COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA FORTY-FIFTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== Source: Australian Electoral Commission HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== BATMAN, Vic 111,857 enrolled, 91,054 (81.4%) voted ==================================================================== 17 March 2018, following the resignation of Hon David Feeney -------------------------------------------------------------------- Melbourne: Northcote, Preston, Reservoir, Thornbury -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016 two-candidate majority: Labor over Greens 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 111,857 +02.7 Votes cast: 91,054 81.4 -08.3 Informal votes: 5,650 06.2 -01.6 Formal votes: 85,404 93.8 +01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Yvonne Gentle 2,217 02.6 Ged Kearney + ALP 36,840 43.1 +07.9 Alex Bhathal Grn 33,725 39.5 +03.3 Kevin Bailey ACon 5,471 06.4 Tegan Burns 496 00.6 Debbie Robinson 1,186 01.4 Teresa van Lieshout 1,245 01.5 Adrian Whitehead 745 00.9 Mark McDonald 951 01.1 Miranda Smith 2,528 03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 85,404 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Burns's 498 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gentle 72 14.5 2,298 02.7 Kearney + 60 12.1 36,900 43.2 Bhathal 41 08.3 33,766 39.5 Bailey 93 18.8 5,564 06.5 Robinson 78 15.7 1,264 01.5 Van Lieshout 63 12.7 1,308 01.5 Whitehead 13 02.6 758 00.9 McDonald 37 07.5 988 01.2 Smith 39 07.9 2,567 03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 498 85,404 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Whitehead's 758 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gentle 22 02.9 2,311 02.7 Kearney + 91 12.0 36,991 43.3 Bhathal 145 19.1 33,911 39.7 Bailey 24 03.2 5,588 06.5 Robinson 32 04.2 1,296 01.5 Van Lieshout 229 30.2 1,537 01.8 McDonald 109 14.4 1,097 01.3 Smith 106 14.0 2,673 03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 758 85,404 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: McDonald's 1,097 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gentle 66 06.0 2,377 03.0 Kearney + 135 12.3 37,126 43.5 Bhathal 219 20.0 34,130 40.0 Bailey 87 07.9 5,675 06.6 Robinson 58 05.3 1,354 01.6 Van Lieshout 163 14.9 1,700 02.0 Smith 369 33.6 3,042 03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,097 85,404 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Robinson's 1,354 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gentle 200 14.8 2,577 03.0 Kearney + 240 17.7 37,366 43.8 Bhathal 155 11.5 34,285 40.1 Bailey 289 21.3 5,964 07.0 Van Lieshout 325 24.0 2,050 02.4 Smith 145 10.7 3,187 03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,354 85,404 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Van Lieshout's 2,050 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gentle 283 14.0 2,860 03.4 Kearney + 273 13.5 37,639 44.1 Bhathal 278 13.7 34,563 40.5 Bailey 468 23.1 6,432 07.5 Smith 723 35.7 3,910 04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,050 85,404 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Gentle's 2,860 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kearney + 1,116 39.0 38,755 45.4 Bhathal 310 10.8 34,873 40.8 Bailey 1,097 38.4 7,529 08.8 Smith 337 11.8 4,247 05.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,860 85,404 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Smith's 4,247 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kearney + 1,008 23.7 39,763 46.6 Bhathal 1,644 38.7 36,517 42.8 Bailey 1,595 37.6 9,124 10.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,247 85,404 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th count: Bailey's 9,124 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- KEARNEY + 6,683 73.3 46,446 54.4 Bhathal 2,441 26.8 38,958 45.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,124 85,404 04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gerardine Kearney (born 1963): Elected 2018 by Born: 29 October 1963, Melbourne Career: Educated Monash University. Registered nurse. Official, Australian Nursing Federation, federal secretary 2008. President, Australian Council of Trade unions 2010-18. --------------------------------------------------------------------