Among the three candidates in the 1984 Australian federal election, Michael Lee (Labor Party) had the most number of votes, followed by Isaac Shields from (Liberal Party).
All 148 seats in the House of Representatives (24 of them newly created) and 46 of 76 seats in the Senate (12 of them newly created) were up for election. Labor 4,120,130 47.55 34.06% 2,951,556 Andrew Peacock LiberalNational coalition 3,900,042 45.01 Liberal 2,951,556 34.06 
