Division of Wannon

Wannon Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Wannon in Victoria, as of the 2019 federal election.
Created	1901
MP	Dan Tehan
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Wannon River
Electors	114,617 (2019)
Area	33,419 km2 (12,903.1 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[]

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, and the Bass Strait coast in the south. The division encompasses the towns of Warrnambool, Portland, Ararat, Hamilton and Halls Gap. The Grampians and the Port Campbell National Parks are in the division. Maryborough and Avoca became part of Wannon at the 2013 federal election due to a redistribution that took place on 24 December 2010.

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)	Free Trade	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 in order to retire from politics
		David Hawker (1949–)	Liberal	7 May 1983 – 19 July 2010	Served as Speaker during the Howard Government. Retired
		Dan Tehan (1968–)	Liberal	21 August 2010 – present	Served as minister under Turnbull. Incumbent. Currently a minister under Morrison

Election results[]

References[]

External links[]

• Division of Wannon - Australian Electoral Commission

Coordinates: 37°42′11″S 142°26′53″E / 37.703°S 142.448°E / -37.703; 142.448