Division of Corio
Corio Victoria, as of the 2022 federal election | |
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Created | 1901 |
MP | Richard Marles |
Party | Labor |
Namesake | Corio Bay |
Electors | 112,651 (2022) |
Area | 773 km2 (298.5 sq mi) |
Demographic | Provincial |
The Division of Corio (
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 Liberals need a 10 percent swing to win it, up from 7.7 percent at the time the writs were dropped for the 2016 election.[1]
Its most prominent members have been
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]
The division comprises an area of 773 square kilometres (298 sq mi) from the western shores of Port Phillip Bay, stretching to the north of Geelong and inland. Besides Geelong, it includes Avalon, Bell Park, Bell Post Hill, Belmont, Breakwater, Corio, Drumcondra, Fyansford, East Geelong, North Geelong, South Geelong, Geelong West, Hamlyn Heights, Herne Hill, Highton, Lara, Lovely Banks, Manifold Heights, Moolap, Newcomb, Norlane, North Shore, Portarlington, St Albans Park, Rippleside and Whittington; and parts of Anakie, Batesford, Clifton Springs, Fyansford, Leopold, Newtown, and Thomson.[3]
Members
Image | Member | Party | Term | Notes | |
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Richard Crouch (1868–1949) |
Protectionist | 29 March 1901 – 26 May 1909 |
Lost seat. Later elected to the Division of Corangamite in 1929 | ||
Liberal | 26 May 1909 – 13 April 1910 | ||||
Alfred Ozanne (1877–1961) |
Labor | 13 April 1910 – 31 May 1913 |
Lost seat | ||
William Kendell (1851–1922) |
Liberal | 31 May 1913 – 5 September 1914 |
Lost seat. Later elected to the Victorian Legislative Council in 1916 | ||
Alfred Ozanne (1877–1961) |
Labor | 5 September 1914 – 5 May 1917 |
Lost seat | ||
John Lister (1875–1935) |
Nationalist | 5 May 1917 – 12 October 1929 |
Lost seat | ||
Arthur Lewis (1882–1975) |
Labor | 12 October 1929 – 19 December 1931 |
Lost seat | ||
Richard Casey (1890–1976) |
United Australia | 19 December 1931 – 30 January 1940 |
Served as minister under Menzies. Resigned to become the Australian Ambassador to the United States. Later elected to the Division of La Trobe in 1949
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John Dedman (1896–1973) |
Labor | 2 March 1940 – 10 December 1949 |
Served as minister under Chifley . Lost seat
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Hubert Opperman (1904–1996) |
Liberal | 10 December 1949 – 10 June 1967 |
Served as High Commissioner to Malta
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Gordon Scholes (1931–2018) |
Labor | 22 July 1967 – 8 February 1993 |
Served as Hawke . Retired
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Gavan O'Connor (1947–) |
13 March 1993 – 18 October 2007 |
Lost preselection and then lost seat | |||
Independent | 18 October 2007 – 24 November 2007 | ||||
Richard Marles (1967–) |
Labor | 24 November 2007 – present |
Served as minister under Albanese
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Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Richard Marles | 40,846 | 42.13 | −5.47 | |
Liberal | Manish Patel | 23,822 | 24.57 | −9.28 | |
Greens | Simon Northeast | 14,450 | 14.91 | +1.84 | |
United Australia | Shane Murdock | 4,781 | 4.93 | −0.55 | |
One Nation | Robert Jones | 3,788 | 3.91 | +3.91 | |
Liberal Democrats | Max Payne | 3,383 | 3.49 | +3.49 | |
Socialist Alliance | Sue Bull | 2,444 | 2.52 | +2.52 | |
Animal Justice | Naomi Adams | 2,350 | 2.42 | +2.42 | |
Australian Federation | Jessica Taylor | 1,080 | 1.11 | +1.11 | |
Total formal votes | 96,944 | 94.78 | −1.66 | ||
Informal votes | 5,341 | 5.22 | +1.66 | ||
Turnout | 102,285 | 90.91 | −2.97 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Richard Marles | 60,919 | 62.84 | +2.52 | |
Liberal | Manish Patel | 36,025 | 37.16 | −2.52 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +2.52 |
References
- ^ Green, Antony. "2013 Federal Post-Election Pendulum". Election Blog. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ Muller, Damon (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "Profile of the electoral division of Corio (Vic)". Current federal electoral divisions. Australian Electoral Commission. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ Corio, VIC, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.