Division of Corangamite

Corangamite Australian House of Representatives Division
300px Division of Corangamite (green) in Victoria
Created	1901
MP	Sarah Henderson
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Lake Corangamite
Electors	101,728 (2013)
Area	7,625 km2 (2,944.0 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial

The Division of Corangamite is an Australian electoral division in the state of Victoria. The division was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named for Lake Corangamite.

The division is located in the Western district of Victoria covering 7,624 square kilometres (2,944 sq mi). It is a mixed electorate, including the growing surf coast area, the southern suburbs of Geelong as well as rural areas to the west. Starting at Queenscliff in the north, the electorate runs down the surf coast to include Aireys Inlet, Anglesea, Apollo Bay, Barwon Heads, Belmont, Grovedale, Highton, Lorne, Ocean Grove and Torquay. The electorate includes the rural centre of Colac, as well as all the suburbs of Geelong south of the Barwon River.

The current Member for Corangamite, since the 2013 federal election, is Sarah Henderson, a member of the Liberal Party of Australia.

History

Until the 1930s it was usually a marginal seat which leaned toward the conservative parties, but was won by the Australian Labor Party during high-tide elections. In 1918, it was the first seat won by what would become the Country Party.

It was held by the Liberals (and their immediate predecessor, the United Australia Party) without interruption from 1934 to 2007. A reasonably safe seat for most of the time from the 1950s to the 1990s, it became increasingly less safe from 1998 onward as successive redistributions pushed it further into Geelong. This resulted in the seat falling to Labor at the 2007 federal election for the first time since 1929, and only the third time ever. It was narrowly held by Labor in 2010, but returned to the Liberal Party in the 2013 election.

Prominent members include James Scullin, who later became the Prime Minister of Australia in 1929-32; Fraser Government Minister Tony Street, and longtime Liberal backbencher Stewart McArthur.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Chester Manifold	Protectionist	1901–1903
	Gratton Wilson	Free Trade, Anti-Socialist	1903–1909
		Commonwealth Liberal	1909–1910
	James Scullin	Labor	1910–1913
	Chester Manifold	Commonwealth Liberal	1913–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1918
	William Gibson	Country	1918–1929
	Richard Crouch	Labor	1929–1931
	William Gibson	Country	1931–1934
	Geoffrey Street	United Australia	1934–1940
	Allan McDonald	United Australia	1940–1944
		Liberal	1944–1953
	Dan Mackinnon	Liberal	1953–1966
	Tony Street	Liberal	1966–1984
	Stewart McArthur	Liberal	1984–2007
	Darren Cheeseman	Labor	2007–2013
	Sarah Henderson	Liberal	2013–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Corangamite

Australian federal election, 2013: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sarah Henderson	44,778	48.25	+3.15
	Labor	Darren Cheeseman	29,728	32.03	−7.29
	Greens	Lloyd Davies	11,007	11.86	+0.34
	Palmer United	Buddy Rojek	2,026	2.18	+2.18
	Sex Party	Jayden Millard	1,726	1.86	+1.86
	Family First	Peter Wray	908	0.98	−0.99
	Independent	Adrian Whitehead	694	0.75	+0.75
	National	Andrew Black	598	0.64	+0.64
	Christians	Alan Barron	499	0.54	+0.54
	Country Alliance	Warren Jackman	408	0.44	+0.44
	Rise Up Australia	Helen Rashleigh	273	0.29	+0.29
	Protectionist	Nick Steel	156	0.17	+0.17
Total formal votes			92,801	95.57	−1.24
Informal votes			4,304	4.43	+1.24
Turnout			97,105	95.59	+0.69
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Sarah Henderson	50,057	53.94	+4.22
	Labor	Darren Cheeseman	42,744	46.06	−4.22
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+4.22

External links

• Division of Corangamite - Australian Electoral Commission
• http://vtr.aec.gov.au/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-15508-207.htm