Division of Casey

Casey Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Casey (green) in Victoria
Created:	1969
MP:	Tony Smith
Party:	Liberal
Namesake:	Richard Casey
Area:	409 km² (158 sq mi)
Demographic:	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Casey is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1969 and is named for Richard Casey, who was Governor-General of Australia 1965-69. It is located in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne and includes the suburbs of Croydon, Montrose and Olinda. When it was created it was a highly marginal seat, and at the 1972 federal election it was regarded as the "litmus seat", which the Australian Labor Party had to win to gain government. Lost when the Liberals won in 1975, Labor picked it up again when Labor regained government in 1983. Labor lost the seat in the election held the following year, when the number of seats in parliament was increased with sweeping boundary changes, and it has remained in Liberal hands since. Demographic changes have also contributed in making Casey a fairly safe seat for the Liberal Party. The seat's most prominent member has been Robert Halverson, who was Speaker of the House of Representatives 1996-98.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Peter Howson	Liberal	1969–1972
	Race Mathews	Labor	1972–1975
	Peter Falconer	Liberal	1975–1983
	Peter Steedman	Labor	1983–1984
	Bob Halverson	Liberal	1984–1998
	Michael Wooldridge	Liberal	1998–2001
	Tony Smith	Liberal	2001–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Casey

Australian federal election, 2010: Casey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tony Smith	40,588	48.38	-1.77
	Labor	Sami Hisheh	29,565	35.24	-0.61
	Greens	Brendan Powell	9,661	11.52	+4.20
	Family First	Daniel Harrison	4,083	4.87	+0.68
Total formal votes			83,897	95.78	-1.44
Informal votes			3,695	4.22	+1.44
Turnout			87,592	94.84	-1.38
Two-candidate preferred result
	Liberal	Tony Smith	45,458	54.18	-1.75
	Labor	Sami Hisheh	38,439	45.82	+1.75
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.75

References

• Division of Casey, Australian Electoral Commission