Division of Fraser (Victoria)

The Division of Fraser is an Australian electoral division in the state of Victoria, which was contested for the first time at the 2019 federal election.

This article is about the current division in Victoria. For the former division in the Australian Capital Territory, see Division of Fraser (Australian Capital Territory).

Fraser
Australian House of Representatives Division
Location of Fraser (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
Created2019
MPDaniel Mulino
PartyLabor
NamesakeMalcolm Fraser
Electors109,430 (2019)
Area106 km2 (40.9 sq mi)
DemographicInner Metropolitan

History
Malcolm Fraser, the division's namesake

The division is named in honour of Malcolm Fraser, who served as Prime Minister of Australia from 1975 to 1983. Fraser had represented the Victorian federal seat of Wannon from 1955 to 1983.

The division of Fraser was created in 2018 after the Australian Electoral Commission oversaw a mandatory redistribution of divisions in Victoria.[1] Fraser was a new seat created to fill Victoria's allotment of 38 divisions, one higher than the number to which the state was previously entitled.[1] The division is located in the outer north-west of metropolitan Melbourne and takes in the suburbs of Sunshine, Albion, St Albans and Keilor Downs, among others.[2] It was formed from parts of its neighbouring seats of Calwell, Gorton, Gellibrand and Maribyrnong.[3]

The seat was notionally held by the Labor Party on a margin of 20.6%, which made it a very safe seat for the party.[3] It was duly won by Daniel Mulino for Labor in the 2019 federal election, albeit with a 5.61% swing against him.

Then-Opposition Leader Bill Shorten had considered moving to Fraser in the 2019 election but chose to remain in his current seat of Maribyrnong.[4]

Members
Image Member Party Term Notes
  Daniel Mulino
(1969–)		 Labor 18 May 2019 –
present		 Previously a member of the Victorian Legislative Council. Incumbent

Election Results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Fraser (Victoria)
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 Australian federal election in Victoria § Fraser[edit]
2019 Australian federal election: Fraser[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Daniel Mulino 46,709 50.46 −8.05
Liberal Peter Bain 23,929 25.85 +0.47
Greens Rebecca Scorgie 7,645 8.26 −1.50
United Australia Vinh Van Chau 7,314 7.90 +7.90
Independent Van Tran 5,306 5.73 +4.25
Great Australian Tony Dobran 1,656 1.79 +1.79
Total formal votes 92,559 93.87 −0.48
Informal votes 6,046 6.13 +0.48
Turnout 98,605 90.13 +1.25
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Daniel Mulino 59,403 64.18 −5.61
Liberal Peter Bain 33,156 35.82 +5.61
Labor hold Swing−5.61

References
  1. "Names and boundaries of federal electoral divisions in Victoria decided". Australian Electoral Commission. 20 June 2018.
  2. "Map: Division of Fraser" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission.
  3. "2017-18 Federal Redistributions - Victoria". ABC Elections. 20 June 2018.
  4. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jul/20/bill-shorten-to-stay-member-for-maribyrnong-after-opting-out-of-seat-swap
  5. Fraser, VIC, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.
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