Division of Indi
The Division of Indi /ɪnˈdaɪ/ is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. It is located in north-eastern Victoria.[1] It is one of the largest divisions in Victoria. A lot of its area is in the Alpine National Park. It includes the cities of Wodonga, Wangaratta, and Benalla, and the smaller towns of Rutherglen, Mansfield, Beechworth, Bethanga, Myrtleford, Corryong, Tallangatta, Yea and Euroa.[1] It also includes the ski resort of Falls Creek and the isolated village of Woods Point.[1]
Indi Australian House of Representatives Division | |
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Created | 1901 |
MP | Helen Haines |
Party | Independent |
Namesake | Murray River (Aboriginal name) |
Electors | 98,399 (2013) |
Area | 28,008 km2 (10,813.9 sq mi) |
Demographic | Rural |
Indi was one of the 75 divisions set up for the first federal election in 1901.[1] The name Indi, was an Indigenous Australian word for the Murray River, which is one of the boundaries of the division.[1]
Members
Member | Party | Term | |
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Isaac Isaacs | Protectionist | 1901–1906 | |
Joseph Brown | Anti-Socialist | 1906–1909 | |
Commonwealth Liberal | 1909–1910 | ||
Parker Moloney | Labor | 1910–1913 | |
Cornelius Ahern | Commonwealth Liberal | 1913–1914 | |
Parker Moloney | Labor | 1914–1917 | |
John Leckie | Nationalist | 1917–1919 | |
Robert Cook | Country | 1919–1928 | |
Paul Jones | Labor | 1928–1931 | |
William Hutchinson | United Australia | 1931–1937 | |
John McEwen | Country | 1937–1949 | |
William Bostock | Liberal | 1949–1958 | |
Mac Holten | Country | 1958–1975 | |
National Country | 1975–1977 | ||
Ewen Cameron | Liberal | 1977–1993 | |
Lou Lieberman | Liberal | 1993–2001 | |
Sophie Mirabella | Liberal | 2001–2013 | |
Cathy McGowan | Independent | 2013–present |
Famous members inlude Sir Isaac Isaacs, the Attorney-General of Australia, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, and the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. John McEwen, who moved to Murray, became Prime Minister of Australia after the death of Harold Holt in 1967. The Labor party won the seat in 1928 when the conservatives forgot to nominate a candidate.[2]
Election results
2022 Australian federal election: Indi[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Independent | Helen Haines | 41,319 | 40.68 | +8.33 | |
Liberal | Ross Lyman | 30,995 | 30.52 | −4.57 | |
Labor | Nadia David | 8,723 | 8.59 | −3.50 | |
One Nation | Beth Stevens | 5,366 | 5.28 | +5.28 | |
National | Liz Fisher | 3,854 | 3.79 | −5.66 | |
Greens | Benjamin Gilbert | 3,626 | 3.57 | −0.64 | |
United Australia | Stephen Williams | 2,558 | 2.52 | −1.42 | |
Liberal Democrats | Julian Fidge | 2,300 | 2.26 | +2.26 | |
Animal Justice | Angel Aleksov | 1,749 | 1.72 | +1.72 | |
Justice | Lachlan O'Connell | 1,074 | 1.06 | −1.80 | |
Total formal votes | 101,564 | 94.53 | −1.11 | ||
Informal votes | 5,880 | 5.47 | +1.11 | ||
Turnout | 107,444 | 91.48 | −2.88 | ||
Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
Liberal | Ross Lyman | 56,123 | 55.26 | −7.47 | |
Labor | Nadia David | 45,441 | 44.74 | +7.47 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Helen Haines | 59,861 | 58.94 | +7.55 | |
Liberal | Ross Lyman | 41,703 | 41.06 | −7.55 | |
style=background-color: Template:Australian politics/party colours/Independent | | Template:Australian politics/name/Independent hold | Swing | +7.55 |
Division Of Indi Media
The Murray River, the Aboriginal name of which is the division's namesake
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Profile of the electoral division of Indi (Vic)". Australian Electoral Commission. 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ↑ "Indi - 2010 Federal Election - ABC News". abc.net.au. 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ↑ Indi, VIC, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.