Division of Corangamite
The Division of Corangamite is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. It was one of the 75 divisions set up for the first federal election in 1901. It is named for Lake Corangamite.
| Corangamite Australian House of Representatives Division | |
|---|---|
 Division of Corangamite (green) in Victoria | |
| Created | 1901 |
| MP | Libby Coker |
| Party | Liberal |
| Namesake | Lake Corangamite |
| Electors | 101,512 (2010) |
| Area | 7,724 km2 (2,982.3 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Provincial |
It covers an area of 7624 km2 in the Western District of Victoria.[1] It has always included Colac, but now most of its voters live in the southern suburbs of Geelong and coastal towns including Anglesea and Queenscliff.[2]
Corangamite was identified as the most marginal seat in Australia for the 2013 election.[3] It only needed a swing of 0.3% to change to the Liberal Party. The Liberals received a swing of 4.22% and won the seat.[4]
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 | 1913–1917 | |
| Nationalist | 1917–1918 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Dan Mackinnon | Liberal | 1953–1966 | |
| Tony Street | Liberal | 1966–1984 | |
| Stewart McArthur | Liberal | 1984–2007 | |
| Darren Cheeseman | Labor | 2007–2013 | |
| Sarah Henderson | Liberal | 2013-present | |
Famous members include James Scullin who later became Prime Minister of Australia, and Richard Crouch who gave the money to set up the Prime Ministers Avenue in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens. Tony Street held a number of important roles in the Fraser Government including Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Election results
| 2022 Australian federal election: Corangamite[5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Libby Coker | 38,573 | 38.20 | +2.41 | |
| Liberal | Stephanie Asher | 34,463 | 34.13 | −8.26 | |
| Greens | Alex Marshall | 15,349 | 15.20 | +6.49 | |
| United Australia | Daniel Abou-Zeid | 3,233 | 3.20 | +1.02 | |
| One Nation | Luke Sorensen | 2,548 | 2.52 | +2.52 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Barker | 2,526 | 2.50 | +2.50 | |
| Animal Justice | Meg Watkins | 1,986 | 1.97 | −0.17 | |
| Justice | Jean-Marie D'Argent | 1,421 | 1.41 | −1.22 | |
| Australian Federation | Stephen Juhasz | 868 | 0.86 | +0.86 | |
| Total formal votes | 100,967 | 96.11 | +0.06 | ||
| Informal votes | 4,088 | 3.89 | −0.06 | ||
| Turnout | 105,055 | 93.26 | +1.01 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Libby Coker | 58,160 | 57.60 | +6.55 | |
| Liberal | Stephanie Asher | 42,807 | 42.40 | −6.55 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +6.55 | |||
Division Of Corangamite Media
Lake Corangamite (in the background), the division's namesake
Chester Manifold
Gratton Wilson
A 1910 black and white portrait of James Scullin, MP for Corangamite
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Chester Manifold
William Gibson - Talma & Co (cropped)
w:Richard Crouch, ca. 1928
William Gibson
Geoffrey Street
Allan McDonald, Australian politician
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References
- ↑ "Current federal electoral divisions". Australian Electoral Commission. 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
- ↑ "Profile of the electoral division of Corangamite (Vic) - Australian Electoral Commission". Australian Electoral Commission. 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
- ↑ Gordon, Josh (5 August 2013). "Swing means it's now a contest". The Age (Melbourne, Victoria): 10.
- ↑ "House of Representatives Division First Preferences". vtr.aec.gov.au. 2013. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ↑ Corangamite, VIC, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.