Kathy Sullivan held the seat from 1984 to 2001. She contested the 1984 election (and previously sat in the Senate) under her maiden name of Martin.
1984 W.Aabraham-Steer (Ind) 471 (0.9%) P.Courtney (Ind) 264 (0.5%) S.Mulley (Dem) 1958 (3.7%) A.Paterson (ALP) 18847 (36.0%) J.Gamin (Nat) 14609 (27.9%) K.J.Martin (Lib) 16194 (30.9%) Informal 3120 After preferences: A.Paterson (ALP) 21011 (40.1%) K.J.Martin (Lib) 31332 (59.9%) 1987 Kathy Sullivan (Lib) 22271 (34.7%) Lester Hughes (Nat) 15405 (24.0%) George Spencer (Dem) 3444 (5.4%) Robert Boyce (ALP) 23067 (35.9%) Informal 2234 After preferences: Kathy Sullivan (Lib) 38644 (60.2%) Robert Boyce (ALP) 25543 (39.8%) 1990 Jonathan Cornish (Dem) 10028 (12.8%) Kathy Sullivan (Lib) 37630 (47.8%) Peter Lyons (Nat) 4549 (5.8%) Col Struthers (ALP) 26473 (33.7%) Informal 1941 After preferences: Kathy Sullivan (Lib) 46759 (59.5%) Col Struthers (ALP) 31868 (40.5%) 1993 (Redistribution: ALP -1.6%) Bob Brown (ALP) 22489 (32.4%) Kathy Sullivan (Lib) 36551 (52.6%) Warren Pike (Nat) 3780 (5.4%) Steven Stringer (CAP) 1195 (1.7%) Jason Neville (Dem) 2672 (3.9%) Sally Mackinnon (Grn) 2767 (4.0%) Informal 1804 After preferences: Bob Brown (ALP) 26101 (37.6%) Kathy Sullivan (Lib) 43333 (62.4%) 1996 (Redistribution: ALP -0.5%) Inge Light (Grn) 3311 (5.0%) Noel Payne (Dem) 3286 (4.9%) Andrew Prenzler (Ind) 526 (0.8%) Ian Pilgrim (AIP) 303 (0.5%) Matthew MacKechnie (CTA) 494 (0.7%) Mike Smith (ALP) 15150 (22.8%) Sandy Price (NL) 327 (0.5%) Kathy Sullivan (Lib) 43098 (64.8%) Informal 2134 After preferences: Mike Smith (ALP) 19731 (29.8%) Kathy Sullivan (Lib) 46599 (70.2%) 1998 (Redistribution: ALP -0.3%) Anne Bennett (ALP) 21055 (29.1%) Warren Fenton (ON) 7357 (10.2%) Colin O'Brien (Dem) 2610 (3.6%) Kathy Sullivan (Lib) 37527 (51.9%) Julie Falcke (CTA) 1615 (2.2%) Sally Spain (Grn) 2175 (3.0%) Informal 3394 After preferences: Anne Bennett (ALP) 26889 (37.2%) Kathy Sullivan (Lib) 45450 (62.8%) 2001 Josephine Tobias (Ind) 2286 (2.9%) Maurie Carroll (Ind) 360 (0.5%) Steven Ciobo (Lib) 39586 (50.9%) Susie Douglas (Nat) 4914 (6.3%) Victoria Chatterjee (ALP) 19158 (24.6%) Maxwell Aleckson (Ind) 549 (0.7%) Lesley Millar (ON) 4458 (5.7%) Kari Derrick (Dem) 3439 (4.4%) Dean Hepburn (Grn) 3014 (3.9%) Informal 5958 (7.1%) After preferences Steven Ciobo (Lib) 50876 (65.4%) Victoria Chatterjee (ALP) 26888 (34.6%)Return to list of electorates