Division of Calwell

Calwell Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Calwell (green) in Victoria
Created:	1984
MP:	Maria Vamvakinou
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Arthur Calwell
Area:	504 km² (195 sq mi)
Demographic:	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Calwell is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1984 and is named for Arthur Calwell, who was Minister for Immigration 1945-1949 and Leader of the Australian Labor Party 1960-1967. In fact it is the only seat to be named after an Opposition Leader who never became Prime Minister.

It is located in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, and includes the suburbs of Broadmeadows, Craigieburn, Sunbury and Tullamarine. It is a fairly safe seat for the Australian Labor Party.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Andrew Theophanous	Labor	1984–2000
		Independent	2000–2001
	Maria Vamvakinou	Labor	2001–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Calwell

Australian federal election, 2010: Calwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Maria Vamvakinou	49,580	56.63	-3.59
	Liberal	Wayne Tseng	22,556	25.76	-0.79
	Greens	Lenka Thompson	10,386	11.86	+7.50
	Family First	Jeff Truscott	3,851	4.40	+0.06
	Socialist Equality	Peter Byrne	1,181	1.35	+1.03
Total formal votes			87,554	93.47	-1.68
Informal votes			6,114	6.53	+1.68
Turnout			93,668	92.45	-2.39
Two-candidate preferred result
	Labor	Maria Vamvakinou	61,045	69.72	+0.39
	Liberal	Wayne Tseng	26,509	30.28	-0.39
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.39

References

• Division of Calwell, Australian Electoral Commission