Malcolm Mackerras table
Per Cent Share of Two-Party Preferred Votes for Defeated Governments - 1975 to 2008
| Election | Date |
Government defeated |
% Share 2PPV |
% Adverse swing |
Northern Territory |
18 August 2001 |
Non-Labor (Burke) |
51.9 |
6.0 |
New South Wales |
25 March 1995 |
Non-Labor (Fahey) |
51.0 |
1.5 |
South Australia |
9 February 2002 |
Non-Labor (Kerin) |
50.9 |
0.6 |
Victoria |
18 September 1999 |
Non-Labor (Kennett) |
49.8 |
3.7 |
Queensland |
13 June 1998 |
Non-Labor (Borbidge) |
48.9 |
4.4 |
New South Wales |
1 May 1976 |
Non-Labor (Willis) |
48.4 |
3.2 |
South Australia |
6 November 1982 |
Non-Labor (Tonkin) |
48.4 |
6.6 |
Western Australia |
6 September 2008 |
Labor (Carpenter) |
48.1 |
4.2 |
Western Australia |
10 February 2001 |
Non-Labor (Court) |
47.4 |
7.8 |
Federal |
24 November 2007 |
Non-Labor (Howard) |
47.3 |
5.4 |
Federal |
5 March 1983 |
Non-Labor (Fraser) |
46.8 |
3.6 |
Queensland* |
15 July 1995 |
Labor (Goss) |
46.7 |
7.1 |
Federal |
2 March 1996 |
Labor (Keating) |
46.4 |
5.1 |
Victoria |
3 April 1982 |
Non-Labor (Thompson) |
46.2 |
4.5 |
Queensland |
2 December 1989 |
Non-Labor (Cooper) |
45.8 |
8.3 |
Western Australia |
19 February 1983 |
Non-Labor (O’Connor) |
45.5 |
6.0 |
South Australia |
15 September 1979 |
Labor (Corcoran) |
45.0 |
8.4 |
Western Australia |
6 February 1993 |
Labor (Lawrence) |
44.8 |
2.7 |
Federal |
13 December 1975 |
Labor (Whitlam) |
44.3 |
7.4 |
New South Wales |
19 March 1988 |
Labor (Unsworth) |
44.2 |
8.3 |
Victoria |
3 October 1992 |
Labor (Kirner) |
43.7 |
5.8 |
South Australia |
11 December 1993 |
Labor (Arnold) |
39.1 |
8.9 |
* Although the change of government actually took place on 19 February 1996 I consider that the Goss Government was defeated at the general election on 15 July 1995. If Mundingburra had gone the other way at the general election Borbidge would have been sworn in as Premier in August 1996. Consequently I think of the general election as having had a ‘cliffhanger’ period of some six months - Malcolm Mackerras.