Division of Wannon

Wannon; Australian House of Representatives Division
	Division of Wannon in Victoria, as of the 2019 federal election.
Created	1901
MP	Dan Tehan
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Wannon River
Electors	114,617 (2019)
Area	33,419 km2 (12,903.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

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

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, and the Bass Strait coast in the south. The division encompasses the towns of Warrnambool, Portland, Ararat, Hamilton and Halls Gap. The Grampians and the Port Campbell National Parks are in the division. Maryborough and Avoca became part of Wannon at the 2013 federal election due to a redistribution that took place on 24 December 2010.

Members

Member	Party	Term	Notes
Samuel Cooke (1847–1929)	Free Trade	29 March 1901 – 23 November 1903	Previously a member of the Victorian Legislative Council. Retired
Arthur Robinson (1872–1945)	Free Trade	16 December 1903 – 1906	Previously held the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Dundas. Lost seat. Later elected to the Victorian Legislative Council in 1912
Arthur Robinson (1872–1945)	Anti-Socialist	1906 – 12 December 1906
John McDougall (1867–1957)	Labor	12 December 1906 – 31 May 1913	Lost seat
Arthur Rodgers (1876–1936)	Liberal	31 May 1913 – 17 February 1917	Served as minister under Hughes. Lost seat
Arthur Rodgers (1876–1936)	Nationalist	17 February 1917 – 16 December 1922	Served as minister under Hughes. Lost seat
John McNeill (1868–1943)	Labor	16 December 1922 – 14 November 1925	Lost seat
Arthur Rodgers (1876–1936)	Nationalist	14 November 1925 – 12 October 1929	Lost seat
John McNeill (1868–1943)	Labor	12 October 1929 – 19 December 1931	Served as minister under Scullin. Lost seat
Thomas Scholfield (1894–1964)	United Australia	19 December 1931 – 21 September 1940	Lost seat
Don McLeod (1892–1963)	Labor	21 September 1940 – 10 December 1949	Lost seat
Dan Mackinnon (1903–1983)	Liberal	10 December 1949 – 28 April 1951	Lost seat. Later elected to the Division of Corangamite in 1953
Don McLeod (1892–1963)	Labor	28 April 1951 – 4 November 1955	Retired
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 in order to retire from politics
David Hawker (1949–)	Liberal	7 May 1983 – 19 July 2010	Served as Speaker during the Howard Government. Retired
Dan Tehan (1968–)	Liberal	21 August 2010 – present	Served as minister under Turnbull. Incumbent. Currently a minister under Morrison

Election results

2019 Australian federal election: Wannon[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Dan Tehan	53,094	51.11	+0.69
	Labor	Maurice Billi	27,150	26.13	−3.87
	Independent	Alex Dyson	10,797	10.39	+10.39
	Greens	Zephlyn Taylor	6,590	6.34	−1.86
	United Australia	Joshua Wallace	6,258	6.02	+6.02
Total formal votes			103,889	96.15	+0.55
Informal votes			4,161	3.85	−0.55
Turnout			108,050	94.31	−1.18
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dan Tehan	62,733	60.38	+1.23
	Labor	Maurice Billi	41,156	39.62	−1.23
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.23

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References

Wannon, VIC, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.

External links

Division of Wannon - Australian Electoral Commission

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[1] Wannon, VIC, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.