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Shortland

Pat Conroy (Labor) won Shortland in 2025 with 61.51% of the final two-candidate vote against Emma King (Liberal), a safe margin of 11.51 points.

Member now Pat Conroy Labor · in Parliament since 7 September 2013

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Boundaries: AEC, March 2025 (CC BY 4.0)
Turnout
93.39%
Informal
5.86%
Labor TPP
61.51%
TPP swing to Labor
+5.51
Formal votes
108,108
2022 winner
Pat Conroy (Labor)

2025 · first preferences

7 candidates

Votes, share of formal votes and swing on 2022 (AEC, notional for redrawn boundaries).

After preferences

The final two

Pat Conroy · Labor 61.51% 66,494
Emma King · Liberal 38.49% 41,614

Lead: 24,880 of 108,108 votes.

Distribution of preferences · 6 counts
CandidateFirstCount 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
Geoffrey Mark Robertson · Libertarian 1,722excl.
James Pheils · Independent 4,8055,5676,107excl.
Pat Conroy · Labor 48,22248,40448,69850,89853,80066,494
Barry Reed · One Nation 9,81310,16211,66613,192excl.
Pietro Di Girolamo · Family First 2,9583,151excl.
Emma King · Liberal 28,33128,51829,02829,90838,03441,614
Therese Doyle · Greens 12,25712,30612,60914,11016,274excl.

Each count excludes the candidate with the fewest votes and passes their papers on. Step through it on /au/seats.

Photos: Pat Conroy — Australian Government, CC BY 4.0 . Via Wikimedia Commons.