2007 Australian House of Representatives election
House of Representatives elections for Australia in November 2007
The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian House of Representatives at the 2007 federal election, 83 Labor, 65 coalition (55 Liberal, 10 National), 2 independent. Detailed results for all 150 seats are also available. The Nationals were reduced to nine seats and the coalition to 64 when independent Rob Oakeshott won the 2008 Lyne by-election.
Australia
New South Wales
Independents: Tony Windsor
Liberal to Labor: Bennelong, Dobell, Eden-Monaro, Lindsay, Parramatta (notional), Robertson
National to Labor: Page
Independent to National: Calare
Gwydir (National) was abolished in the last redistribution. Liberal-held Macquarie, a notionally Labor seat, was also won by the Labor Party.
Victoria
Liberal to Labor: Corangamite, Deakin.
Queensland
Independents: Bob Katter
Liberal to Labor: Blair, Bonner, Forde, Leichhardt, Longman, Moreton, Petrie
National to Labor: Flynn (notional), Dawson.
Western Australia
Labor to Liberal: Cowan, Swan
Liberal to Labor: Hasluck.
South Australia
Liberal to Labor: Kingston, Makin, Wakefield.
Tasmania
Liberal to Labor: Bass, Braddon.
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