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McMillan
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of McMillan (green) in VictoriaCreated: 1949 MP: Russell Broadbent Party: Liberal Namesake: Angus McMillan Area: 8,328 km² (3,215 sq mi) Demographic: Rural The Division of McMillan is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It is located in the western part of the Gippsland region, which extends for the length of Victoria's eastern Bass Strait coastline. It includes the outer south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Pakenham, and also includes the towns of Warragul, Moe, Wonthaggi, Leongatha and Foster. It stretches from Mount Baw Baw and the Baw Baw National Park in the north to Wilsons Promontory, and the Wilsons Promontory National Park in the south. It is the southernmost Electoral Division in continental Australia.
The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 11 May 1949, and was first contested at the 1949 Federal election. It was named after Angus McMillan, one of the first Europeans to explore the Gippsland region. The Division is currently a marginal Liberal seat. The Division has changed hands five times in the last seven Federal elections. The change at the Australian federal election, 2004 was attributed to the redistribution of 29 January 2003, which removed the traditionally Labor-voting cities of Traralgon and Morwell from the Division.[1] Russell Broadbent held the seat again in the Australian federal election, 2007, making it the first time he has been re-elected.
The 1972 federal election saw Country Party candidate Arthur Hewson win the seat from third place and a primary vote of 16.6%.[1] This is the lowest primary vote for a winning candidate in any federal election; Hewson overtook the Liberal candidate on preferences from the Democratic Labor Party and disendorsed sitting Liberal MP Alexander Buchanan, and then defeated the Labor candidate on Liberal preferences.[2]
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Members
Member Party Term Geoffrey Brown Liberal 1949–1955 Alexander Buchanan Liberal 1955–1972 Independent 1972–1972 Arthur Hewson Country 1972–1975 Barry Simon Liberal 1975–1980 Barry Cunningham Labor 1980–1990 John Riggall Liberal 1990–1993 Barry Cunningham Labor 1993–1996 Russell Broadbent Liberal 1996–1998 Christian Zahra Labor 1998–2004 Russell Broadbent Liberal 2004–present Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of McMillanAustralian federal election, 2010: McMillan Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Russell Broadbent 41,870 49.28 -0.65 Labor Christine Maxfield 30,212 35.56 -2.58 Greens Malcolm McKelvie 8,258 9.72 +3.72 Family First Linden Stokes 2,776 3.27 +0.33 Independent Leigh Gatt 1,844 2.17 +2.17 Total formal votes 84,960 96.03 -0.54 Informal votes 3,511 3.97 +0.54 Turnout 88,471 94.80 -1.08 Two-candidate preferred result Liberal Russell Broadbent 46,229 54.41 -0.38 Labor Christine Maxfield 38,731 45.59 +0.38 Liberal hold Swing -0.38 Notes
- ^ "Three times lucky for seasoned campaigner". The Age. 11 October 2004. http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/10/1097406425412.html.
References
- ^ Carr, Adam. "1972 results - Victoria". Psephos. http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1972/1972repsvic.txt. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
- ^ Colebatch, Tim (2 September 2010). "Wilkie's winning tally of 21 not the smallest ever". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. http://www.smh.com.au/federal-election/wilkies-winning-tally-of-21-not-the-smallest-ever-20100901-14nkw.html. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
- Division of McMillan, Australian Electoral Commission
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