The results of the 2016 Australian federal election in Higgins show that Liberal candidate Rebecca O'Brien was awarded the most votes, with 46,953 (52% of all votes) and Greens candidate Jason Ball was the runner up with 22,870 votes (25.33% of the votes).
The 2016 Australian federal election was a double dissolution election held on Saturday 2 July to elect all 226 members of the 45th Parliament of Australia, after an extended eight-week official campaign period. The Australian federal election debates of 2016 consisted of a series of leaders' debates between the leaders of the two main parties contesting the 2016 Australian federal election: Malcolm Turnbull, Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Party; and Bill Shorten, Leader of the Opposition and Labor Party. 
