Division of Wannon

The Division of Wannon (Template:IPAc-en) is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria.

History

File:Wannon River Cavendish.JPG

Wannon River, the division's namesake

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 Federation, it regularly traded hands between the Australian Labor Party 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 Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, to date the last prime minister from a country seat. His successor, David Hawker, was Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives during the last term of the Howard Government. Hawker retired in 2010 and was succeeded by Dan Tehan.

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.

The division is located in the south-west of the state, and encompasses most of the Western District of the state. It adjoins the South Australian border in the west, the Bass Strait 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 Warrnambool, Colac, Portland, Hamilton, and Ararat. The Budj Bim, Great Otway, Lower Glenelg, and Port Campbell National Parks are in the division, as is southern portion of the Grampians National Park.

Members

Image		Member	Party	Term	Notes
Template:Australian party style|	File:Samuel Cooke.jpg	Samuel Cooke (1847–1929)	Free Trade	29 March 1901 – 23 November 1903	Previously a member of the Victorian Legislative Council. Retired
Template:Australian party style|	File:Arthur Robinson 1900s.png	Arthur Robinson (1872–1945)		16 December 1903 – 1906	Previously held the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Dundas. Lost seat. Later elected to the Victorian Legislative Council in 1912
Template:Australian party style|			Anti-Socialist	1906 – 12 December 1906
Template:Australian party style|	File:John Keith McDougall - Swiss Studios (cropped).jpg	John McDougall (1867–1957)	Labor	12 December 1906 – 31 May 1913	Lost seat
Template:Australian party style|	File:Portrait of Arthur S. Rodgers (cropped).jpg	Arthur Rodgers (1876–1936)	Liberal	31 May 1913 – 17 February 1917	Served as minister under Hughes. Lost seat
Template:Australian party style|			Nationalist	17 February 1917 – 16 December 1922
Template:Australian party style|	File:John James McNeill (cropped).jpg	John McNeill (1868–1943)	Labor	16 December 1922 – 14 November 1925	Lost seat
Template:Australian party style|	File:Portrait of Arthur S. Rodgers (cropped).jpg	Arthur Rodgers (1876–1936)	Nationalist	14 November 1925 – 12 October 1929	Lost seat
Template:Australian party style|	File:John James McNeill (cropped).jpg	John McNeill (1868–1943)	Labor	12 October 1929 – 19 December 1931	Served as minister under Scullin. Lost seat
Template:Australian party style|	File:Thomas Scholfield.jpg	Thomas Scholfield (1894–1964)	United Australia	19 December 1931 – 21 September 1940	Lost seat
Template:Australian party style|	File:Donald McLeod.jpg	Don McLeod (1892–1963)	Labor	21 September 1940 – 10 December 1949	Lost seat
Template:Australian party style|	File:DanMackinnon1956.jpg	Dan Mackinnon (1903–1983)	Liberal	10 December 1949 – 28 April 1951	Lost seat. Later elected to the Division of Corangamite in 1953
Template:Australian party style|	File:Donald McLeod.jpg	Don McLeod (1892–1963)	Labor	28 April 1951 – 4 November 1955	Retired
Template:Australian party style|	File:Malcolm Fraser 1977 (cropped).jpg	Malcolm Fraser (1930–2015)	Liberal	10 December 1955 – 31 March 1983	Served as minister under Holt, McEwen, Gorton and McMahon. Served as Opposition Leader in 1975. Served as Prime Minister from 1975 to 1983. Resigned to retire from politics
Template:Australian party style|	File:Liberal Placeholder.png	David Hawker (1949–)		7 May 1983 – 19 July 2010	Served as Speaker during the Howard Government. Retired
Template:Australian party style|	File:Dan Tehan.png	Dan Tehan (1968–)		21 August 2010 – present	Served as minister under Turnbull and Morrison. Incumbent

External links

• Division of Wannon - Australian Electoral Commission