Division of Gorton
| Gorton Australian House of Representatives Division |
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Division of Gorton (green) in Victoria
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| Created | 2004 |
| MP | Brendan O'Connor |
| Party | Labor |
| Namesake | John Gorton |
| Electors | 113,675 (2013)[1] |
| Area | 166 km2 (64.1 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Outer Metropolitan |
The Division of Gorton is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria.
The division was created in 2004 to replace the abolished Division of Burke, and is named for Sir John Gorton, Prime Minister of Australia from 1968 to 1971. Gorton is located in the outer western suburbs of Melbourne, including the suburbs of Albanvale, Burnside, Cairnlea, Caroline Springs, Deer Park, Delahey, Derrimut, Hillside, Kings Park, Melton and Taylors Hill, as well as the townships of Diggers Rest, Eynesbury and Toolern Vale.
The constituency of Gorton features a high proportion of young families and new suburban developments in the working-class outer western suburbs of the Melbourne metropolitan area. It has the second highest proportion in Australia of children aged 0-4 (8.9%), the third lowest proportion aged over 65 (6.8%) and is the fourth safest seat in the country for the Australian Labor Party, with a two-party swing of more than 16 percent required for the Liberals to win it.
The current member for Gorton since its creation at the 2004 election is Brendan O'Connor, a member of the Australian Labor Party.
Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Brendan O'Connor | Labor | 2004–present | |
Election results
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labor | Brendan O'Connor | 44,449 | 50.73 | −12.12 | |
| Liberal | Phil Humphreys | 22,328 | 25.48 | +3.40 | |
| Greens | Dinesh Jayasuriya | 5,597 | 6.39 | −2.58 | |
| Palmer United | Anthony Barnes | 5,238 | 5.98 | +5.98 | |
| Sex Party | Rhiannon Hunter | 2,850 | 3.25 | +3.25 | |
| Family First | Scott Amberley | 2,538 | 2.90 | −2.11 | |
| Democratic Labour | Michael Deverala | 2,392 | 2.73 | +2.73 | |
| Christians | Mabor Chadhuol | 1,132 | 1.29 | +1.29 | |
| Katter's Australian | Graham Macardy | 1,090 | 1.24 | +1.24 | |
| Total formal votes | 87,614 | 92.89 | −0.18 | ||
| Informal votes | 6,706 | 7.11 | +0.18 | ||
| Turnout | 94,320 | 92.23 | +0.30 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Brendan O'Connor | 57,933 | 66.12 | −7.51 | |
| Liberal | Phil Humphreys | 29,681 | 33.88 | +7.51 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | −7.51 | |||
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