Division of Bendigo

Division of Bendigo
Bendigo
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Bendigo 2010.png
Division of Bendigo (green) in Victoria
Created: 1900
MP: Steve Gibbons
Party: Labor
Namesake: Bendigo, Victoria
Area: 7,286 km² (2,813 sq mi)
Demographic: Provincial

The Division of Bendigo is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named for the city of Bendigo. In the early years of federation the seat consisted of little more than Bendigo itself, but on later boundaries the seat has included towns such as Echuca, Castlemaine, Maryborough and Seymour. Today it includes Bendigo, Castlemaine, Kyneton, Maldon, and Maryborough. Bendigo has always been a marginal seat, changing hands regularly between the Australian Labor Party and the conservative parties. Bendigo has had 15 members, the second-highest number (with Denison) of any federal electorate. Its most notable members have been its first member, Sir John Quick, who was a leading federalist, and Prime Minister Billy Hughes, who although from Sydney represented Bendigo for two terms at a time when the federal Parliament met in Melbourne. John Brumby, who held the seat from 1983 to 1990, later became Premier of Victoria.

Members

Member Party Results
  John Quick Protectionist 19011906
  Independent Protectionist 19061909
  Commonwealth Liberal 19091913
  John Arthur Labor 19131914
  Alfred Hampson Labor 19151917
  Billy Hughes Nationalist 19171922
  Geoffry Hurry Nationalist 19221929
  Richard Keane Labor 19291931
  Eric Harrison United Australia 19311937
  George Rankin Country 19371949
  Percy Clarey Labor 19491960
  Noel Beaton Labor 19601969
  David Kennedy Labor 19691972
  John Bourchier Liberal 19721983
  John Brumby Labor 19831990
  Bruce Reid Liberal 19901998
  Steve Gibbons Labor 1998present

Election results

Australian federal election, 2010: Bendigo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Steve Gibbons 43,965 47.65 +0.51
Liberal Craig Hunter 33,067 35.84 -2.58
Greens Kymberlie Dimozantos 11,341 12.29 +5.04
Family First Alan Howard 3,892 4.22 +0.67
Total formal votes 92,265 96.26 -0.20
Informal votes 3,588 3.74 +0.20
Turnout 95,853 95.19 -0.84
Two-candidate preferred result
Labor Steve Gibbons 54,928 59.53 +3.40
Liberal Craig Hunter 37,337 40.47 -3.40
Labor hold Swing +3.40

References

Coordinates: 36°5404S 144°1055E / 36.901°S 144.182°E / -36.901; 144.182


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