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Flinders
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Flinders (green) in VictoriaCreated: 1900 MP: Greg Hunt Party: Liberal Namesake: Matthew Flinders Area: 1,955 km² (755 sq mi) Demographic: Rural The Division of Flinders 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 Matthew Flinders, the first man to circumnavigate Australia, and the person credited with giving Australia her name.
Originally a country seat south and east of Melbourne, Flinders has been gradually cut back to the outer southern suburbs on the Mornington Peninsula, including Dromana, Hastings and Portsea.
It has usually been a fairly safe seat for the Liberal Party and its predecessors, who have held it for all but six years since its creation. However, it has occasionally been won by the Australian Labor Party, notably in 1929 when Prime Minister Stanley Bruce was defeated. This was the first time an Australian Prime Minister has lost his own seat at a general election. (The only other such instance was the defeat of Liberal Prime Minister John Howard in his seat of Bennelong, also by Labor, in the 2007 federal election.)
Other prominent members include former Deputy Liberal leaders Sir Phillip Lynch and Peter Reith.
Members
Member Party Term Arthur Groom Free Trade 1901–1903 James Gibb Free Trade, Anti-Socialist 1903–1906 William Irvine Anti-Socialist 1906–1909 Commonwealth Liberal 1909–1916 Nationalist 1916–1918 Stanley Bruce Nationalist 1918–1929 Jack Holloway Labor 1929–1931 Stanley Bruce United Australia 1931–1933 James Fairbairn United Australia 1933–1940 Rupert Ryan United Australia 1940–1944 Liberal 1944–1952 Keith Ewert Labor 1952–1954 Robert Lindsay Liberal 1954–1966 Phillip Lynch Liberal 1966–1982 Peter Reith Liberal 1982–1983 Bob Chynoweth Labor 1983–1984 Peter Reith Liberal 1984–2001 Greg Hunt Liberal 2001–present Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of FlindersAustralian federal election, 2010: Flinders Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Greg Hunt 49,146 54.30 -0.17 Labor Francis Gagliano-Ventura 28,747 31.76 -2.12 Greens Robert Brown 10,410 11.50 +3.02 Family First Reade Smith 2,198 2.43 +0.19 Total formal votes 90,501 95.87 -1.35 Informal votes 3,895 4.13 +1.35 Turnout 94,396 93.58 -1.85 Two-candidate preferred result Liberal Greg Hunt 53,499 59.11 +0.86 Labor Francis Gagliano-Ventura 37,002 40.89 -0.86 Liberal hold Swing +0.86 References
- Division of Flinders, Australian Electoral Commission
Electoral divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in Victoria Aston · Ballarat · Batman · Bendigo · Bruce · Calwell · Casey · Chisholm · Corangamite · Corio · Deakin · Dunkley · Flinders · Gellibrand · Gippsland · Goldstein · Gorton · Higgins · Holt · Hotham · Indi · Isaacs · Jagajaga · Kooyong · Lalor · La Trobe · Mallee · Maribyrnong · McEwen · McMillan · Melbourne · Melbourne Ports · Menzies · Murray · Scullin · Wannon · Wills
Abolished: Balaclava · Bourke · Burke (1949-55) · Burke (1969-2004) · Corinella (1901-06) · Corinella (1990-96) · Darebin · Diamond Valley · Echuca · Fawkner · Grampians · Henty · Higinbotham · Hoddle · Isaacs (1949-69) · Laanecoorie · Mernda · Moira · Northern Melbourne · Scullin (1955-69) · Southern Melbourne · Streeton · Wimmera · Yarra
Divisions in: New South Wales · Victoria · Queensland · Western Australia · South Australia · Tasmania · Australian Capital and Northern TerritoriesCategories:- Electoral divisions of Australia
- Australian electorates contested at every election
- Mornington Peninsula
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