Division of Gippsland

Gippsland Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Gippsland (green) in Victoria
Created	1901
MP	Darren Chester
Party	National
Namesake	Gippsland
Electors	99,528 (2013)^[1]
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, 2013: Gippsland^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Darren Chester	47,533	53.76	+0.76
	Labor	Jeff McNeill	20,467	23.15	−8.42
	Greens	Scott Campbell-Smith	5,039	5.70	−0.87
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Buckley	4,716	5.33	−0.19
	Palmer United	Deborah Gravenall	3,785	4.28	+4.28
	Sex Party	Douglas Leitch	2,101	2.38	+2.38
	Independent	Peter Gardner	1,992	2.25	+2.25
	Family First	Angie Foster	1,591	1.80	−1.54
	Country Alliance	Sav Mangion	623	0.70	+0.70
	Rise Up Australia	Peter Dorian	367	0.42	+0.42
	Secular	Mark Guerin	201	0.23	+0.23
Total formal votes			88,415	94.01	−2.20
Informal votes			5,629	5.99	+2.20
Turnout			94,044	94.49	+0.24
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Darren Chester	58,214	65.84	+4.39
	Labor	Jeff McNeill	30,201	34.16	−4.39
	National hold		Swing	+4.39

References

1 2 "VIC DIVISION - GIPPSLAND". Virtual Tally Room 2013. Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 May 2014.

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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