Electoral results for the Division of Prospect

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Prospect from the electorate's creation in 1969 until its abolition in 2010.

Members

2007 Australian federal election: Prospect
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chris Bowen	46,135	58.18	+9.11
	Liberal	Lily Arthur	24,705	31.15	−7.16
	Greens	Lizza Gebilagin	3,618	4.56	−0.61
	Family First	Carolyn Lever	2,655	3.35	+3.27
	Christian Democrats	Jason Callander	2,187	2.76	−0.55
Total formal votes			79,300	92.27	+1.68
Informal votes			6,648	7.73	−1.68
Turnout			85,948	94.84	+0.90
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Chris Bowen	50,327	63.46	+7.06
	Liberal	Lily Arthur	28,973	36.54	−7.06
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.06

2004 Australian federal election: Prospect
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chris Bowen	37,802	50.07	−5.29
	Liberal	Robert Jacobucci	28,828	38.19	+10.54
	Greens	Kelly Marks	4,009	5.31	+0.73
	Christian Democrats	Manny Poularas	2,285	3.03	+0.47
	One Nation	John Abromas	1,438	1.90	−2.60
	Democrats	Lily Arthur	1,131	1.50	−0.79
Total formal votes			75,493	90.76	−0.25
Informal votes			7,906	9.24	+0.25
Turnout			83,183	95.03	−0.26
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Chris Bowen	43,119	57.12	−5.69
	Liberal	Robert Jacobucci	32,374	42.88	+5.69
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.69

2001 Australian federal election: Prospect
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Janice Crosio	41,596	55.36	−1.23
	Liberal	Gareth Perkins	20,776	27.65	+1.98
	Greens	Rebecca Filipczyk	3,439	4.58	+3.07
	One Nation	John Hutchinson	3,380	4.50	−3.19
	Christian Democrats	Lewis Haroon	1,927	2.56	+2.31
	Democrats	Thomas Peacock	1,723	2.29	−2.60
	Against Further Immigration	Garry Oates	1,274	1.70	+1.70
	Unity	Kek Tai	1,027	1.37	−1.43
Total formal votes			75,142	91.05	−2.64
Informal votes			7,388	8.95	+2.64
Turnout			82,530	95.60
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Janice Crosio	47,197	62.81	−3.96
	Liberal	Gareth Perkins	27,945	37.19	+3.96
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.96

1998 Australian federal election: Prospect
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Janice Crosio	41,310	59.54	+2.86
	Liberal	Nahid Aziz	15,965	23.01	−8.97
	One Nation	John Hutchinson	5,199	7.49	+7.49
	Democrats	Manny Poularas	3,405	4.91	−5.11
	Unity	Somchai Tongsumrith	2,199	3.17	+3.17
	Greens	Chris Harris	1,074	1.55	+1.55
	Natural Law	Linda Cogger	235	0.34	−0.99
Total formal votes			69,387	93.52	−0.71
Informal votes			4,806	6.48	+0.71
Turnout			74,193	95.08	−1.19
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Janice Crosio	48,371	69.71	+5.81
	Liberal	Nahid Aziz	21,016	30.29	−5.81
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.81

1996 Australian federal election: Prospect
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Janice Crosio	39,318	56.68	−8.69
	Liberal	Ron Cameron	22,182	31.97	+5.86
	Democrats	Manny Poularas	6,951	10.02	+5.50
	Natural Law	Linda Cogger	922	1.33	+0.74
Total formal votes			69,373	94.23	−0.15
Informal votes			4,248	5.77	+0.15
Turnout			73,621	96.28	+0.14
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Janice Crosio	44,236	63.91	−5.13
	Liberal	Ron Cameron	24,984	36.09	+5.13
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.13

1993 Australian federal election: Prospect
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Janice Crosio	44,039	65.37	+9.78
	Liberal	Paul Newton	17,593	26.11	−4.09
	Democrats	Dick Pike	3,044	4.52	−5.02
	Independent	Norman Byleveld	777	1.15	+1.15
		Sue Bull	763	1.13	+1.13
	Independent	Alan Byers	757	1.12	+1.12
	Natural Law	Reg Paling	397	0.59	+0.59
Total formal votes			67,370	94.38	+0.32
Informal votes			4,015	5.62	−0.32
Turnout			71,385	96.14
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Janice Crosio	46,451	69.04	+5.59
	Liberal	Paul Newton	20,834	30.96	−5.59
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.59

1990 Australian federal election: Prospect
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Janice Crosio	37,866	56.0	+3.8
	Liberal	Paul Newton	20,058	29.7	+1.5
	Democrats	Kate Wright	6,639	9.8	+4.8
	Australian Gruen	Jenny Zanella	1,455	2.2	+2.2
	Democratic Socialist	Dick Nichols	920	1.4	+1.4
	Independent	Nick Beams	648	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			67,586	94.0
Informal votes			4,352	6.0
Turnout			71,938	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Janice Crosio	43,157	64.0	+0.0
	Liberal	Paul Newton	24,282	36.0	+0.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.0

1987 Australian federal election: Prospect
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dick Klugman	33,367	52.2	−13.8
	Liberal	Robert Ingram	18,018	28.2	+0.6
	Independent	Sam Barone	9,354	14.6	+14.6
	Democrats	William Utterson	3,194	5.0	−0.1
Total formal votes			63,933	92.9
Informal votes			5,645	8.1
Turnout			69,578	93.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Dick Klugman	40,861	63.9	−5.4
	Liberal	Robert Ingram	23,038	36.1	+5.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.4

1984 Australian federal election: Prospect
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dick Klugman	38,475	66.0	+0.9
	Liberal	Adrian Burke	16,085	27.6	−4.5
	Democrats	Robert Neesam	2,987	5.1	+5.1
	Socialist Workers	Dick Nichols	791	1.4	−0.4
Total formal votes			58,338	89.4
Informal votes			6,932	10.6
Turnout			65,270	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Dick Klugman	40,474	69.4	+2.2
	Liberal	Adrian Burke	17,841	30.6	−2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.2

1983 Australian federal election: Prospect
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dick Klugman	46,793	63.1	+5.2
	Liberal	Alan Byers	25,315	34.1	−2.5
	Socialist Workers	Richard Nichols	1,320	1.8	+1.8
	Independent	Eric Viitala	714	1.0	−0.4
Total formal votes			74,142	96.1
Informal votes			3,047	3.9
Turnout			77,189	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Dick Klugman		65.2	+4.0
	Liberal	Alan Byers		34.8	−4.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.0

1980 Australian federal election: Prospect
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dick Klugman	39,419	57.9	+3.3
	Liberal	Alan Byers	24,967	36.6	+3.3
	Democrats	Robert Goodere	3,751	5.5	−6.1
Total formal votes			68,137	95.5
Informal votes			3,227	4.5
Turnout			71,364	93.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Dick Klugman		61.2	+1.3
	Liberal	Alan Byers		38.8	−1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.3

1977 Australian federal election: Prospect
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dick Klugman	34,933	54.6	−5.4
	Liberal	Alan Byers	21,591	33.8	−4.3
	Democrats	Laurence Bourke	7,421	11.6	+11.6
Total formal votes			63,945	95.9
Informal votes			2,731	4.1
Turnout			66,676	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Dick Klugman		59.9	−1.2
	Liberal	Alan Byers		40.1	+1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.2

1975 Australian federal election: Prospect
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dick Klugman	38,487	57.0	−10.4
	Liberal	Donald MacDonald	27,695	41.1	+11.1
	Australia	Geoffrey Thomas	1,284	1.9	−0.7
Total formal votes			67,466	97.1
Informal votes			1,983	2.9
Turnout			69,449	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Dick Klugman		58.1	−10.9
	Liberal	Donald MacDonald		41.9	+10.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−10.9

1974 Australian federal election: Prospect
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dick Klugman	44,082	67.4	+2.5
	Liberal	Donald MacDonald	19,591	30.0	+1.1
	Australia	Geoffrey Thomas	1,693	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			65,366	97.7
Informal votes			1,513	2.3
Turnout			66,879	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Dick Klugman		69.0	+3.1
	Liberal	Donald MacDonald		31.0	−3.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.1

1972 Australian federal election: Prospect
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dick Klugman	37,242	64.9	+7.9
	Liberal	Stanislaus Kelly	16,577	28.9	−4.9
	Democratic Labor	William Dunbar	3,523	6.1	−3.1
Total formal votes			57,342	97.0
Informal votes			1,766	3.0
Turnout			59,108	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Dick Klugman		65.9	+7.3
	Liberal	Stanislaus Kelly		34.1	−7.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.3

1969 Australian federal election: Prospect
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dick Klugman	28,155	57.0	+6.2
	Liberal	Stanislaus Kelly	16,687	33.8	−6.2
	Democratic Labor	John Ferguson	4,517	9.2	+3.9
Total formal votes			49,359	96.6
Informal votes			1,758	3.4
Turnout			51,117	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Dick Klugman		58.6	+5.3
	Liberal	Stanislaus Kelly		41.4	−5.3
	Labor notional hold		Swing	+5.3