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The Division of Gippsland is 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 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. In 104 years Gippsland has never elected a Labor member. It has been held by the Country Party and its successor the National 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 and is a marginal seat.
The seat is at risk of being lost to Labor for the first time, after the margin declined to 5.91 percent at the 2007 federal election, a worsening of coalition polling since the election, continued division over a Liberal-National merger, and sitting MP Peter McGauran announcing his resignation in April 2008, sparking a June 2008 by-election, with the three major parties all planning to contest.[1][2]
[edit] Members
[edit] Election results
| Australian federal election, 2007: Gippsland |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
National |
Peter McGauran |
42,632 |
48.37 |
-0.36 |
|
Labor |
Jane Rowe |
32,214 |
36.55 |
+2.46 |
|
Greens |
Jeff Wrathall |
4,881 |
5.54 |
+1.16 |
|
Family First |
Michael Rowell |
3,802 |
4.31 |
+1.49 |
|
Independent |
Ben Buckley |
2,787 |
3.16 |
+3.16 |
|
What Women Want |
Helen McAdam |
1,825 |
2.07 |
+2.07 |
| Total formal votes |
88,141 |
97.02 |
+1.25 |
| Informal votes |
2,710 |
2.98 |
-1.25 |
| Turnout |
90,851 |
95.75 |
+0.12 |
| Two Candidate Preferred Result |
|
National |
Peter McGauran |
49,280 |
55.91 |
-1.79 |
|
Labor |
Jane Rowe |
38,861 |
44.09 |
+1.79 |
|
National hold |
Swing |
-1.79 |
|
| Australian federal election, 2004: Gippsland |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
National |
Peter McGauran |
41,531 |
48.73 |
+19.00 |
|
Labor |
Don Wishart |
29,053 |
34.09 |
+0.23 |
|
Greens |
Madelon Lane |
3,734 |
4.38 |
+0.46 |
|
Independent |
Peter Maxwell Kelly |
3,139 |
3.68 |
+3.68 |
|
One Nation |
Ben Buckley |
2,539 |
2.98 |
-1.96 |
|
Family First |
Doug Lillyman |
2,405 |
2.82 |
+2.82 |
|
Democrats |
David Leonard Langmore |
1,312 |
1.54 |
-2.95 |
|
|
Christina Sindt |
1,288 |
1.51 |
+1.51 |
|
Citizens Electoral Council |
Heather Stanton |
233 |
0.27 |
+0.06 |
| Total formal votes |
85,234 |
95.77 |
+0.53 |
| Informal votes |
3,763 |
4.23 |
-0.53 |
| Turnout |
88,997 |
95.63 |
+0.00 |
| Two Candidate Preferred Result |
|
National |
Peter McGauran |
49,181 |
57.70 |
+5.12 |
|
Labor |
Don Wishart |
36,053 |
42.30 |
-5.12 |
|
National hold |
Swing |
+5.12 |
|
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