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{{short description|Former Australian federal electoral division}}
{{about|the federal electorate|the state electoral province|Higinbotham Province}}
{{Unreferenced|date=December 2009}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2017}}
{{Infobox Australian electorate | federal = yes
|name     = Higinbotham
|image    = 
|caption  = 
|state    = vic
|created  = 1949
|abolished = 1969
|namesake = [[George Higinbotham]]
}}

The '''Division of Higinbotham''' was an [[Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives|Australian Electoral Division]] in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]. The division was created in 1949 and abolished in 1969, when it was renamed [[Division of Hotham|Hotham]]. It was named for [[George Higinbotham]], a leading Victorian colonial politician and judge. It was located in 
the south-eastern suburbs of [[Melbourne]], including [[Bentleigh, Victoria|Bentleigh]], [[Highett, Victoria|Highett]], [[Moorabbin, Victoria|Moorabbin]] and [[Sandringham, Victoria|Sandringham]]. It was a fairly safe seat for the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]].

==Members==
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| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
| [[File:Frank_Timson.png|100px]]
| [[Frank Timson]]<br />{{small|(1909–1960)}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
| nowrap | [[1949 Australian federal election|10 December 1949]] –<br/>16 October 1960
| Died in office

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| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
| [[File:DonChipp1966.jpg|100px]]
| [[Don Chipp]]<br />{{small|(1925–2006)}}
| nowrap | [[1960 Higinbotham by-election|10 December 1960]] –<br/>[[1969 Australian federal election|25 October 1969]]
| Served as minister under [[Holt Government|Holt]], [[John McEwen|McEwen]] and [[Gorton Government|Gorton]]. Transferred to the newly created [[Division of Hotham]] after Higinbotham was abolished in 1969
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==Election results==
{{main|Electoral results for the Division of Higinbotham}}

==References==
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{{Australian federal divisions of Victoria}}

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[[Category:Former electoral divisions of Australia|Higinbotham]]


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