Electoral results for the Division of Tangney

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Tangney in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1974 until the present.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	John Dawkins	Labor	1974–1975
	Peter Richardson	Liberal	1975–1977
		Progress	1977–1977
	Peter Shack	Liberal	1977–1983
	George Gear	Labor	1983–1984
	Peter Shack	Liberal	1984–1993
	Daryl Williams		1993–2004
	Dennis Jensen		2004–2016
		Independent	2016
	Ben Morton	Liberal	2016–2022
	Sam Lim	Labor	2022–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2022

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Western Australia § Tangney.[edit]

2022 Australian federal election: Tangney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ben Morton	43,008	39.99	−11.32
	Labor	Sam Lim	40,940	38.07	+10.12
	Greens	Adam Abdul Razak	12,876	11.97	+1.09
	Christians	Mark Staer	2,481	2.31	+0.05
	One Nation	Tshung-Hui Chang	2,288	2.13	−0.28
	Western Australia	Jay Dean Gillett	2,096	1.95	+0.73
	United Australia	Travis Llewellyn Mark	1,721	1.60	+0.28
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Holroyd	1,110	1.03	+1.03
	Federation	Brent Fowler	1,028	0.96	+0.96
Total formal votes			107,548	96.18	+0.78
Informal votes			4,271	3.82	−0.78
Turnout			111,819	91.51	−1.99
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Sam Lim	56,331	52.38	+11.88
	Liberal	Ben Morton	51,217	47.62	−11.88
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+11.88

Alluvial diagram for preference flows in the seat of Tangney 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 Western Australia § Tangney.[edit]

2019 Australian federal election: Tangney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ben Morton	44,740	53.63	+4.82
	Labor	Marion Boswell	21,644	25.95	+2.40
	Greens	Martin Spencer	9,319	11.17	−1.22
	Independent	Jillian Horton	1,933	2.32	+2.32
	One Nation	Scott Rafferty	1,732	2.08	+2.08
	Christians	Mark Staer	1,695	2.03	−1.34
	Western Australia	Gavin Waugh	1,080	1.29	+1.29
	United Australia	Chris Fernandez	969	1.16	+1.16
	Independent	Paul Waddy	307	0.37	+0.37
Total formal votes			83,419	95.61	−1.84
Informal votes			3,831	4.39	+1.84
Turnout			87,250	92.47	+1.27
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ben Morton	51,275	61.47	+0.40
	Labor	Marion Boswell	32,144	38.53	−0.40
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.40

2016

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2016 Australian federal election in Western Australia § Tangney.[edit]

2016 Australian federal election: Tangney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ben Morton	40,790	48.81	−6.95
	Labor	Marion Boswell	19,679	23.55	−1.82
	Greens	Thor Kerr	10,353	12.39	+1.40
	Independent	Dennis Jensen	9,924	11.88	+11.88
	Christians	John Wieske	2,819	3.37	+0.98
Total formal votes			83,565	97.45	+1.74
Informal votes			2,183	2.55	−1.74
Turnout			85,748	91.20	−5.95
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ben Morton	51,029	61.07	−1.95
	Labor	Marion Boswell	32,536	38.93	+1.95
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.95

2013

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2013 Australian federal election in Western Australia § Tangney.[edit]

2013 Australian federal election: Tangney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dennis Jensen	48,752	57.17	+1.48
	Labor	Luke Willis	20,744	24.33	−1.47
	Greens	Peter Best	8,882	10.42	−3.07
	Palmer United	Wayne Driver	3,738	4.38	+4.38
	Christians	John Wieske	2,236	2.62	+2.62
	Rise Up Australia	Stephen Carson	922	1.08	+1.08
Total formal votes			85,274	95.83	−0.69
Informal votes			3,707	4.17	+0.69
Turnout			88,981	93.81	−0.41
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dennis Jensen	55,144	64.67	+2.35
	Labor	Luke Willis	30,130	35.33	−2.35
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.35

2010

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2010 Australian federal election in Western Australia § Tangney.[edit]

2010 Australian federal election: Tangney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dennis Jensen	46,712	55.69	+3.31
	Labor	David Doepel	21,637	25.80	−5.73
	Greens	Peter Best	11,311	13.49	+5.20
	Christian Democrats	Ka-ren Chew	2,814	3.36	+1.01
	Family First	Moyna Rapp	1,399	1.67	+0.53
Total formal votes			83,873	96.52	−0.83
Informal votes			3,028	3.48	+0.83
Turnout			86,901	94.28	−0.80
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dennis Jensen	52,266	62.32	+2.51
	Labor	David Doepel	31,607	37.68	−2.51
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.51

Elections in the 2000s

2007

2007 Australian federal election: Tangney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dennis Jensen	39,406	50.85	−2.87
	Labor	Mark Reynolds	24,832	32.04	+3.50
	Greens	Christine Ivan	6,896	8.90	+1.10
	Independent	Katherine Jackson	3,070	3.96	+3.96
	Christian Democrats	Ka-ren Chew	1,867	2.41	−0.37
	Family First	Lisa Saladine	815	1.05	+1.05
	One Nation	Lloyd Boon	613	0.79	−1.66
Total formal votes			77,499	97.27	+1.71
Informal votes			2,178	2.73	−1.71
Turnout			79,677	94.56	+0.65
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dennis Jensen	45,480	58.68	−3.07
	Labor	Mark Reynolds	32,019	41.32	+3.07
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.07

2004

2004 Australian federal election: Tangney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dennis Jensen	40,061	53.72	+3.91
	Labor	Gavin Waugh	21,288	28.54	−3.29
	Greens	Andrew Duckett	5,814	7.80	+2.77
	Christian Democrats	Colleen Tapley	2,075	2.78	+1.24
	Independent	Wilson Wu	1,870	2.51	+2.51
	One Nation	Lloyd Boon	1,828	2.45	−0.94
	Democrats	Andrew Ingram	1,440	1.93	−3.38
	Citizens Electoral Council	Neil Vincent	204	0.27	+0.27
Total formal votes			74,580	95.56	−0.40
Informal votes			3,468	4.44	+0.40
Turnout			78,048	93.91	−1.52
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dennis Jensen	46,050	61.75	+3.78
	Labor	Gavin Waugh	28,530	38.25	−3.78
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.78

2001

2001 Australian federal election: Tangney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Daryl Williams	37,847	49.81	+1.46
	Labor	Sam Gowegati	24,181	31.83	−0.32
	Democrats	Andrew Ingram	4,033	5.31	−0.28
	Greens	Ben Stanwix	3,820	5.03	+0.23
	One Nation	Aaron Lumsdaine	2,576	3.39	−3.61
	Independent	Gordon Graham	1,231	1.62	+1.62
	Christian Democrats	Craig Watson	1,171	1.54	−0.14
	Liberals for Forests	Michael Lucas	1,122	1.48	+1.48
Total formal votes			75,981	95.96	−0.93
Informal votes			3,200	4.04	+0.93
Turnout			79,181	95.75
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Daryl Williams	44,047	57.97	+0.93
	Labor	Sam Gowegati	31,934	42.03	−0.93
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.93

Elections in the 1990s

1998

1998 Australian federal election: Tangney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Daryl Williams	36,547	47.31	−7.62
	Labor	Martin Whitely	25,521	33.04	+2.18
	One Nation	Raymond O'Dwyer	5,564	7.20	+7.20
	Democrats	Geoff Taylor	4,350	5.63	−2.95
	Greens	Joshua Byrne	3,542	4.58	−0.35
	Christian Democrats	Suryan Chandrasegaran	1,484	1.92	+1.92
	Abolish Child Support	Manny Goldberg	246	0.32	+0.32
Total formal votes			77,254	96.74	−0.34
Informal votes			2,601	3.26	+0.34
Turnout			79,855	95.70	−0.31
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Daryl Williams	43,184	55.90	−5.96
	Labor	Martin Whitely	34,070	44.10	+5.96
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.96

1996

1996 Australian federal election: Tangney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Daryl Williams	37,759	55.45	−1.58
	Labor	Dermot Buckley	20,426	29.99	−1.59
	Democrats	Ilse Trewin	6,090	8.94	+5.35
	Greens	Margaret Jenkins	3,454	5.07	−0.76
	Natural Law	Ken Barrett	372	0.55	+0.10
Total formal votes			68,101	97.06	−0.92
Informal votes			2,063	2.94	+0.92
Turnout			70,164	96.01	−0.52
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Daryl Williams	42,050	62.13	+0.27
	Labor	Dermot Buckley	25,630	37.87	−0.27
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.27

1993

1993 Australian federal election: Tangney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Daryl Williams	38,910	57.02	+2.07
	Labor	Jason Jordan	21,549	31.58	+4.18
	Greens	Mark Sundancer	3,976	5.83	−1.14
	Democrats	Don Bryant	2,449	3.59	−6.01
	Call to Australia	John Trenning	1,048	1.54	+1.54
	Natural Law	Ken Barrett	303	0.44	+0.44
Total formal votes			68,235	97.98	+0.76
Informal votes			1,406	2.02	−0.76
Turnout			69,641	96.53
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Daryl Williams	42,189	61.86	+0.10
	Labor	Jason Jordan	26,016	38.14	−0.10
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.10

1990

1990 Australian federal election: Tangney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Shack	34,571	55.0	+0.5
	Labor	Chris Keely	17,239	27.4	−9.8
	Democrats	Hannah Wolfe	6,039	9.6	+3.9
	Greens	Mark Schneider	4,386	7.0	+7.0
	Grey Power	Andrew Wade	675	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			62,910	97.2
Informal votes			1,798	2.8
Turnout			64,708	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Shack	38,779	61.8	+2.7
	Labor	Chris Keely	24,019	38.2	−2.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.7

Elections in the 1980s

1987

1987 Australian federal election: Tangney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Shack	33,520	52.9	−2.4
	Labor	Ray Masterton	24,599	38.8	−1.5
	Democrats	Richard Jeffreys	3,610	5.7	+1.3
	National	William Witham	1,649	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			63,378	94.4
Informal votes			3,738	5.6
Turnout			67,116	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Shack	36,405	57.4	−0.4
	Labor	Ray Masterton	26,962	42.5	+0.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.4

1984

1984 Australian federal election: Tangney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Shack	31,531	55.3	+6.9
	Labor	David Dale	22,978	40.3	−5.7
	Democrats	Ron Murray	2,514	4.4	+0.6
Total formal votes			57,023	94.1
Informal votes			3,557	5.9
Turnout			60,580	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Shack	32,934	57.8	+7.6
	Labor	David Dale	24,089	42.2	−7.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.6

1983

1983 Australian federal election: Tangney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Gear	34,899	49.4	+9.1
	Liberal	Peter Shack	31,811	45.0	−5.1
	Democrats	Ron Murray	2,706	3.8	−5.9
	Socialist Workers	Bronwen Beachey	1,236	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			70,652	98.2
Informal votes			1,256	1.8
Turnout			71,917	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	George Gear		53.2	+7.8
	Liberal	Peter Shack		46.8	−7.8
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+7.8

1980

1980 Australian federal election: Tangney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Shack	32,592	50.1	−0.1
	Labor	Maureen Wong	26,216	40.3	+8.6
	Democrats	Robert McCormack	6,288	9.7	−4.8
Total formal votes			65,096	97.7
Informal votes			1,549	2.3
Turnout			66,645	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Shack		54.6	−5.3
	Labor	Maureen Wong		45.4	+5.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.3

Elections in the 1970s

1977

1977 Australian federal election: Tangney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Shack	32,198	48.7	−7.7
	Labor	Duncan Graham	21,947	33.2	−6.7
	Democrats	Geoffrey Taylor	9,561	14.5	+14.5
	Progress	Geoffrey McNeil	2,361	3.6	−0.2
Total formal votes			66,067	96.9
Informal votes			2,145	3.1
Turnout			68,212	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Shack		58.4	−0.2
	Labor	Duncan Graham		41.6	+0.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.2

1975

1975 Australian federal election: Tangney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Richardson	34,677	54.4	+12.8
	Labor	John Dawkins	26,697	41.9	−8.7
	Workers	Warwick Agnew	2,395	3.8	+3.8
Total formal votes			63,769	97.7
Informal votes			1,508	2.3
Turnout			65,277	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Richardson		56.6	+9.7
	Labor	John Dawkins		43.4	−9.7
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+9.7

1974

1974 Australian federal election: Tangney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Dawkins	28,176	50.6
	Liberal	Peter Whyte	23,196	41.6
	National Alliance	June Bunce	3,430	6.2
	Australia	Wendy Russell-Brown	900	1.6
Total formal votes			55,702	97.5
Informal votes			1,419	2.5
Turnout			57,121	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Dawkins		53.1	+2.5
	Liberal	Peter Whyte		46.9	−2.5
	Labor notional hold		Swing	+2.5

References

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