The Division of Wannon is an

Australian Electoral Division In Australia, electoral districts for the Australian House of Representatives are called divisions or more commonly referred to as electorates or seats. There are currently 151 single-member electorates for the Australian House of Representati ...

in the

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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

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, it regularly traded hands between the

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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

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, to date the last prime minister from a country seat. His successor, David Hawker, was

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during the last term of the

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Government. Hawker retired in 2010 and was succeeded by

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Boundaries

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the

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. 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. The division is located in the south-west of the state, and encompasses most of the Western District of the state. It adjoins the

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n border in the west, the

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coast in the south to Anglesea in the east, and extends north to the Grampians. Following the redistribution on 26 July 2021 the division encompasses the towns of

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, Colac,

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, Hamilton, and

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. The

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, Great Otway, Lower Glenelg, and Port Campbell National Parks are in the division, as is southern portion of the Grampians National Park.

Members

Election results

References

External links

Division of Wannon - Australian Electoral Commission
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wannon, Division of Electoral divisions of Australia Constituencies established in 1901 1901 establishments in Australia Warrnambool Ararat, Victoria Shire of Colac Otway Shire of Corangamite Shire of Glenelg Shire of Southern Grampians Shire of Moyne