Division of Holt
The Division of Holt is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. It was created in 1969 and is named for Harold Holt, who was Prime Minister of Australia 1966–67.[1] It covers the outer south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. This includes Cranbourne, Doveton, Hampton Park, Endeavour Hills, Narre Warren, and Hallam.[1]
| Holt Australian House of Representatives Division | |
|---|---|
 Division of Holt (green) in Victoria | |
| Created | 1969 |
| MP | Cassandra Fernando |
| Party | Labor |
| Namesake | Harold Holt |
| Electors | 108,891 (2010) |
| Area | 145 km2 (56.0 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Outer Metropolitan |
Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Len Reid | Liberal | 1969–1972 | |
| Max Oldmeadow | Labor | 1972–1975 | |
| William Yates | Liberal | 1975–1980 | |
| Michael Duffy | Labor | 1980–1996 | |
| Gareth Evans | Labor | 1996–1999 | |
| Anthony Byrne | Labor | 1999–2022 | |
| Cassandra Fernando | Labor | 2022–present | |
Gareth Evans was a member of the Senate before being elected to Holt. He was a Cabinet Minister in the Hawke and Keating Governments, including Foreign Minister. He was the Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 1996 to 1998.
Election results
| 2022 Australian federal election: Holt[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Cassandra Fernando | 36,326 | 40.86 | −9.68 | |
| Liberal | Ranj Perera | 26,274 | 29.56 | −6.21 | |
| United Australia | Gerardine Hansen | 8,592 | 9.67 | +3.52 | |
| Greens | Sujit Mathew | 7,583 | 8.53 | +1.37 | |
| One Nation | Sandy Ambard | 4,295 | 4.83 | +4.70 | |
| Independent | Ravi Ragupathy | 2,673 | 3.01 | +3.01 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew Nunez-Silva | 2,423 | 2.73 | +2.73 | |
| Australian Federation | Gregory Saldana | 730 | 0.82 | +0.82 | |
| Total formal votes | 88,896 | 93.45 | −2.38 | ||
| Informal votes | 6,227 | 6.55 | +2.38 | ||
| Turnout | 95,123 | 88.57 | −0.94 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Cassandra Fernando | 50,777 | 57.12 | −1.51 | |
| Liberal | Ranj Perera | 38,119 | 42.88 | +1.51 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | −1.51 | |||
Division Of Holt Media
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
Harold Holt, the division's namesake
Australian politician Len Reid, Liberal MHR for Holt.
Australian politician Max Oldmeadow, Labor MHR for Holt.
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
Michael Duffy
Gareth Evans 2000 (cropped)
Anthony Byrne MP portrait, 2015
Joint Standing Committee on the Parliamentary Library 2023 (Fernando cropped)
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Profile of the electoral division of Holt (Vic)". Australian Electoral Commission. 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ↑ Holt, VIC, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.