Division of Corio

The Division of Corio is an Australian electoral division in the state of Victoria. The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first federal election. Named for Corio Bay, it has always been based on the city of Geelong, although in the past it stretched as far east as the outer western suburbs of Melbourne.

Corio
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Corio in Victoria, as of the 2019 federal election.
Created1901
MPRichard Marles
PartyLabor
NamesakeCorio Bay
Electors110,322 (2019)
Area773 km2 (298.5 sq mi)
DemographicProvincial

The current Member for Corio, since the 2007 federal election, is Richard Marles, the current Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party.

History
Corio Bay, the division's namesake

For most of the first seven decades after Federation, it was a marginal seat that frequently changed hands between the Australian Labor Party and the conservative parties. However, Labor has held it without interruption since a 1967 by-election, and since the 1980s it has been one of Labor's safest non-metropolitan seats. Presently, the Liberals need a 10 percent swing to win it, up from 7.7 percent at the time the writs were dropped for the 2016 election.[1]

Its most prominent members have been Richard Casey, a leading Cabinet member in the 1930s and later Governor-General; John Dedman, a Chifley government minister; Hubert Opperman, a former cycling champion and a minister in the Menzies government; and Gordon Scholes, who was Speaker during the Whitlam government and a minister in the Hawke government.

Boundaries

The division comprises an area of 773 square kilometres (298 sq mi) from the western shores of Port Phillip Bay, stretching to the north of Geelong and inland. Besides Geelong, it includes Avalon, Bell Park, Bell Post Hill, Belmont, Breakwater, Corio, Drumcondra, Fyansford, East Geelong, North Geelong, South Geelong, Geelong West, Hamlyn Heights, Herne Hill, Highton, Lara, Lovely Banks, Manifold Heights, Moolap, Newcomb, Norlane, North Shore, Portarlington, St Albans Park, Rippleside and Whittington; and parts of Anakie, Batesford, Clifton Springs, Fyansford, Leopold, Newtown, and Thomson.[2]

Members
Image Member Party Term Notes
  Richard Crouch
(1868–1949)		 Protectionist 29 March 1901 –
26 May 1909		 Lost seat. Later elected to the Division of Corangamite in 1929
  Commonwealth Liberal 26 May 1909 –
13 April 1910
  Alfred Ozanne
(1877–1961)		 Labor 13 April 1910 –
31 May 1913		 Lost seat
  William Kendell
(1851–1922)		 Commonwealth Liberal 31 May 1913 –
5 September 1914		 Lost seat. Later elected to the Victorian Legislative Council in 1916
  Alfred Ozanne
(1877–1961)		 Labor 5 September 1914 –
5 May 1917		 Lost seat
  John Lister
(1875–1935)		 Nationalist 5 May 1917 –
12 October 1929		 Lost seat
  Arthur Lewis
(1882–1975)		 Labor 12 October 1929 –
19 December 1931		 Lost seat
  Richard Casey
(1890–1976)		 United Australia 19 December 1931 –
30 January 1940		 Served as minister under Lyons, Page and Menzies. Resigned in order to become the Australian Ambassador to the United States. Later elected to the Division of La Trobe in 1949
  John Dedman
(1896–1973)		 Labor 2 March 1940 –
10 December 1949		 Served as minister under Curtin, Forde and Chifley. Lost seat
  Hubert Opperman
(1904–1996)		 Liberal 10 December 1949 –
10 June 1967		 Served as Chief Government Whip in the House under Menzies. Served as minister under Menzies and Holt. Resigned to become the High Commissioner to Malta
  Gordon Scholes
(1931–2018)		 Labor 22 July 1967 –
8 February 1993		 Served as Speaker during the Whitlam and Fraser Governments. Served as minister under Hawke. Retired
  Gavan O'Connor
(1947–)		 Labor 13 March 1993 –
18 October 2007		 Lost preselection and then lost seat
  Independent 18 October 2007 –
24 November 2007
  Richard Marles
(1967–)		 Labor 24 November 2007 –
present		 Served as minister under Rudd. Currently the Deputy Leader of the Opposition. Incumbent

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Corio
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 Australian federal election in Victoria § Corio[edit]
2019 Australian federal election: Corio[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Richard Marles 47,010 47.60 +4.18
Liberal Alastair Thomson 33,426 33.85 −2.78
Greens Amber Forbes 12,902 13.07 +1.38
United Australia Desmond Sanborn 5,414 5.48 +5.48
Total formal votes 98,752 96.44 +1.10
Informal votes 3,648 3.56 −1.10
Turnout 102,400 92.83 +0.70
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Richard Marles 59,572 60.32 +2.12
Liberal Alastair Thomson 39,180 39.68 −2.12
Labor hold Swing+2.12

References
  1. Green, Antony. "2013 Federal Post-Election Pendulum". Election Blog. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. "Profile of the electoral division of Corio (Vic)". Current federal electoral divisions. Australian Electoral Commission. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  3. Corio, VIC, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.

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