Results of the 1984 Australian federal election in Tasmania

1984 Australian federal election
(Tasmania)

1 December 1984
All 5 Tasmanian seats in the Australian House of Representatives and 7 seats in the Australian Senate
First party Second party   Leader Andrew Peacock Bob Hawke Party Liberal/National coalition Labor Last election 5 seats 0 seats Seats won 5 seats 0 seats Seat change Popular vote 133,173 113,094 Percentage 51.1% 43.4% Swing 3.8 3.1 TPP 53.4% 46.6% TPP swing 3.1 3.1

This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1984 federal election in the state of Tasmania.

Overall results

Turnout 95.1% (CV) — Informal 8.2%

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal	133,173	51.13	-3.78	5
	Labor	113,094	43.42	3.14
	Democrats	10,432	4.01	0.44
	Independent	3,747	1.44	0.46
Total		260,446			5
Two-party-preferred vote
	Liberal	138,983	53.37	-3.05	5
	Labor	121,438	46.63	3.05	0
Invalid/blank votes		16,237	5.87	3.57
Turnout		276,683	95.40
Registered voters		290,028
Source: Federal Election Results 1949-1993

Results by division

Bass

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Bass § 1984.[edit]

1984 Australian federal election: Bass

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Warwick Smith	27,226	52.0	−1.3
	Labor	Vicki Buchanan	22,544	43.0	+6.0
	Democrats	Michael Preece	2,624	5.0	−1.2
Total formal votes			52,394	93.3
Informal votes			3,745	6.7
Turnout			56,139	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Warwick Smith	28,514	54.4	−3.7
	Labor	Vicki Buchanan	23,878	45.6	+3.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.7

Braddon

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Braddon § 1984.[edit]

1984 Australian federal election: Braddon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Chris Miles	27,296	52.7	−8.0
	Labor	Greg Peart	22,500	43.4	+7.5
	Democrats	Gavin Bugg	2,047	3.9	+0.5
Total formal votes			51,843	94.1
Informal votes			3,248	5.9
Turnout			55,091	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Chris Miles	28,297	54.6	−7.5
	Labor	Greg Peart	23,541	45.4	+7.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	−7.5

Denison

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Denison § 1984.[edit]

1984 Australian federal election: Denison

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael Hodgman	25,929	48.1	−4.4
	Labor	Kay Spurr	24,230	44.9	+1.5
	Independent	Mary Willey	3,747	7.0	+7.0
Total formal votes			53,906	94.1
Informal votes			3,400	5.9
Turnout			57,306	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Michael Hodgman	27,466	51.0	−2.9
	Labor	Kay Spurr	26,437	49.0	+2.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.9

Franklin

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Franklin § 1984.[edit]

1984 Australian federal election: Franklin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Goodluck	27,315	53.6	−1.0
	Labor	John Devereux	20,701	40.6	−1.9
	Democrats	John Thomson	2,916	5.7	+3.2
Total formal votes			50,932	94.7
Informal votes			2,868	5.3
Turnout			53,800	96.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Goodluck	28,338	55.6	−0.1
	Labor	John Devereux	22,592	44.4	+0.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.1

Lyons

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Lyons § 1984.[edit]

1984 Australian federal election: Lyons

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Max Burr	25,407	49.5	−4.3
	Labor	David Llewellyn	23,119	45.0	+2.7
	Democrats	Liz Holloway	2,845	5.5	+3.0
Total formal votes			51,371	93.4
Informal votes			3,603	6.6
Turnout			54,974	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Max Burr	26,368	51.3	−3.7
	Labor	David Llewellyn	24,990	48.7	+3.7
	Liberal notional hold		Swing	−3.7

See also

• Results of the 1984 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1984–1987