Division of Wannon

The Division of Wannon is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria.

Wannon
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Wannon in Victoria, as of the 2019 federal election.
Created1901
MPDan Tehan
PartyLiberal
NamesakeWannon River
Electors114,617 (2019)
Area33,419 km2 (12,903.1 sq mi)
DemographicRural

History
Wannon River, the division's namesake

The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first Federal election. The division was named after the Wannon River. For the first half-century after Federation, it regularly traded hands between the Australian Labor Party and the conservative parties. However, a 1955 redistribution removed most of the seat's Labor-friendly territory, and it has been a safe Liberal seat for most of its history since then.

The seat's most notable member was Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, to date the last prime minister from a country seat. His successor, David Hawker, was Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives during the last term of the Howard Government. Hawker retired in 2010 and was succeeded by Dan Tehan.

Boundaries

The division is located in the south-west of the state, and encompasses most of the Western District of the state. It adjoins the South Australian border in the west, and the Bass Strait coast in the south. The division encompasses the towns of Warrnambool, Portland, Ararat, Hamilton and Halls Gap. The Grampians and the Port Campbell National Parks are in the division. Maryborough and Avoca became part of Wannon at the 2013 federal election due to a redistribution that took place on 24 December 2010.

Members
Image Member Party Term Notes
  Samuel Cooke
(1847–1929)		 Free Trade 29 March 1901 –
23 November 1903		 Previously a member of the Victorian Legislative Council. Retired
  Arthur Robinson
(1872–1945)		 Free Trade 16 December 1903 –
1906		 Previously held the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Dundas. Lost seat. Later elected to the Victorian Legislative Council in 1912
  Anti-Socialist 1906 –
12 December 1906
  John McDougall
(1867–1957)		 Labor 12 December 1906 –
31 May 1913		 Lost seat
  Arthur Rodgers
(1876–1936)		 Liberal 31 May 1913 –
17 February 1917		 Served as minister under Hughes. Lost seat
  Nationalist 17 February 1917 –
16 December 1922
  John McNeill
(1868–1943)		 Labor 16 December 1922 –
14 November 1925		 Lost seat
  Arthur Rodgers
(1876–1936)		 Nationalist 14 November 1925 –
12 October 1929		 Lost seat
  John McNeill
(1868–1943)		 Labor 12 October 1929 –
19 December 1931		 Served as minister under Scullin. Lost seat
  Thomas Scholfield
(1894–1964)		 United Australia 19 December 1931 –
21 September 1940		 Lost seat
  Don McLeod
(1892–1963)		 Labor 21 September 1940 –
10 December 1949		 Lost seat
  Dan Mackinnon
(1903–1983)		 Liberal 10 December 1949 –
28 April 1951		 Lost seat. Later elected to the Division of Corangamite in 1953
  Don McLeod
(1892–1963)		 Labor 28 April 1951 –
4 November 1955		 Retired
  Malcolm Fraser
(1930–2015)		 Liberal 10 December 1955 –
31 March 1983		 Served as minister under Holt, McEwen, Gorton and McMahon. Served as Opposition Leader in 1975. Served as Prime Minister from 1975 to 1983. Resigned in order to retire from politics
  David Hawker
(1949–)		 Liberal 7 May 1983 –
19 July 2010		 Served as Speaker during the Howard Government. Retired
  Dan Tehan
(1968–)		 Liberal 21 August 2010 –
present		 Served as minister under Turnbull. Incumbent. Currently a minister under Morrison

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Wannon
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 Australian federal election in Victoria § Wannon[edit]
2019 Australian federal election: Wannon[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dan Tehan 53,094 51.11 +0.69
Labor Maurice Billi 27,150 26.13 −3.87
Independent Alex Dyson 10,797 10.39 +10.39
Greens Zephlyn Taylor 6,590 6.34 −1.86
United Australia Joshua Wallace 6,258 6.02 +6.02
Total formal votes 103,889 96.15 +0.55
Informal votes 4,161 3.85 −0.55
Turnout 108,050 94.31 −1.18
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Dan Tehan 62,733 60.38 +1.23
Labor Maurice Billi 41,156 39.62 −1.23
Liberal hold Swing+1.23

References
  1. Wannon, VIC, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.

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