Division of Wannon

Wannon Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Wannon in Victoria, as of the 2022 federal election
Created	1901
MP	Dan Tehan
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Wannon River
Electors	115,858 (2022)
Area	33,595 km2 (12,971.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

The Division of Wannon is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria.

History

Wannon River, the division's namesake

The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first Federal election. The division was named after the Wannon River. For the first half-century after Federation, it regularly traded hands between the Australian Labor Party and the conservative parties. However, a 1955 redistribution removed most of the seat's Labor-friendly territory, and it has been a safe Liberal seat for most of its history since then.

The seat's most notable member was Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, to date the last prime minister from a country seat. His successor, David Hawker, was Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives during the last term of the Howard Government. Hawker retired in 2010 and was succeeded by Dan Tehan.

Boundaries

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.

The division is located in the south-west of the state, and encompasses most of the Western District of the state. It adjoins the South Australian border in the west, the Bass Strait coast in the south to Anglesea in the east, and extends north to the Grampians. Following the redistribution on 26 July 2021 the division encompasses the towns of Warrnambool, Colac, Portland, Hamilton, and Ararat. The Budj Bim, Great Otway, Lower Glenelg, and Port Campbell National Parks are in the division, as is southern portion of the Grampians National Park.

Members

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Samuel Cooke (1847–1929)	Free Trade	29 March 1901 – 23 November 1903	Previously a member of the Victorian Legislative Council. Retired
		Arthur Robinson (1872–1945)		16 December 1903 – 1906	Previously held the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Dundas. Lost seat. Later elected to the Victorian Legislative Council in 1912
			Anti-Socialist	1906 – 12 December 1906
		John McDougall (1867–1957)	Labor	12 December 1906 – 31 May 1913	Lost seat
		Arthur Rodgers (1876–1936)	Liberal	31 May 1913 – 17 February 1917	Served as minister under Hughes. Lost seat
			Nationalist	17 February 1917 – 16 December 1922
		John McNeill (1868–1943)	Labor	16 December 1922 – 14 November 1925	Lost seat
		Arthur Rodgers (1876–1936)	Nationalist	14 November 1925 – 12 October 1929	Lost seat
		John McNeill (1868–1943)	Labor	12 October 1929 – 19 December 1931	Served as minister under Scullin. Lost seat
		Thomas Scholfield (1894–1964)	United Australia	19 December 1931 – 21 September 1940	Lost seat
		Don McLeod (1892–1963)	Labor	21 September 1940 – 10 December 1949	Lost seat
		Dan Mackinnon (1903–1983)	Liberal	10 December 1949 – 28 April 1951	Lost seat. Later elected to the Division of Corangamite in 1953
		Don McLeod (1892–1963)	Labor	28 April 1951 – 4 November 1955	Retired
		Malcolm Fraser (1930–2015)	Liberal	10 December 1955 – 31 March 1983	Served as minister under Holt, McEwen, Gorton and McMahon. Served as Opposition Leader in 1975. Served as Prime Minister from 1975 to 1983. Resigned to retire from politics
		David Hawker (1949–)		7 May 1983 – 19 July 2010	Served as Speaker during the Howard Government. Retired
		Dan Tehan (1968–)		21 August 2010 – present	Served as minister under Turnbull and Morrison. Incumbent

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Wannon

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Victoria § Wannon.[edit]

2022 Australian federal election: Wannon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dan Tehan	44,948	44.46	−6.63
	Independent	Alex Dyson	19,504	19.29	+9.64
	Labor	Gilbert Wilson	19,303	19.09	−6.85
	Greens	Hilary McAllister	6,444	6.37	−0.39
	United Australia	Craige Kensen	3,308	3.27	−2.27
	One Nation	Ronnie Graham	3,275	3.24	+3.24
	Independent	Graham Garner	2,346	2.32	+2.32
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Mead	1,973	1.95	+1.95
Total formal votes			101,101	94.75	−1.47
Informal votes			5,603	5.25	+1.47
Turnout			106,704	92.22	−2.84
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Liberal	Dan Tehan	59,722	59.07	−1.10
	Labor	Gilbert Wilson	41,379	40.93	+1.10
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Dan Tehan	54,517	53.92	−6.24
	Independent	Alex Dyson	46,584	46.08	+46.08
	Liberal hold

External links

• Division of Wannon - Australian Electoral Commission