GORTON ==================================================================== Melbourne: Caroline Springs, Keilor, Rockbank, Sydenham, Taylors Lakes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 15.4 Effect of 2021 redistribution: 01.1 shift to Liberal 2022 notional two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 14.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 110,860 +00.5 Votes cast: 99,523 89.8 -01.3 Informal votes: 7,089 07.1 +01.0 Formal votes: 92,434 92.9 -01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Connor PHON 6,719 07.3 Praise Morris Grn 8,325 09.0 +01.6 Michael Virag UAP 7,082 07.7 +00.4 Belle Gibson VS 2,064 02.2 Hon Brendan O'Connor * ALP 38,178 41.3 -10.1 Steven Loncar 2,341 02.5 Tony Dobran GAP 1,312 01.4 Paul Lassig AFP 1,063 01.2 John Fletcher Lib 25,350 27.4 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 92,434 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Lassig's 1,063 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Connor 177 16.7 6,896 07.5 Morris 42 04.0 8,367 09.1 Virag 112 10.5 7,194 07.8 Gibson 54 05.1 2,118 02.3 O'Connor * 126 11.9 38,304 41.4 Loncar 186 17.5 2,527 02.7 Dobran 194 18.3 1,506 01.6 Fletcher 172 16.2 25,522 27.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,063 92,434 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Dobran's 1,506 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Connor 320 21.3 7,216 07.8 Morris 85 05.6 8,452 09.1 Virag 473 31.4 7,667 08.3 Gibson 66 04.4 2,184 02.4 O'Connor * 118 07.8 38,422 41.6 Loncar 318 21.1 2,845 03.1 Fletcher 126 08.4 25,648 27.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,506 92,434 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Gibson's 2,184 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Connor 171 07.8 7,387 08.0 Morris 942 43.1 9,394 10.2 Virag 247 11.3 7,914 08.6 O'Connor * 464 21.3 38,886 42.1 Loncar 222 10.2 3,067 03.3 Fletcher 138 06.3 25,786 27.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,184 92,434 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Loncar's 3,067 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Connor 740 24.1 8,127 08.8 Morris 565 18.4 9,959 10.8 Virag 726 23.7 8,640 09.4 O'Connor * 588 19.2 39,474 42.7 Fletcher 448 14.6 26,234 28.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,067 92,434 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Connor's 8,127 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Morris 1,970 24.2 11,929 12.9 Virag 4,372 53.8 13,012 14.1 O'Connor * 879 10.8 40,353 43.7 Fletcher 906 11.2 27,140 29.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,127 92,434 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Morris's 11,929 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Virag 3,520 29.5 16,532 17.9 O'CONNOR * 6,987 51.2 47,340 51.2 Fletcher 1,422 11.9 28,562 30.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,929 92,434 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Virag's 16,532 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- O'CONNOR * 8,094 49.0 55,434 60.0 Fletcher 8,438 51.0 37,000 40.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 16,532 92,434 10.0 04.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brendan Patrick John O'Connor (born 1962): Elected 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2022 Minister for Skills and Training from 1 June 2022 --------------------------------------------------------------------