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The Division of Higgins is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1949 and is named after Justice H. B. Higgins (1851-1929), Victorian MLA (1894), president of the Carlton Football Club (1904), Australian MP 1906-1929, and justice of the High Court of Australia.
It includes affluent inner eastern suburbs of Melbourne, such as Armadale, Ashburton, Malvern, and Toorak, as well as parts of Glen Iris, Camberwell, Prahran, and South Yarra. It has always been a safe seat for the Liberal Party. Its first two members, Harold Holt and John Gorton, were Liberal Prime Ministers. Higgins is the only Division to have been held by two Prime Ministers, which occurred when Holt went missing while PM, and then Senator Gorton was named as his replacement. As the Prime Minister must to be a member of the House of Representatives, Gorton was thus required to run in the by-election for Holt's old seat.
Its current member, Peter Costello, was Treasurer of Australia and Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party when in government. On 25 November 2007, following the Coalition loss in the federal election the previous day, Costello announced that he would "not seek nor accept" leadership or deputy leadership of the Liberal Party. [1] A week later, he indicated that he would be unlikely to serve out in full his parliamentary term of three years.[2]
[edit] Members
[edit] Election results
| Australian federal election, 2007: Higgins |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal |
Peter Costello |
43,761 |
53.61 |
-1.69 |
|
Labor |
Barbara Norman |
25,367 |
31.08 |
+0.58 |
|
Greens |
Michael Wilbur-Ham |
8,777 |
10.75 |
-0.60 |
|
Independent |
Stephen Mayne |
1,615 |
1.98 |
+1.98 |
|
Democrats |
Mary Dettman |
990 |
1.21 |
-0.61 |
|
Family First |
Penny Badwal |
627 |
0.77 |
-0.06 |
|
Independent |
Graeme Meddings |
227 |
0.28 |
+0.28 |
| Total formal votes |
81,629 |
97.43 |
+0.19 |
| Informal votes |
2,150 |
2.57 |
-0.19 |
| Turnout |
83,779 |
93.78 |
+0.81 |
| Two Candidate Preferred Result |
|
Liberal |
Peter Costello |
46,559 |
57.04 |
-1.72 |
|
Labor |
Barbara Norman |
35,070 |
42.96 |
+1.72 |
|
Liberal hold |
Swing |
-1.72 |
|
| Australian federal election, 2004: Higgins |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal |
Peter Costello |
43,739 |
55.20 |
+2.01 |
|
Labor |
Paul Klisaris |
24,166 |
30.50 |
+1.62 |
|
Greens |
Robert Trafficante |
8,993 |
11.35 |
+2.54 |
|
Democrats |
Adam McBeth |
1,440 |
1.82 |
-7.30 |
|
Family First |
Glen Pringle |
658 |
0.83 |
+0.83 |
|
Citizens Electoral Council |
Katherine Reid |
243 |
0.31 |
+0.31 |
| Total formal votes |
79,239 |
97.24 |
-0.08 |
| Informal votes |
2,247 |
2.76 |
+0.08 |
| Turnout |
81,486 |
92.97 |
-1.11 |
| Two Candidate Preferred Result |
|
Liberal |
Peter Costello |
46,561 |
58.76 |
+0.37 |
|
Labor |
Paul Klisaris |
32,678 |
41.24 |
-0.37 |
|
Liberal hold |
Swing |
+0.37 |
|
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