Division of Bourke

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The Division of Bourke was an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It was abolished in 1949. It was named for Sir Richard Bourke, who was Governor of New South Wales at the time of the founding of Melbourne. It was based in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, including the suburbs of Brunswick and Coburg. After 1910 it was a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party, but was lost to an independent member in 1946.

[edit] Members

Member	Party affiliation	Period
Hon James Hume Cook	Protectionist, Liberal	1901-10
Hon Frank Anstey	ALP	1910-34
Maurice Blackburn	ALP, Independent	1934-43
William Bryson	ALP	1943-46
Doris Blackburn	Independent	1946-49