Division of Hotham

Hotham Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Hotham (green) in Victoria
Created:	1969
MP:	Simon Crean
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Charles Hotham
Area:	72 km² (28 sq mi)
Demographic:	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Hotham is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1969 and is named for Sir Charles Hotham, Governor of Victoria 1854-55. It is located in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Hotham covers an area of approximately 72 square kilometres from Oakleigh in the north to Dingley Village in the south. The main suburbs include Bentleigh East, Dingley Village, Moorabbin, and parts of Carnegie, Clarinda, Clayton, Clayton South, Cheltenham, Murrumbeena, Noble Park, Oakleigh, Oakleigh South, Springvale and Springvale South. It was originally created as a safe Liberal seat. However, demographic changes resulted in Labor taking it in 1980, and it is now considered a fairly safe Labor seat. Its current member, Simon Crean, was party leader from 2001 until December 2003, and is currently the Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Don Chipp	Liberal	1969–1977
		Independent	1977–1977
		Democrats	1977–1977
	Roger Johnston	Liberal	1977–1980
	Lewis Kent	Labor	1980–1990
	Simon Crean	Labor	1990–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Hotham

Australian federal election, 2010: Hotham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Simon Crean	42,920	54.08	-1.07
	Liberal	Fazal Cader	26,110	32.90	-0.85
	Greens	Geoff Payne	8,086	10.19	+3.34
	Family First	Gary Ong	1,688	2.13	+0.09
	Secular	Trent Reardon	556	0.70	+0.70
Total formal votes			79,360	95.56	-1.14
Informal votes			3,684	4.44	+1.14
Turnout			83,044	92.70	-2.09
Two-candidate preferred result
	Labor	Simon Crean	50,394	63.50	+0.50
	Liberal	Fazal Cader	28,966	36.50	-0.50
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.50

References

• Division of Hotham, Australian Electoral Commission