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{{Infobox Australian Electorate
| federal   = yes
| name      = Chisholm
| image     = Division of Chisholm 2010.png
| imagesize = 300
| caption   = Division of Chisholm (green) in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]
| created   = 1949
| mp        = [[Carina Garland]]
| mp-party  = [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| namesake  = [[Caroline Chisholm]]
| electors  = 86,220 (2010)
| area      = 61
| class     = Inner Metropolitan
}}
[[File:Caroline Chisholm.jpg|thumb|left|Caroline Chisholm]]

The '''Division of Chisholm''' is an [[Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives|Australian Electoral Division]] in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]. It was set up in 1949 and is named for [[Caroline Chisholm]], a social worker and supporter of women's immigration.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/vic/chisholm.htm |title=Profile of the electoral division of Chisholm (Vic) |first= |last= |work=Australian Electoral Commission|year=2013  |accessdate=4 August 2013}}</ref> It is covers an area of 65 [[Km²|km2]] in the eastern suburbs of [[Melbourne]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/index.htm |title=Current federal electoral divisions  |first= |last=|work=Australian Electoral Commission|year=2013  |accessdate=4 August 2013}}</ref> In the 1980's it was based on the suburb of [[Camberwell, Victoria|Camberwell]], but later changes have moved it south-east to [[Box Hill, Victoria|Box Hill]], [[Burwood, Victoria|Burwood]] and parts of [[Clayton, Victoria|Clayton]].
== Members ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Member!!Party!!Term
|-
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
| [[Wilfrid Kent Hughes|(Sir) Wilfrid Kent Hughes]]
| [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
| 1949–1970
|-
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
| [[Tony Staley]]
| [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
| 1970–1980
|-
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
| [[Graham Harris]]
| [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
| 1980–1983
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| [[Helen Mayer]]
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| 1983–1987
|-
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
| [[Michael Wooldridge]]
| [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
| 1987–1998
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| [[Anna Burke]]
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| 1998–2016
|-
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
| rowspan= 2 | Julia Banks
| [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
| 2016–2018
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| 2018–2019
|-
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
| Gladys Liu
| [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
| 2019–2022
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Carina Garland
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| 2022–present
|}
The first member for Chisholm, Sir [[Wilfrid Kent Hughes]], was one of Australia's most important soldiers, who held the seat until his death on 31 July 1970. Anna Burke was the [[Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives|Speaker of the House of Representatives]] during 2013.
== Election results ==
{{Election box begin
|title = [[2022 Australian federal election]]: Chisholm<ref>[https://results.aec.gov.au/27966/Website/HouseDivisionPage-27966-205.htm Chisholm, VIC], ''2022 Tally Room'', Australian Electoral Commission.</ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labor
|candidate = [[Carina Garland]]
|votes = 38,692
|percentage = 40.09
|change = +3.77
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Liberal
|candidate = [[Gladys Liu]]
|votes = 35,038
|percentage = 36.30
|change = −7.70
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Greens
|candidate = Sarah Newman
|votes = 12,130
|percentage = 12.57
|change = +1.94
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = United Australia Party (current)
|candidate = Melanie Kempson
|votes = 2,295
|percentage = 2.38
|change = +0.22
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Ethelyn King
|votes = 1,620
|percentage = 1.68
|change = +1.68
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent
|candidate = Dominique Murphy
|votes = 1,590
|percentage = 1.65
|change = +1.65
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = One Nation
|candidate = Aaron Tyrrell
|votes = 1,377
|percentage = 1.43
|change = +1.43
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Animal Justice
|candidate = Rod Whitfield
|votes = 1,122
|percentage = 1.16
|change = −0.09
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Derryn Hinch's Justice Party
|candidate = Thomas Stanfield
|votes = 946
|percentage = 0.98
|change = −0.45
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent
|candidate = Wayne Tseng
|votes = 757
|percentage = 0.78
|change = +0.78
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Australian Federation
|candidate = Anthea Antonie
|votes = 567
|percentage = 0.59
|change = +0.59
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Australian Citizens
|candidate = Ryan Dare
|votes = 384
|percentage = 0.40
|change = +0.40
}}
{{Election box formal
|votes = 96,518
|percentage = 95.30
|change = −0.44
}}
{{Election box informal
|votes = 4,763
|percentage = 4.70
|change = +0.44
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 101,281
|percentage = 92.20
|change = −2.61
}}
{{Election box 2pp}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labor
|candidate = [[Carina Garland]]
|votes = 54,448
|percentage = 56.41
|change = +6.86
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Liberal
|candidate = [[Gladys Liu]]
|votes = 42,070
|percentage = 43.59
|change = −6.86
}}
{{Election box gain AU party|
|winner = Labor
|loser = Liberal
|swing = +6.86
}}
{{Election box end}}

== Division Of Chisholm Media ==
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File:Division of Chisholm 2022.png|Location of the Australian federal electoral division of Chisholm (dark green) in metropolitan Melbourne, Victoria as of the 2022 Australian federal election. Incorporates or developed using Administrative Boundaries © Geoscape Australia Limited licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0)

File:Division of Chisholm 2025.svg|Location of the federal electoral division (dark green) of the Australian House of Representatives in the Melbourne metropolitan area of Victoria as of the 2025 Australian federal election. Divisions shapefile from Australian Statistical Geography Standard 

File:Caroline Chisholm by Claudet.jpg|[[Caroline Chisholm]], the division's namesake

File:Kenthughes.jpg|Sir Wilfrid Selwyn Kent Hughes KBE, MVO, MC.

File:Tony Staley 1974 (cropped).jpg|Tony Staley 1974 (cropped)

File:Liberal Placeholder.png|Placeholder for use in Australian election infoboxes where the party leader does not have an image available (or the party does not have a leader) or where a candidate photo is not available

File:Labor Placeholder.png|Placeholder for use in Australian election infoboxes where the party leader does not have an image available (or the party does not have a leader) or where a candidate photo is not available

File:Liberal Placeholder.png|Placeholder for use in Australian election infoboxes where the party leader does not have an image available (or the party does not have a leader) or where a candidate photo is not available

File:Anna Burke.jpg|Photo of Anna Burke

File:Liberal Placeholder.png|Placeholder for use in Australian election infoboxes where the party leader does not have an image available (or the party does not have a leader) or where a candidate photo is not available
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== References ==
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== Other websites ==
* [http://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/Vic/Chisholm.htm Division of Chisolm – Australian Electoral Commission]
* [http://www.annaburke.com/anna-burke/home.do Anna Burke's website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130824195608/http://www.annaburke.com/anna-burke/home.do |date=2013-08-24 }}
{{Australian federal divisions of Victoria}}

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[[Category:Electoral divisions of Victoria, Australia]]
[[Category:1949 establishments in Australia]]