Burke
The seat was created in 1969.
1969
L.K.Johnson (ALP) 26798 (56.8%)
K.F.Laherty (Ind) 663 (1.3%)
T.J.Scully (DLP) 5003 (10.6%)
R.J.Smith (AP) 506 (1.1%)
J.Williams (Lib) 14230 (30.2%)
Informal 2621
Estimated two-party preferred: ALP 59.1%, Lib 40.9%
1972
L.K.Johnson (ALP) 39510 (63.6%)
H.G.Thain (Lib) 16143 (26.0%)
C.W.Walsh (DLP) 6502 (10.5%)
Informal 2034
Estimated two-party preferred: ALP 64.3%, Lib 35.7%
1974
A.Gerocs (AP) 4017 (5.2%)
L.K.Johnson (ALP) 46977 (61.2%)
C.D.Salger (Lib) 21411 (27.9%)
C.W.Walsh (DLP) 4328 (5.6%)
Informal 2382
Estimated two-party preferred: ALP 66.2%, Lib 33.8%
1975
M.S.Dupla (Ind) 2949 (3.5%)
L.K.Johnson (ALP) 45634 (54.2%)
C.D.Salger (Lib) 31103 (37.0%)
C.W.Walsh (DLP) 4442 (5.3%)
Informal 2318
Estimated two-party preferred: ALP 57.2%, Lib 42.8%
1977
L.K.Johnson (ALP) 32248 (50.4%)
M.Lengyel (Lib) 20680 (32.3%)
E.J.Spencer (Dem) 7122 (11.1%)
C.W.Walsh (DLP) 3963 (6.2%)
Informal 2341
Estimated two-party preferred: ALP 57.6%, Lib 42.4%
1980
A.G.Ross (Lib) 26803 (38.2%)
E.J.Spencer (Dem) 5413 (7.7%)
A.C.Theophanous (ALP) 37984 (54.1%)
Informal 2357
Estimated two-party preferred: ALP 58.2%, Lib 41.8%
1983
Bernie Finn (Lib) 24294 (32.0%)
George Hunter (Dem) 4611 (6.1%)
Evelyn Robson (SWP) 788 (1.0%)
Andrew Theophanous (ALP) 46171 (60.9%)
Informal 2163
After preferences:
Bernie Finn (Lib) 26940 (35.5%)
Andrew Theophanous (ALP) 48924 (64.5%)
1984
(Redistribution: ALP -10.2%)
M.D'Agostino (Lib) 23273 (41.3%)
L.H.Vidler (Nat) 1823 (3.2%)
G.Cormick (DLP) 862 (1.5%)
N.P.O'Keefe (ALP) 27446 (48.7%)
G.M.W.Hunter (Dem) 2985 (5.3%)
Informal 5073
After preferences:
M.D'Agostino (Lib) 26546 (47.1%)
N.P.O'Keefe (ALP) 29836 (52.9%)
On 1996 boundaries: ALP 55.2%, Lib 44.8%
1987
Barry McLeod (Nat) 3278 (4.9%)
Peter Dale (Lib) 25534 (38.5%)
Neil O'Keefe (ALP) 32738 (49.4%)
Susan Millington (Dem) 4793 (7.2%)
Informal 3214
After preferences:
Peter Dale (Lib) 30206 (45.6%)
Neil O'Keefe (ALP) 36098 (54.4%)
1990
(Redistribution: ALP +4.6%)
Neil O'Keefe (ALP) 27102 (42.9%)
Patrick McCurry (Dem) 9996 (15.8%)
Ian Lindsay (Lib) 26114 (41.3%)
Informal 2564
After preferences:
Neil O'Keefe (ALP) 33684 (53.3%)
Ian Lindsay (Lib) 29505 (46.7%)
On 1996 boundaries: ALP 51.0%, Lib 49.0%
1993
Ian Burrowes (CTA) 1491 (2.1%)
Neil O'Keefe (ALP) 40067 (55.4%)
Michael Dickins (NL) 552 (0.8%)
Iain Ralph (Dem) 3180 (4.4%)
Stephen Mitchell (Lib) 27047 (37.4%)
Informal 2013
After preferences:
Neil O'Keefe (ALP) 43345 (60.0%)
Stephen Mitchell (Lib) 28941 (40.0%)
1996
(Redistribution: ALP -2.3%)
Neil O'Keefe (ALP) 35949 (51.0%)
Anthony Moore (Lib) 27122 (38.4%)
Victor Kaye (Dem) 6782 (9.6%)
Michael Dickins (NL) 705 (1.0%)
Informal 2155
After preferences:
Neil O'Keefe (ALP) 40069 (57.0%)
Anthony Moore (Lib) 30191 (43.0%)
1998
Neil O'Keefe (ALP) 36516 (50.0%)
Rod Hardy (Ind) 957 (1.3%)
Serge Petrovich (Lib) 26317 (36.0%)
Paul Fyffe (Grn) 1397 (1.9%)
Ngaire Mason (NL) 163 (0.2%)
Vaughan Williams (Dem) 4365 (6.0%)
Frank Preston (ON) 3319 (4.5%)
Informal 3988
After preferences:
Neil O'Keefe (ALP) 42074 (57.6%)
Serge Petrovich (Lib) 30960 (42.4%)
2001
Marcus Ward (Grn) 6062 (7.4%)
Geoff Lutz (Dem) 5493 (6.7%)
Chris Dawe (Lib) 31282 (38.2%)
Brendan O'Connor (ALP) 39138 (47.7%)
Informal 3031 (3.6%)
After preferences
Brendan O'Connor (ALP) 45504 (55.5%)
Chris Dawe (Lib) 36471 (44.5%)
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