Division of Gippsland

Gippsland Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Gippsland in Victoria, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created	1901
MP	Darren Chester
Party	National
Namesake	Gippsland
Electors	104,082 (2016)
Area	33,264 km² (12,843.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

The Division of Gippsland is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named for the Gippsland region of eastern Victoria, which in turn is named for Sir George Gipps, Governor of New South Wales 1838–46. It includes the towns of Bairnsdale, Morwell, Sale and Traralgon. It is one of two original divisions in Victoria to have never elected a Labor-endorsed member, the other being Kooyong. It has been held by the National Party and its predecessor, the Country Party, since 1922: it is the only seat the party has held continuously since its creation. On its new boundaries, however, it takes in most of the industrial Latrobe Valley.

Sitting MP Peter McGauran announced his resignation in April 2008, sparking a June 2008 by-election, with the three major parties all contesting the election. The Nationals retained the seat on an increased margin, electing Darren Chester.

Members

	Party	Term
Allan McLean	Protectionist	1901–1904
Allan McLean	Anti-Socialist	1904–1906
George Wise	Protectionist	1906–1909
George Wise	Independent Liberal	1909–1913
James Bennett	Commonwealth Liberal	1913–1914
George Wise	Independent Labor	1914–1917
George Wise	Nationalist	1917–1922
Thomas Paterson	Country	1922–1943
George Bowden	Country	1943–1961
Peter Nixon	Country	1961–1975
	National Country	1975–1982
	National	1982–1983
Peter McGauran	National	1983–2008
Darren Chester	National	2008–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Gippsland

Australian federal election, 2016: Gippsland^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Darren Chester	50,309	56.34	+2.58
	Labor	Shashi Bhatti	17,870	20.01	−3.14
	Greens	Ian Onley	7,002	7.84	+2.14
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Buckley	4,444	4.98	−0.35
	Family First	Brian Heath	3,068	3.44	+1.64
	Independent	Cherie Smith	1,577	1.77	+1.77
	Rise Up Australia	Peter Dorian	1,513	1.69	+1.27
	Renewable Energy	Peter Gardner	1,384	1.55	+1.55
	Independent	Christine Sindt	1,379	1.54	+1.54
	Christians	Ashleigh Belsar	746	0.84	+0.84
Total formal votes			89,292	93.13	−0.88
Informal votes			6,588	6.87	+0.88
Turnout			95,880	92.12	−2.33
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Darren Chester	61,106	68.43	+2.59
	Labor	Shashi Bhatti	28,186	31.57	−2.59
	National hold		Swing	+2.59

References

↑ Gippsland, VIC, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

External links

Division of Gippsland – Australian Electoral Commission

Electoral divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in Victoria

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Divisions in: New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Australian Capital and Northern Territories

Coordinates: 37°35′02″S 147°46′01″E / 37.584°S 147.767°E / -37.584; 147.767

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