Division of Chisholm

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Chisholm
Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory: Victoria
Created: 1949
MP: Anna Burke
Party: Labor
Namesake: Caroline Chisholm
Electors: 86,128
Area: 61 km² (23.6 sq mi)
Demographic: Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Chisholm is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1949 and is named for Caroline Chisholm, a social worker and promoter of women's immigration. It is located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Until the 1980s it was a safe Liberal Party seat based on Camberwell, but since then boundary changes have moved it south-east and made it a marginal seat, taking in the suburbs of Box Hill, Burwood and parts of Clayton. It has been held by the Australian Labor Party since 1998. The first member for Chisholm, Sir Wilfrid Kent Hughes, was one of Australia's most distinguished soldiers, who held the seat until his death on 31 July 1970.

[edit] Members

Member Party Term
  Wilfrid Kent Hughes Liberal 1949—1970
  Tony Staley Liberal 1970—1980
  Graham Harris Liberal 1980—1983
  Helen Mayer Labor 1983—1987
  Michael Wooldridge Liberal 1987—1998
  Anna Burke Labor 1998—present

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Chisholm
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Anna Burke 38,439 48.12 +4.13
Liberal Myles King 31,514 39.45 -4.16
Greens Alistair McCaskill 6,765 8.47 +1.13
Family First Gary Ong 1,953 2.45 +0.56
Democrats Daniel Berk 1,053 1.32 -0.69
Citizens Electoral Council Lars Thystrup 150 0.19 +0.01
Total formal votes 79,874 97.39 +0.74
Informal votes 2,139 2.61 -0.74
Turnout 82,013 95.22 +0.38
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Labor Anna Burke 45,833 57.38 +4.73
Liberal Myles King 34,041 42.62 -4.73
Labor hold Swing +4.73
Australian federal election, 2004: Chisholm
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Anna Burke 34,241 43.99 +1.61
Liberal Stephen Hartney 33,945 43.61 -0.01
Greens Penny Harris 5,715 7.34 +1.17
Democrats James Bennett 1,561 2.01 -4.73
Family First Gary Ong 1,468 1.89 +1.89
Independent Owen Lysaght 763 0.98 +0.98
Citizens Electoral Council Wayne Barwick 137 0.18 +0.18
Total formal votes 77,830 96.65 -0.34
Informal votes 2,700 3.35 +0.34
Turnout 80,530 94.84 -0.60
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Labor Anna Burke 40,980 52.65 -0.03
Liberal Stephen Hartney 36,850 47.35 +0.03
Labor hold Swing -0.03

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