| Isaacs Australian House of Representatives Division |
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Division of Isaacs (green) in Victoria |
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| Created: | 1969 |
| MP: | Mark Dreyfus |
| Party: | Labor |
| Namesake: | Isaac Isaacs |
| Area: | 171 km² (66 sq mi) |
| Demographic: | Outer Metropolitan |
The Division of Isaacs is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It is located in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, on the eastern shores of Port Phillip Bay. It covers the suburbs of Mordialloc, Keysborough, Noble Park, Chelsea, Bonbeach, Patterson Lakes and Carrum.
The Division was named after Sir Isaac Isaacs, former Chief Justice of Australia and the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. It was proclaimed at the redistribution of November 21, 1968, and first contested at the 1969 Federal election. Originally a marginal seat, it switched regularly between the Liberals and Labor. However, Labor has held it without interruption since 1996, and it is now considered safe for that party.
The former Division of Isaacs (1949-69) was located in the inner south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, and was not related to this Division except in name.
Mark Dreyfus became the new Labor member in 2007. The division was also contested in 2007 by Laura Chipp, daughter of Don Chipp, for the Australian Democrats.
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| David Hamer | Liberal | 1969–1974 | |
| Gareth Clayton | Labor | 1974–1975 | |
| David Hamer | Liberal | 1975–1977 | |
| William Burns | Liberal | 1977–1980 | |
| David Charles | Labor | 1980–1990 | |
| Rod Atkinson | Liberal | 1990–1996 | |
| Greg Wilton | Labor | 1996–2000 | |
| Ann Corcoran | Labor | 2000–2007 | |
| Mark Dreyfus | Labor | 2007–present | |
| Australian federal election, 2010: Isaacs | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Mark Dreyfus | 45,131 | 49.42 | +0.67 | |
| Liberal | Dale McClelland | 31,472 | 34.47 | -4.00 | |
| Greens | Chris Carman | 9,980 | 10.93 | +4.69 | |
| Family First | Heather Wheatley | 3,377 | 3.70 | +1.15 | |
| Independent | Gordon Ford | 1,355 | 1.48 | +0.22 | |
| Total formal votes | 91,315 | 95.29 | -1.40 | ||
| Informal votes | 4,516 | 4.71 | +1.40 | ||
| Turnout | 95,831 | 93.23 | -1.95 | ||
| Two-candidate preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Mark Dreyfus | 55,721 | 61.02 | +3.33 | |
| Liberal | Dale McClelland | 35,594 | 38.98 | -3.33 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +3.33 | |||
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