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Hotham
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Hotham (green) in VictoriaCreated: 1969 MP: Simon Crean Party: Labor Namesake: Charles Hotham Area: 72 km² (28 sq mi) Demographic: Outer Metropolitan The Division of Hotham is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1969 and is named for Sir Charles Hotham, Governor of Victoria 1854-55. It is located in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Hotham covers an area of approximately 72 square kilometres from Oakleigh in the north to Dingley Village in the south. The main suburbs include Bentleigh East, Dingley Village, Moorabbin, and parts of Carnegie, Clarinda, Clayton, Clayton South, Cheltenham, Murrumbeena, Noble Park, Oakleigh, Oakleigh South, Springvale and Springvale South. It was originally created as a safe Liberal seat. However, demographic changes resulted in Labor taking it in 1980, and it is now considered a fairly safe Labor seat. Its current member, Simon Crean, was party leader from 2001 until December 2003, and is currently the Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government.
Members
Member Party Term Don Chipp Liberal 1969–1977 Independent 1977–1977 Democrats 1977–1977 Roger Johnston Liberal 1977–1980 Lewis Kent Labor 1980–1990 Simon Crean Labor 1990–present Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of HothamAustralian federal election, 2010: Hotham Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labor Simon Crean 42,920 54.08 -1.07 Liberal Fazal Cader 26,110 32.90 -0.85 Greens Geoff Payne 8,086 10.19 +3.34 Family First Gary Ong 1,688 2.13 +0.09 Secular Trent Reardon 556 0.70 +0.70 Total formal votes 79,360 95.56 -1.14 Informal votes 3,684 4.44 +1.14 Turnout 83,044 92.70 -2.09 Two-candidate preferred result Labor Simon Crean 50,394 63.50 +0.50 Liberal Fazal Cader 28,966 36.50 -0.50 Labor hold Swing +0.50 References
- Division of Hotham, Australian Electoral Commission
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