,771	95.69	+0.60
Informal votes			4,760	4.31	−0.60
Turnout			110,531	86.54	−3.09
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Stuart Robert	64,126	60.63	−3.55
	Labor	Letitia Del Fabbro	41,645	39.37	+3.55
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−3.55

Alluvial diagram for preference flows in the seat of Fadden in the 2022 federal election. Y indicates at what stage the winning candidate had over 50% of the votes and was declared the winner.

Elections in the 2010s

2019

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 Australian federal election in Queensland § Fadden.[edit]

2019 Australian federal election: Fadden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Stuart Robert	47,359	48.72	−0.67
	Labor	Luz Stanton	21,882	22.51	−3.48
	Greens	Scott Turner	8,747	9.00	+1.39
	One Nation	Darren Eather	8,334	8.57	−3.40
	United Australia	Mara Krischker	4,968	5.11	+5.11
	Liberal Democrats	Jake Welch	4,391	4.52	+4.52
	Conservative National	Allan Barber	1,531	1.57	+1.57
Total formal votes			97,212	95.09	−0.42
Informal votes			5,019	4.91	+0.42
Turnout			102,231	89.63	+1.59
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Stuart Robert	62,387	64.18	+2.94
	Labor	Luz Stanton	34,825	35.82	−2.94
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+2.94

2016

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2016 Australian federal election in Queensland § Fadden.[edit]

2016 Australian federal election: Fadden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Stuart Robert	43,938	49.15	−4.46
	Labor	Meaghan Scanlon	23,369	26.14	+3.92
	One Nation	Brenden Ball	10,693	11.96	+11.32
	Greens	Daniel Kwon	6,871	7.69	+2.70
	Family First	Lyn Rees	3,450	3.86	+2.23
	Defence Veterans	Sean Macnamara	1,083	1.21	+1.21
Total formal votes			89,404	95.47	+1.26
Informal votes			4,243	4.53	−1.26
Turnout			93,647	89.43	−3.27
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Stuart Robert	54,578	61.05	−3.31
	Labor	Meaghan Scanlon	34,826	38.95	+3.31
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−3.31

2013

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2013 Australian federal election in Queensland § Fadden.[edit]

2013 Australian federal election: Fadden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Stuart Robert	42,962	53.61	−4.72
	Labor	Nicole Lessio	17,804	22.22	−5.11
	Palmer United	Jim Macanally	11,759	14.67	+14.67
	Greens	Petrina Maizey	3,995	4.99	−4.34
	Family First	Jeremy Fredericks	1,305	1.63	−1.78
	Katter's Australian	Billy Lawrence	1,088	1.36	+1.36
	Independent	Maurie Carroll	712	0.89	+0.89
	One Nation	Stewart Boyd	510	0.64	−0.96
Total formal votes			80,135	94.21	+0.25
Informal votes			4,925	5.79	−0.25
Turnout			85,060	92.70	+0.80
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Stuart Robert	51,572	64.36	+0.17
	Labor	Nicole Lessio	28,563	35.64	−0.17
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+0.17

2010

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2010 Australian federal election in Queensland § Fadden.[edit]

2010 Australian federal election: Fadden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Stuart Robert	42,925	58.33	+1.72
	Labor	Rana Watson	20,110	27.33	−6.24
	Greens	Graeme Maizey	6,863	9.33	+4.92
	Family First	Barrie Nicholson	2,513	3.41	+1.36
	One Nation	Ian Rossiter	1,181	1.60	+0.79
Total formal votes			73,592	93.96	−1.73
Informal votes			4,734	6.04	+1.73
Turnout			78,326	91.89	−0.35
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Stuart Robert	47,236	64.19	+3.76
	Labor	Rana Watson	26,356	35.81	−3.76
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+3.76

Elections in the 2000s

2007

2007 Australian federal election: Fadden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stuart Robert	40,813	48.92	−11.17
	Labor	Rana Watson	28,106	33.69	+6.14
	National	Alex Douglas	6,177	7.40	+7.40
	Greens	Michael Beale	3,748	4.49	+0.36
	Family First	Ross Wilson	1,743	2.09	−1.73
	Independent	David Montgomery	1,065	1.28	+1.28
	One Nation	John Walter	695	0.83	−1.23
	Citizens Electoral Council	Ken Martin	582	0.70	−0.09
	Democrats	Chris Faint	504	0.60	−0.94
Total formal votes			83,433	95.69	+1.80
Informal votes			3,754	4.31	−1.80
Turnout			87,187	93.84	+0.08
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Stuart Robert	50,288	60.20	−5.70
	Labor	Rana Watson	33,205	39.80	+5.70
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.70

2004

2004 Australian federal election: Fadden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Jull	42,328	59.56	+6.18
	Labor	Peter Eather	19,919	28.03	+0.04
	Greens	Willy Bach	3,011	4.24	+0.96
	Family First	Lyn Rees	2,680	3.77	+3.77
	One Nation	John Walter	1,428	2.01	−5.22
	Democrats	Suzanne Wilson	1,109	1.56	−2.65
	Citizens Electoral Council	Ken Martin	598	0.84	+0.84
Total formal votes			71,073	93.83	+0.27
Informal votes			4,672	6.17	−0.27
Turnout			75,745	92.21	+1.90
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Jull	46,393	65.28	+2.16
	Labor	Peter Eather	24,680	34.72	−2.16
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.16

2001

2001 Australian federal election: Fadden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Jull	42,856	55.80	+8.31
	Labor	Ray Merlehan	23,434	30.51	−0.68
	One Nation	Chris Coyle	4,897	6.38	−6.42
	Democrats	Neil Cotter	3,308	4.31	−0.20
	Greens	Julian Woolford	2,305	3.00	+0.96
Total formal votes			76,800	94.46	−2.15
Informal votes			4,501	5.54	+2.15
Turnout			81,301	95.07
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Jull	47,838	62.29	+4.70
	Labor	Ray Merlehan	28,962	37.71	−4.70
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.70

Elections in the 1990s

1998

1998 Australian federal election: Fadden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Jull	34,195	47.49	−12.93
	Labor	Mike Smith	22,460	31.19	+4.94
	One Nation	Neil Pitt	9,213	12.79	+12.79
	Democrats	Neil Cotter	3,248	4.51	−5.30
	Greens	Fay Smith	1,472	2.04	−0.48
	Christian Democrats	John McGuigan	1,418	1.97	+1.96
Total formal votes			72,006	96.62	−0.91
Informal votes			2,521	3.38	+0.91
Turnout			74,527	93.64	−1.18
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Jull	41,466	57.59	−9.96
	Labor	Mike Smith	30,540	42.41	+9.96
	Liberal hold		Swing	−9.96

1996

1996 Australian federal election: Fadden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Jull	42,977	60.84	+13.42
	Labor	Ray Merlehan	18,349	25.98	−10.52
	Democrats	Hetty Johnston	6,937	9.82	+5.37
	Greens	William Gabriel	1,729	2.45	−1.75
	Indigenous Peoples	Dulcie May Bronsch	642	0.91	+0.70
Total formal votes			70,634	97.57	+0.14
Informal votes			1,762	2.43	−0.14
Turnout			72,396	94.82	−0.60
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Jull	47,796	67.84	+12.68
	Labor	Ray Merlehan	22,662	32.16	−12.68
	Liberal hold		Swing	+12.68

1993

1993 Australian federal election: Fadden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Jull	30,581	45.27	+0.76
	Labor	Peter Eldon	25,973	38.45	+1.51
	Democrats	Leonie Sanders	3,381	5.00	−8.55
	National	Iona Abrahamson	3,200	4.74	+0.36
	Greens	Harry Darville	3,020	4.47	+4.47
	Confederate Action	Joe Ross	1,010	1.50	+1.50
	Indigenous Peoples	Shaun Matheson	212	0.31	+0.31
	Natural Law	Otto Kuhne	177	0.26	+0.26
Total formal votes			67,554	97.26	−0.47
Informal votes			1,901	2.74	+0.47
Turnout			69,455	95.42
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Jull	36,297	53.77	−0.75
	Labor	Peter Eldon	31,205	46.23	+0.75
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.75

1990

1990 Australian federal election: Fadden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Jull	28,361	43.9	+8.1
	Labor	Marie Wilkinson	24,388	37.8	−3.4
	Democrats	Eugene Cross	8,641	13.4	+6.6
	National	Peter Freckleton	2,354	3.6	−12.5
	Independent	Richard Heymann	794	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			64,538	97.8
Informal votes			1,438	2.2
Turnout			66,021	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Jull	34,621	53.8	−0.6
	Labor	Marie Wilkinson	29,766	46.2	+0.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.6

Elections in the 1980s

1987

1987 Australian federal election: Fadden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Wilson	24,481	41.2	+0.6
	Liberal	David Jull	21,258	35.8	−0.4
	National	Peter Robinson	9,581	16.1	−0.6
	Democrats	Kenneth Davies	4,065	6.8	+0.4
Total formal votes			59,385	96.6
Informal votes			2,084	3.4
Turnout			61,469	93.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Jull	32,311	54.4	−0.3
	Labor	Peter Wilson	27,074	45.6	+0.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.3

1984

1984 Australian federal election: Fadden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Wilson	21,335	40.7	−4.1
	Liberal	David Jull	18,938	36.2	−6.1
	National	Alun Preece	8,738	16.7	+8.8
	Democrats	Janice Barber	3,354	6.4	+2.3
Total formal votes			52,365	95.6
Informal votes			2,430	4.4
Turnout			54,795	92.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Jull	28,647	54.7	+2.9
	Labor	Peter Wilson	23,718	45.3	−2.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.9

1983

1983 Australian federal election: Fadden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Beddall	44,412	48.3	+4.7
	Liberal	Don Cameron	35,692	38.8	−9.2
	National	Howard Edmunds	7,251	7.9	+7.9
	Democrats	Murray Hallam	3,806	4.1	−3.4
	Socialist	Raymond Ferguson	505	0.5	+0.5
	Progress	Dallas Graham	276	0.3	−0.5
Total formal votes			91,942	98.4
Informal votes			1,476	1.6
Turnout			93,418	92.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David Beddall		51.7	+3.1
	Liberal	Don Cameron		48.3	−3.1
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.1

1980

1980 Australian federal election: Fadden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Don Cameron	37,170	48.0	+14.4
	Labor	David Beddall	33,736	43.6	+5.2
	Democrats	Janice Barber	5,812	7.5	−1.4
	Progress	Dallas Graham	648	0.8	+0.5
Total formal votes			77,366	98.1
Informal votes			1,506	1.9
Turnout			78,872	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Don Cameron	39,808	51.5	−4.5
	Labor	David Beddall	37,558	48.5	+4.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.5

Elections in the 1970s

1977

1977 Australian federal election: Fadden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clem Jones	23,869	38.4	+2.6
	Liberal	Don Cameron	20,909	33.6	−22.3
	National Country	James Shapcott	10,910	17.5	+12.5
	Democrats	Janice Barber	5,559	8.9	+8.9
	Independent	Melody Bond	717	1.2	+1.2
	Progress	Peter Gautrey	206	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			62,170	97.9
Informal votes			1,322	2.1
Turnout			63,492	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Don Cameron	34,811	56.0	−6.5
	Labor	Clem Jones	27,359	44.0	+6.5
	Liberal notional hold		Swing	−6.5

References

• Australian Electoral Commission. Federal election results
• Carr, Adam. Psephos