Division of Monash

Monash; Australian House of Representatives Division
	Location of Monash (dark green) in Victoria
Created	2019
Namesake	Sir John Monash
Electors	112,516 (2019)
Area	8,879 km2 (3,428.2 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

The Division of Monash is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria, which was contested for the first time at the 2019 federal election.

History

Sir John Monash, the division's namesake

The division is named in honour of Sir John Monash, an Australian Allied military commander during World War I.

The Division of Monash is located in the western part of the Gippsland region, which extends for the length of Victoria's eastern Bass Strait coastline. It replaced the similarly-located Division of McMillan in 2018. Monash includes the towns of Warragul, Moe, Wonthaggi, Leongatha and Foster. The seat gained Phillip Island at the 2018 redistribution and overall it stretches from Mount Baw Baw and the Baw Baw National Park in the north to Wilsons Promontory, and the Wilsons Promontory National Park in the south. It is the southernmost Electoral Division in continental Australia. Monash was created in the mandatory redistribution of divisions in Victoria by the Australian Electoral Commission in 2018.[1]

The seat is notionally held by the Liberal Party of Australia on a margin of 7.6%, making it a fairly safe seat for the party.[2]

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Russell Broadbent (1950–)	Liberal	18 May 2019 – present	Previously held the Division of McMillan. Incumbent

2019 Australian federal election: Monash[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Russell Broadbent	46,501	46.28	−3.58
	Labor	Jessica O'Donnell	29,656	29.51	+1.75
	One Nation	Jeff Waddell	7,656	7.62	+7.62
	Greens	William Hornstra	7,047	7.01	−3.09
	United Australia	Matthew Sherry	4,028	4.01	+4.01
	Independent	Michael Fozard	2,870	2.86	+2.86
	Independent	John Verhoeven	2,723	2.71	+2.71
Total formal votes			100,481	95.59	+0.88
Informal votes			4,636	4.41	−0.88
Turnout			105,117	93.45	+2.08
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Russell Broadbent	57,631	57.36	−0.15
	Labor	Jessica O'Donnell	42,850	42.64	+0.15
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.15

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"Names and boundaries of federal electoral divisions in Victoria decided". Australian Electoral Commission. 20 June 2018.
"2017-18 Federal Redistributions - Victoria". ABC Elections. 20 June 2018.
Monash, VIC, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.

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