Division of Chisholm
| Chisholm Australian House of Representatives Division | |
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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 Ashwood, Blackburn South, Box Hill, Burwood, Chadstone, Huntingdale, Mont Albert, Mount Waverley, and parts of Clayton, Forest Hill, Oakleigh and Surrey Hills.
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.
The current member for Chisholm since 1998 is Anna Burke, a member of the Australian Labor Party and the 28th Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2012 to 2013.
Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (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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