Division of Corangamite

Division of Corangamite
Corangamite
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Corangamite 2010.png
Division of Corangamite (green) in Victoria
Created: 1900
MP: Darren Cheeseman
Party: Labor
Namesake: Lake Corangamite
Area: 7,724 km² (2,982 sq mi)
Demographic: Provincial

The Division of Corangamite is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named for Lake Corangamite.

It is located in the Western District of Victoria and has always included the regional centre of Colac, but today most of its voters live in the southern suburbs of Geelong or coastal communities such as Anglesea and Queenscliff.

Until the 1930s it was a marginal seat which was occasionally won by the Australian Labor Party. In 1918 it was the first seat won by the newly formed Country Party. It was generally considered a safe seat for the Liberal Party of Australia from the 1940s to the late 1990s, but became increasingly less safe due to demographic changes. This resulted in the seat falling to Labor at the 2007 federal election for the first time since 1929.

Members

Member Party Term
  Chester Manifold Protectionist 1901–1903
  Gratton Wilson Free Trade, Anti-Socialist 1903–1909
  Commonwealth Liberal 1909–1910
  James Scullin Labor 1910–1913
  Chester Manifold Commonwealth Liberal 1913–1916
  Nationalist 1916–1918
  William Gibson Country 1918–1929
  Richard Crouch Labor 1929–1931
  William Gibson Country 1931–1934
  Geoffrey Street United Australia 1934–1940
  Allan McDonald United Australia 1940–1944
  Liberal 1944–1953
  Daniel Mackinnon Liberal 1953–1966
  Tony Street Liberal 1966–1984
  Stewart McArthur Liberal 1984–2007
  Darren Cheeseman Labor 2007–present

Election results

Australian federal election, 2010: Corangamite
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sarah Henderson 42,155 44.99 +0.29
Labor Darren Cheeseman 37,043 39.53 -2.38
Greens Mike Lawrence 10,713 11.43 +3.46
Family First Ann Wojczuk 1,850 1.97 -1.59
Independent Sally-Anne Brown 1,418 1.51 +1.51
Liberal Democrats Nathan Timmins 169 0.55 +0.36
Total formal votes 93,699 96.78 -0.69
Informal votes 3,117 3.22 +0.69
Turnout 96,816 95.32 -1.15
Two-candidate preferred result
Labor Darren Cheeseman 47,235 50.41 -0.44
Liberal Sarah Henderson 46,464 49.59 +0.44
Labor hold Swing -0.44

References

Coordinates: 38°14′35″S 143°49′16″E / 38.243°S 143.821°E / -38.243; 143.821


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