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Year Winning Party
1972 CP
1974 CP
1975 CP
1977 CP
1980 CP
1983 NAT
1984 NAT
1987 NAT
1990 NAT
1993 NAT
1996 NAT
1998 NAT
2001 IND
2004 IND
2007 IND
2010 IND
2013 NAT
2016 NAT

Candidates (17) in Ballot Paper Order
Candidate Name Party
STRETTON, Richard CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY (FRED NILE GROUP)
WAGSTAFF, Skyla Shane ANIMAL JUSTICE PARTY
POTTS, Andrew AFFORDABLE HOUSING PARTY
MADDEN, Jeff INDEPENDENT
SMYTH, Tristan LIBERAL DEMOCRATS
CARTER, Dean INDEPENDENT
JOYCE, Barnaby THE NATIONALS
BOURKE, William SUSTAINABLE AUSTRALIA
STACEY, Warwick SENIORS UNITED PARTY OF AUSTRALIA
TABER, Rob INDEPENDENT
MAILLER, Peter COUNTRYMINDED
EWINGS, David LABOR
CRANNEY, Donald RISE UP AUSTRALIA PARTY
WILLS, Peter THE GREENS
McINTYRE, Jamie 21st CENTURY AUSTRALIA
MEOW-MEOW, Meow-Ludo Disco Gamma SCIENCE PARTY
BRITZA, Ian AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY PARTY

Richard Stretton (Christian Democrats)

Dean Carter (Independent)

Donald Cranney (Rise Up Australia Party)

Legislative Assembly
Candidate Party Votes % Swing
Robert Henry Walker ODD 809 0.9 +0.9
Stan Colefax CDP 1,317 1.4 -0.3
David Mailler CM 1,337 1.4 +1.4
Peter Whelan LDP 1,151 1.2 +1.2
David Ewings ALP 6,662 7.0 -6.8
Rob Taber IND 2,661 2.8 -9.8
Tony Windsor IND 27,763 29.2 +29.2
*Barnaby Joyce NAT 49,673 52.9 -1.4
Mercurius Goldstein GRN 2,775 2.9 -1.9
Philip Gordon Cox IND 856 0.9 0.9
.. OTH   0.0 -13.9
Tony Windsor IND 39,409 41.5 +41.5
*Barnaby Joyce NAT 55,595 58.5 -6.0
Rob Taber IND .. 0.0 -35.5

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