The table on this page shows the seats that changed hands at the 2007 House of Representatives election.
A total of 27 seats changed hands. This includes the new and notionally National seat of Flynn (Qld). It also includes the incumbent ALP member for Parramatta, Julie Owens, whose seat was made notionally Liberal in a redistribution.
The ALP won 25 seats and lost two (Cowan and Swan in WA). It finished with a net gain of 23 and a total of 83 seats in the House of Representatives, an overall majority of 16 seats.
The Coalition lost 25 seats and gained two. Its net total was 65.
With the retirement, and subsequent death, of the independent member for Calare, Peter Andren, only 2 independents were returned at the election. Bob Katter (Kennedy) and Tony Windsor (New England) were easily elected.
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Summary of Seats Changing Hands – 2007 Federal Election | ||||
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Party/Group | 2004 Seats | Seats Won | Seats Lost | 2007 Total |
ALP | ||||
Coalition | ||||
Independent | (Calare, Kennedy, New England) |
(Kennedy, New England) |
In the following table, the names of retiring sitting members are shown in italics, followed by the name of the new candidate for that party.
The seats are grouped by State.
SEATS CHANGING HANDS AT THE 2007 FEDERAL ELECTION | ||||||
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No. | Seat | State/ Territory |
Member/ Candidate |
HELD BY | Member | WON BY |
Benneloong | John Howard | Liberal | Maxine McKew | ALP | ||
Eden-Monaro | Gary Nairn | Liberal | Mike Kelly | ALP | ||
Lindsay | Jackie Kelly Karen Chijoff |
Liberal | David Bradbury | ALP | ||
Parramatta | Julie Owens | ALP (notionally Liberal) | Julie Owens | ALP | ||
Page | Ian Causley Chris Gulaptis |
National | Janelle Saffin | ALP | ||
Robertson | Jim Lloyd | Liberal | Belinda Neal | ALP | ||
Corangamite | Stewart McArthur | Liberal | Darren Cheeseman | ALP | ||
Deakin | Phil Barresi | Liberal | Mike Symon | ALP | ||
Blair | Cameron Thompson | Liberal | Shayne Neumann | ALP | ||
Bonner | Ross Vasta | Liberal | Kerry Rea | ALP | ||
Dawson | De-Anne Kelly | National | James Bidgood | ALP | ||
Flynn | new seat | (notionally National) | Chris Trevor | ALP | ||
Forde | Kay Elson Wendy Creighton |
Liberal | Brett Raguse | ALP | ||
Leichhardt | Warren Entsch Charlie McKillop |
Liberal | Jim Turnour | ALP | ||
Longman | Mal Brough | Liberal | Jon Sullivan | ALP | ||
Moreton | Gary Hardgrave | Liberal | Graham Perrett | ALP | ||
Petrie | Teresa Gambaro | Liberal | Yvette D’Ath | ALP | ||
Cowan | Graham Edwards Liz Prime |
ALP | Luke Simpkins | Liberal | ||
Hasluck | Stuart Henry | Liberal | Sharryn Jackson | ALP | ||
Swan | Kim Wilkie | ALP | Steve Irons | Liberal | ||
Kingston | Kym Richardson | Liberal | Amanda Rishworth | ALP | ||
Makin | Trish Draper Bob Day |
Liberal | Tony Zappia | ALP | ||
Wakefield | David Fawcett | Liberal | Nick Champion | ALP | ||
Bass | Michael Ferguson | Liberal | Jodie Campbell | ALP | ||
Braddon | Mark Baker | Liberal | Sid Sidebottom | ALP | ||
Solomon | David Tollner | Country Liberal | Damian Hale | ALP |