Division of Wannon explained

Federal:	yes
Wannon
Created:	1901
Mp:	Dan Tehan
Mp-Party:	Liberal
Namesake:	Wannon River
Electors:	115858
Electors Year:	2022
Area:	33595
Class:	Rural

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

History

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

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.^[1]

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, the Bass Strait coast in the south to Anglesea in the east, and extends north to the Grampians. Following the redistribution on 26 July 2021^[2] the division encompasses the towns of Warrnambool, Colac, Portland, Hamilton, and Ararat. The Budj Bim, Great Otway, Lower Glenelg, and Port Campbell National Parks are in the division, as is southern portion of the Grampians National Park.

Members

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
			Samuel Cooke	Free Trade	nowrap	29 March 1901 – 23 November 1903	Previously a member of the Victorian Legislative Council. Retired
			Arthur Robinson		nowrap	16 December 1903 – 1906	Previously held the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Dundas. Lost seat. Later elected to the Victorian Legislative Council in 1912
				nowrap	Anti-Socialist	nowrap		1906 – 12 December 1906
			John McDougall	Labor	nowrap	12 December 1906 – 31 May 1913	Lost seat
			Arthur Rodgers	Liberal	nowrap	31 May 1913 – 17 February 1917	Served as minister under Hughes. Lost seat
				nowrap	Nationalist	nowrap		17 February 1917 – 16 December 1922
			John McNeill	Labor	nowrap	16 December 1922 – 14 November 1925	Lost seat
			Arthur Rodgers	Nationalist	nowrap	14 November 1925 – 12 October 1929	Lost seat
			John McNeill	Labor	nowrap	12 October 1929 – 19 December 1931	Served as minister under Scullin. Lost seat
			Thomas Scholfield	United Australia	nowrap	19 December 1931 – 21 September 1940	Lost seat
			Don McLeod	Labor	nowrap	21 September 1940 – 10 December 1949	Lost seat
			Dan Mackinnon	Liberal	nowrap	10 December 1949 – 28 April 1951	Lost seat. Later elected to the Division of Corangamite in 1953
			Don McLeod	Labor	nowrap	28 April 1951 – 4 November 1955	Retired
			Malcolm Fraser	Liberal	nowrap	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 to retire from politics
			David Hawker		nowrap	7 May 1983 – 19 July 2010	Served as Speaker during the Howard Government. Retired
			Dan Tehan		nowrap	21 August 2010 – present	Served as minister under Turnbull and Morrison. Incumbent

Election results

See main article: Electoral results for the Division of Wannon.

External links

• Division of Wannon - Australian Electoral Commission

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Muller . Damon . The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide . Parliament of Australia . 19 April 2022 . 14 November 2017.
2. Web site: Profile of the electoral division of Wannon (Vic) . 8 June 2022. 13 October 2021.