Division of Holt

Holt Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Holt (green) in Victoria
Created:	1969
MP:	Anthony Byrne
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Harold Holt
Area:	145 km² (56 sq mi)
Demographic:	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Holt is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1969 and is named for Harold Holt, who was Prime Minister of Australia 1966-67. It is located in the outer south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, including Cranbourne, Doveton, Hampton Park, Endeavour Hills , Narre Warren Hallam. Although it has usually been held by the Australian Labor Party, after the 2004 election it was highly marginal, but it returned to its safe status after the 2007 election.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Len Reid	Liberal	1969–1972
	Max Oldmeadow	Labor	1972–1975
	William Yates	Liberal	1975–1980
	Michael Duffy	Labor	1980–1996
	Gareth Evans	Labor	1996–1999
	Anthony Byrne	Labor	1999–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Holt

Australian federal election, 2010: Holt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Anthony Byrne	51,998	54.42	-1.23
	Liberal	Ricardo Balancy	29,254	30.62	-3.60
	Greens	Frank di Mascolo	8,745	9.15	+5.03
	Family First	Ian George	4,772	4.99	+0.60
	Secular	Mark Hitchins	776	0.81	+0.81
Total formal votes			95,545	94.31	-2.13
Informal votes			5,764	5.69	+2.13
Turnout			101,309	93.04	-2.39
Two-candidate preferred result
	Labor	Anthony Byrne	60,412	63.23	+1.60
	Liberal	Ricardo Balancy	35,133	36.77	-1.60
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.60

References

• Division of Holt, Australian Electoral Commission