Division of Gorton

Gorton Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Gorton (green) in Victoria
Created	2004
MP	Brendan O'Connor
Party	Labor
Namesake	John Gorton
Electors	113,675 (2013)^[1]
Area	166 km² (64.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Gorton is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria.

The division was created in 2004 to replace the abolished Division of Burke, and is named for Sir John Gorton, Prime Minister of Australia from 1968 to 1971. Gorton is located in the outer western suburbs of Melbourne, including the suburbs of Albanvale, Burnside, Cairnlea, Caroline Springs, Deer Park, Delahey, Derrimut, Hillside, Kings Park, Melton and Taylors Hill, as well as the townships of Diggers Rest, Eynesbury and Toolern Vale.

The constituency of Gorton features a high proportion of young families and new suburban developments in the working-class outer western suburbs of the Melbourne metropolitan area. It has the second highest proportion in Australia of children aged 0-4 (8.9%), the third lowest proportion aged over 65 (6.8%) and is the fourth safest seat in the country for the Australian Labor Party, with a two-party swing of more than 16 percent required for the Liberals to win it.

The current member for Gorton since its creation at the 2004 election is Brendan O'Connor, a member of the Australian Labor Party.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Brendan O'Connor	Labor	2004–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Gorton

Australian federal election, 2013: Gorton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brendan O'Connor	44,449	50.73	−12.12
	Liberal	Phil Humphreys	22,328	25.48	+3.40
	Greens	Dinesh Jayasuriya	5,597	6.39	−2.58
	Palmer United	Anthony Barnes	5,238	5.98	+5.98
	Sex Party	Rhiannon Hunter	2,850	3.25	+3.25
	Family First	Scott Amberley	2,538	2.90	−2.11
	Democratic Labour	Michael Deverala	2,392	2.73	+2.73
	Christians	Mabor Chadhuol	1,132	1.29	+1.29
	Katter's Australian	Graham Macardy	1,090	1.24	+1.24
Total formal votes			87,614	92.89	−0.18
Informal votes			6,706	7.11	+0.18
Turnout			94,320	92.23	+0.30
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Brendan O'Connor	57,933	66.12	−7.51
	Liberal	Phil Humphreys	29,681	33.88	+7.51
	Labor hold		Swing	−7.51

References

1 2 "VIC DIVISION - GORTON". Virtual Tally Room 2013. Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 May 2014.

External links

Division of Gorton - Australian Electoral Commission

Electoral divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in Victoria

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Divisions in: New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Australian Capital and Northern Territories

Coordinates: 37°44′20″S 144°45′32″E / 37.739°S 144.759°E / -37.739; 144.759

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