Division of Corio
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The Division of Corio (Template:IPAc-en) is an Australian electoral division in the state of Victoria. The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first federal election. Named for Corio Bay, it has always been based on the city of Geelong, although in the past it stretched as far east as the outer western suburbs of Melbourne.
The current Member for Corio, since the 2007 federal election, is Richard Marles, the current Deputy Prime Minister of Australia.
History
For most of the first seven decades after Federation, it was a marginal seat that frequently changed hands between the Australian Labor Party and the conservative parties. However, Labor has held it without interruption since a 1967 by-election, and since the 1980s it has been one of Labor's safest non-metropolitan seats. Presently, the Liberal Party need a near 13 percent swing to win it.[1]
Its most prominent members have been Richard Casey, a leading Cabinet member in the 1930s and later Governor-General; John Dedman, a Chifley government minister; Hubert Opperman, a former cycling champion and a minister in the Menzies government; and Gordon Scholes, who was Speaker during the Whitlam government and a minister in the Hawke government.
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.[2]
When the division was proclaimed in 1900, it covered the Geelong, Bellarine Peninsula and the Surf Coast areas, and also covered areas west and north-west of Melbourne, such as Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity and Template:VICcity. The division also extended relatively close to the City of Melbourne, stopping short of Template:VICcity and Template:VICcity west of the Yarra River. In 1906, with the abolition of Division of Corinella, it also included Template:VICcity and Template:VICcity, but lost Gisborne and Macedon to the Division of Mernda.[3]
In 1913, with the abolition of Division of Mernda, the division of Corio regained Gisborne and Macedon, and was also expanded to cover the north of Melbourne, including Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity and Template:VICcity. The division also began to neighbour the Division of Flinders at the Diamond Valley area (Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity and Template:VICcity). Together with Flinders, both divisions formed a ring that completely surrounded Melbourne, stretching from Surf Coast on one end to Bass Coast on the other.[3][4]
Also in 1913, the division also gained areas north-west of Geelong, such as Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity and Template:VICcity. However, it also lost areas immediately west of the City of Melbourne, such as Template:VICcity and Template:VICcity. The loss of these areas were mostly reversed in 1922, and also gaining Template:VICcity. The division also expanded towards the City of Melbourne from the north as well, stopping short of Template:VICcity and Template:VICcity.[3]
In 1937, the areas around Whittlesea, Yan Yean and Plenty were lost to the new Division of Deakin.[5] In 1949, the division was massively shrunk to a quarter of its area size, losing all areas outside of the Geelong, Bellarine Peninsula and the Surf Coast to the new Division of Lalor, effectively splitting the old division into Lalor and a much smaller Corio.[6] Since then until present (Template:As of), the division of Corio would only be based around these areas, occasionally gaining and losing surrounding areas in redistributions.[3]
As of the 2024 redistribution, the division comprises an area of Template:Convert from the western shores of Port Phillip Bay, stretching to the north of Geelong and inland.[7] Template:As of, besides Geelong, it included Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity and Template:VICcity; and parts of Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity, Template:VICcity, and Template:VICcity.
Members
| Image | Member | Party | Term | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Australian party style| | File:YoungCrouch.JPG | Richard Crouch (1868–1949)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Protectionist | 29 March 1901 – 26 May 1909 |
Lost seat. Later elected to the Division of Corangamite in 1929 |
| Template:Australian party style| | Liberal | 26 May 1909 – 13 April 1910 | |||
| Template:Australian party style| | File:Alfred Ozanne.jpg | Alfred Ozanne (1877–1961)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Labor | 13 April 1910 – 31 May 1913 |
Lost seat |
| Template:Australian party style| | File:William Kendell.jpg | William Kendell (1851–1922)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Liberal | 31 May 1913 – 5 September 1914 |
Lost seat. Later elected to the Victorian Legislative Council in 1916 |
| Template:Australian party style| | File:Alfred Ozanne.jpg | Alfred Ozanne (1877–1961)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Labor | 5 September 1914 – 5 May 1917 |
Lost seat |
| Template:Australian party style| | File:John Henry Lister.jpg | John Lister (1875–1935)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Nationalist | 5 May 1917 – 12 October 1929 |
Lost seat |
| Template:Australian party style| | File:Arthur Lewis.jpg | Arthur Lewis (1882–1975)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Labor | 12 October 1929 – 19 December 1931 |
Lost seat |
| Template:Australian party style| | File:Richard Casey 1940.jpg | Richard Casey (1890–1976)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
United Australia | 19 December 1931 – 30 January 1940 |
Served as minister under Lyons, Page and Menzies. Resigned to become the Australian Ambassador to the United States. Later elected to the Division of La Trobe in 1949 |
| Template:Australian party style| | File:John Dedman.jpg | John Dedman (1896–1973)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Labor | 2 March 1940 – 10 December 1949 |
Served as minister under Curtin, Forde and Chifley. Lost seat |
| Template:Australian party style| | File:HubertOpperman1965.jpg | Hubert Opperman (1904–1996)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Liberal | 10 December 1949 – 10 June 1967 |
Served as Chief Government Whip in the House under Menzies. Served as minister under Menzies and Holt. Resigned to become the High Commissioner to Malta |
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Labor | 22 July 1967 – 8 February 1993 |
Served as Speaker during the Whitlam and Fraser Governments. Served as minister under Hawke. Retired |
| Template:Australian party style| | File:Gavan O'Connor MP 2005.jpg | Gavan O'Connor (1947–)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
13 March 1993 – 18 October 2007 |
Lost preselection and then lost seat | |
| Template:Australian party style| | Independent | 18 October 2007 – 24 November 2007 | |||
| Template:Australian party style| | File:Richard Marles in Feb 2023.jpg | Richard Marles (1967–)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Labor | 24 November 2007 – present |
Served as minister under Rudd. Incumbent. Currently a minister and Deputy Prime Minister under Albanese |
Election results
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References
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