Division of Corio
| Corio Australian House of Representatives Division | |
|---|---|
 Division of Corio in Victoria, as of the 2016 federal election. | |
| Created | 1901 |
| MP | Richard Marles |
| Party | Labor |
| Namesake | Corio Bay |
| Electors | 107,782 (2016) |
| Area | 989 km2 (381.9 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Provincial |
The Division of Corio is an Australian electoral division in the state of Victoria. The division one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. Named for Corio Bay, it has always been based on the city of Geelong, although in the past it stretched as far east as the outer western suburbs of Melbourne.
The division comprises an area of 989 square kilometres (382 sq mi) from the western shores of Port Phillip Bay, stretching to the north of Geelong and inland and covering most of the Bellarine Peninsula. Besides Geelong, it includes Avalon, Bell Park, Bell Post Hill, Breakwater, Corio, Curlewis, Drysdale, East Geelong, North Geelong, South Geelong, Geelong West, Hamlyn Heights, Herne Hill, Lara, Lovely Banks, Manifold Heights, Moolap, Newcomb, Norlane, North Shore, Portarlington, St Albans Park, St Leonards, Rippleside and Whittington; and parts of Anakie, Batesford, Clifton Springs, Fyansford, Leopold, Newtown, and Thomson.[1]
The current Member for Corio, since the 2007 federal election, is Richard Marles, a member of the Australian Labor Party.
History
For most of the first seven decades after Federation, it was a marginal seat that frequently changed hands between the Australian Labor Party and the conservative parties. However, Labor has held it without interruption since a 1967 by-election, and since the 1980s it has been one of Labor's safest non-metropolitan seats. Presently, the Liberals need a 7.7 percent swing to win it.[2]
Its most prominent members have been Richard Casey, a leading Cabinet member in the 1930s and later Governor-General; Hubert Opperman, a former cycling champion and a minister in the Menzies government; and Gordon Scholes, who was Speaker during the Whitlam government and a minister in the Hawke government.
Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Crouch | Protectionist | 1901–1909 | |
| Commonwealth Liberal | 1909–1910 | ||
| Alfred Ozanne | Labour | 1910–1913 | |
| William Kendell | Commonwealth Liberal | 1913–1914 | |
| Alfred Ozanne | Labor | 1914–1917 | |
| John Lister | Nationalist | 1917–1929 | |
| Arthur Lewis | Labor | 1929–1931 | |
| Richard Casey | United Australia | 1931–1940 | |
| John Dedman | Labor | 1940–1949 | |
| Hubert Opperman | Liberal | 1949–1967 | |
| Gordon Scholes | Labor | 1967–1993 | |
| Gavan O'Connor | Labor | 1993–2007 | |
| Independent | 2007–2007 | ||
| Richard Marles | Labor | 2007–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Richard Marles | 43,087 | 45.63 | +2.12 | |
| Liberal | Richard Lange | 33,180 | 35.14 | −0.06 | |
| Greens | Sarah Mansfield | 11,112 | 11.77 | +4.46 | |
| Animal Justice | Jamie Overend | 2,948 | 3.12 | +3.12 | |
| Rise Up Australia | Ash Puvimanasinghe | 1,869 | 1.98 | +1.58 | |
| Bullet Train | Jeff Moran | 1,138 | 1.21 | +1.21 | |
| Socialist Alliance | Sue Bull | 1,101 | 1.17 | +0.42 | |
| Total formal votes | 94,435 | 95.39 | +0.69 | ||
| Informal votes | 4,561 | 4.61 | −0.69 | ||
| Turnout | 98,996 | 91.85 | −2.31 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Richard Marles | 56,656 | 59.99 | +2.24 | |
| Liberal | Richard Lange | 37,779 | 40.01 | −2.24 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +2.24 | |||
References
- ^ "Profile of the electoral division of Corio (Vic)". Current federal electoral divisions. Australian Electoral Commission. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ Green, Antony. "2013 Federal Post-Election Pendulum". Election Blog. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ Corio, VIC, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.