Australian federal electoral division
Australian electorate
The
Division of Hotham
is an
Australian Electoral Division
in
Victoria
. It is located in the south-eastern suburbs of
Melbourne
. Hotham covers an area of approximately 83 square kilometres from Oakleigh in the north to Dingley Village in the south. The division includes the suburbs of
Bentleigh East
,
Clarinda
,
Clayton
,
Clayton South
,
Coatesville
,
Huntingdale
,
Mulgrave
,
Notting Hill
,
Oakleigh
,
Oakleigh East
,
Oakleigh South
,
Waverley Park
,
Westall
, and
Wheelers Hill
in their entirety; as well as parts of
Bentleigh
,
Chadstone
,
Glen Waverley
,
Heatherton
,
McKinnon
,
Mount Waverley
,
Ormond
,
Springvale
,
Springvale South
and
Syndal
.
Geography
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Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the
Australian Electoral Commission
. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.
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History
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Sir Charles Hotham
, the division's namesake
The division was created in 1969 and is named for
Sir Charles Hotham
,
Governor of Victoria
1854?55. The division was originally created as a safe
Liberal
seat, replacing the abolished
Division of Higinbotham
. Its founding member was
Don Chipp
, a prominent Liberal who served as a minister under
John Gorton
,
William McMahon
and
Malcolm Fraser
?as well as
Harold Holt
and
John McEwen
while he held his old seat. Chipp ended up quitting the party in 1977 due to personal animosity towards Fraser to form the
Australian Democrats
, and shortly thereafter transferred to the
Senate
.
Demographic changes resulted in Chipp's Liberal successor
Roger Johnston
lose Hotham to
Labor
in
1980
. Labor has held it without serious difficulty since then, and the seat is now considered a fairly safe Labor seat. The immediate past member,
Simon Crean
, was
Opposition Leader
from 2001 until December 2003 and was in every Labor Cabinet or Shadow Cabinet from June 1991 to March 2013. Crean retired at the
2013 election
and was succeeded by fellow Labor member
Clare O'Neil
.
Members
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Election results
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References
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External links
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