2022 federal House election · Official AEC results

Port Macquarie South

Cowper, NSW · Election-day booth · AEC polling-place ID 475

Hastings Public School, 85 Yarranabee Rd, PORT MACQUARIE, NSW, 2444

Votes recorded at this polling place are not the views of all local residents. People can vote away from home; pre-poll and mobile services cover wider populations. These results are separate from Australian Poll participant sentiment.

Formal votes

1,546

Denominator for candidate and preferred-vote shares.

Informal votes

67

4.15% of 1,613 total ballots.

First preferences

1,546 formal votes; informal votes excluded from candidate percentages
Candidate / partyVotesShare
Caz HEISE
Independent
52233.76%
Pat CONAGHAN
The Nationals
47130.47%
Keith McMULLEN
Labor
23515.20%
Timothy NOTT
The Greens
1207.76%
Faye ASPIOTIS
Pauline Hanson's One Nation
1076.92%
Simon CHASELING
Liberal Democrats
603.88%
Joshua Stephen FAIRHALL
United Australia Party
312.01%

First preferences count the candidate marked first on each formal ballot.

Two-candidate preferred (TCP)

1,546 formal votes; informal votes excluded from candidate percentages
Candidate / partyVotesShare
Caz HEISE
Independent
89657.96%
Pat CONAGHAN
The Nationals
65042.04%

TCP distributes preferences to the final two candidates in this electorate. The pair can include independents or minor parties.

Two-party preferred (TPP)

Labor–Coalition comparison · 1,546 formal votes
SideVotesShare
Australian Labor Party75849.03%
Liberal/National Coalition78850.97%

TPP is the AEC’s Labor–Coalition measure even where those parties were not the final two candidates. It must not be substituted for TCP.

Compare with 2025

Port Macquarie South in 2025 has the same AEC polling-place ID.

No continuous trend is shown because:

Nearby election-day booths

Straight-line distance within 50 km, using AEC coordinates. Nearby booths may serve different electorates and voter groups.

Map of nearby booths

Numbers match the list below. Select a marker for its results link. Circles: election day; squares: pre-poll; diamonds: mobile/hospital teams. Teams can cover many locations; markers do not show service areas.

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Geographic overview

Numbers match the list below. Circles: election day; squares: pre-poll; triangles: mobile/hospital teams. 7 of 7 places have source coordinates. Teams can cover many locations; their marker is not their service area.

Polling-place locations; use the equivalent numbered list for detailsPort Macquarie South1Thrumster2Port Macquarie Greenmeadows3Port Macquarie East4Tacking Point5Port Macquarie Town Beach6Emerald Downs7

Natural Earth public-domain outline, 1:110m. Geographic overview, not street navigation or electorate boundaries. Missing coordinates stay in the list.

Nearby booths by distance

  1. Port Macquarie South — selected polling place
  2. Thrumster, Cowper · 0.9 km · 269 formal votes · Labor TPP 38.29%
  3. Port Macquarie Greenmeadows, Cowper · 2.0 km · 326 formal votes · Labor TPP 43.25%
  4. Port Macquarie East, Cowper · 2.2 km · 1,779 formal votes · Labor TPP 44.58%
  5. Tacking Point, Cowper · 2.3 km · 1,417 formal votes · Labor TPP 43.47%
  6. Port Macquarie Town Beach, Cowper · 2.7 km · 937 formal votes · Labor TPP 47.28%
  7. Emerald Downs, Cowper · 2.7 km · 978 formal votes · Labor TPP 34.15%

AEC 2022 final-results CSV downloads · generated 2022-07-19T10:31:27 (source timestamp) · retrieved 7 September 2026. © Commonwealth of Australia 2022, CC BY 4.0. Percentages calculated from AEC counts; no endorsement by AEC.

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