Division of Chisholm

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Chisholm
Australian House of Representatives Division

Division of Chisholm (green) in Victoria
Created 1949
MP Anna Burke
Party Labor
Namesake Caroline Chisholm
Electors 96,140 (2013)
Area 65 km2 (25.1 sq mi)
Demographic Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Chisholm is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1949 and is named for Caroline Chisholm, a social worker and promoter of women's immigration. It is located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, and includes the suburbs of Box Hill, Burwood, Mount Waverley, Ashwood, Chadstone, and parts of Oakleigh and Clayton.

Until the 1980s it was a safe Liberal seat based on Camberwell, but since then boundary changes have moved it south-east, taking in more Labor-voting suburbs and making the seat marginal. The first member for Chisholm, Sir Wilfrid Kent Hughes, was one of Australia's most distinguished soldiers, who held the seat until his death on 31 July 1970.

Chisholm has been held since 1998 by Anna Burke for the Australian Labor Party.

Members

MemberPartyTerm
  (Sir) Wilfrid Kent Hughes Liberal 1949–1970
  Tony Staley Liberal 1970–1980
  Graham Harris Liberal 1980–1983
  Helen Mayer Labor 1983–1987
  Michael Wooldridge Liberal 1987–1998
  Anna Burke Labor 1998–present

Election results

Australian federal election, 2013: Chisholm
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Nguyen 37,990 44.12 +3.90
Labor Anna Burke 34,015 39.50 −4.75
Greens Josh Fergeus 8,133 9.45 −2.44
Sex Party Luzio Grossi 1,762 2.05 +2.05
Palmer United Brian Woods 1,405 1.63 +1.63
Family First Martin Myszka 949 1.10 −1.56
Democratic Labour Pat Shea 860 1.00 +1.00
Rise Up Australia Melanie Vassiliou 650 0.75 +0.75
Secular Vidura Jayaratne 345 0.40 −0.20
Total formal votes 86,109 95.77 −0.55
Informal votes 3,802 4.23 +0.55
Turnout 89,911 93.41 −0.28
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Anna Burke 44,431 51.60 −4.18
Liberal John Nguyen 41,678 48.40 +4.18
Labor hold Swing −4.18

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    Coordinates: 37°51′54″S 145°07′23″E / 37.865°S 145.123°E / -37.865; 145.123

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