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Division of Wannon

Australian federal electoral division

Summary

Australian federal electoral division

Field	Value
federal	yes
name	Wannon
image
caption	Interactive map of electorate boundaries from the 2025 federal election
created	1901
mp	Dan Tehan
mp-party	Liberal
namesake	Wannon River
electors	121868
electors_year	2025
area	34270
class	Rural

| mp-party = Liberal

The Division of Wannon () is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria.

History

[[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
		[[File:Samuel Cooke.jpg	100px]]	Samuel Cooke
(1847–1929)	Free Trade	nowrap	29 March 1901 –
23 November 1903
		[[File:Arthur Robinson 1900s.png	100px]]	Arthur Robinson
(1872–1945)	nowrap	16 December 1903 –
1906	Previously held the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Dundas. Lost seat. Later elected to the Victorian Legislative Council in 1912
		nowrap	Anti-Socialist	nowrap	1906 –
12 December 1906
		[[File:John Keith McDougall - Swiss Studios (cropped).jpg	100px]]	John McDougall
(1867–1957)	Labor	nowrap	12 December 1906 –
31 May 1913
		[[File:Portrait of Arthur S. Rodgers (cropped).jpg	100px]]	Arthur Rodgers
(1876–1936)	Liberal	nowrap	31 May 1913 –
17 February 1917
		nowrap	Nationalist	nowrap	17 February 1917 –
16 December 1922
		[[File:John James McNeill (cropped).jpg	100px]]	John McNeill
(1868–1943)	Labor	nowrap	16 December 1922 –
14 November 1925
		[[File:Portrait of Arthur S. Rodgers (cropped).jpg	100px]]	Arthur Rodgers
(1876–1936)	Nationalist	nowrap	14 November 1925 –
12 October 1929
		[[File:John James McNeill (cropped).jpg	100px]]	John McNeill
(1868–1943)	Labor	nowrap	12 October 1929 –
19 December 1931
		[[File:Thomas Scholfield.jpg	100px]]	Thomas Scholfield
(1894–1964)	United Australia	nowrap	19 December 1931 –
21 September 1940
		[[File:Donald McLeod.jpg	100px]]	Don McLeod
(1892–1963)	Labor	nowrap	21 September 1940 –
10 December 1949
		[[File:DanMackinnon1956.jpg	100px]]	Dan Mackinnon
(1903–1983)	Liberal	nowrap	10 December 1949 –
28 April 1951
		[[File:Donald McLeod.jpg	100px]]	Don McLeod
(1892–1963)	Labor	nowrap	28 April 1951 –
4 November 1955
		[[File:Malcolm Fraser 1977 (cropped).jpg	100px]]	Malcolm Fraser
(1930–2015)	Liberal	nowrap	10 December 1955 –
31 March 1983
		[[File:Liberal Party of Australia placeholder portrait.svg	100px]]	David Hawker
(1949–)	nowrap	7 May 1983 –
19 July 2010	Served as Speaker during the Howard Government. Retired
		[[File:Dan Tehan.png	100px]]	Dan Tehan
(1968–)	nowrap	21 August 2010 –
present	Served as minister under Turnbull and Morrison. Incumbent

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Wannon

References

(14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide".
(13 October 2021). "Profile of the electoral division of Wannon (Vic)".

Wikipedia Source

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