Division of Isaacs

This article is about the current federal electorate. For the former electorate, see Division of Isaacs (1949–69).

Isaacs Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Isaacs (green) in Victoria
Created	1969
MP	Mark Dreyfus
Party	Labor
Namesake	Isaac Isaacs
Electors	97,930 (2013)
Area	166 km2 (64.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Isaacs is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It is located in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, on the eastern shores of Port Phillip Bay. It covers the suburbs of Mordialloc, Keysborough, Waterways, Noble Park, Chelsea, Aspendale, Edithvale, Bonbeach, Patterson Lakes and Carrum.

The Division was named after Sir Isaac Isaacs, former Chief Justice of Australia and the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. It was proclaimed at the redistribution of 21 November 1968, and first contested at the 1969 federal election. Originally a marginal seat, it switched regularly between the Liberals and Labor. However, Labor has held it without interruption since 1996, and it is now considered fairly safe for that party.

The former Division of Isaacs (1949–69) was located in the inner south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, and was not related to this Division except in name.

Mark Dreyfus became the new Labor member in 2007. The division was also contested in 2007 by Laura Chipp, daughter of Don Chipp, for the Australian Democrats.

Members

Member		Party	Term
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal|	David Hamer	Liberal	1969–1974
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor|	Gareth Clayton	Labor	1974–1975
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal|	David Hamer	Liberal	1975–1977
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal|	William Burns	Liberal	1977–1980
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor|	David Charles	Labor	1980–1990
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Rod Atkinson	Liberal	1990–1996
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor|	Greg Wilton	Labor	1996–2000
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor|	Ann Corcoran	Labor	2000–2007
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor|	Mark Dreyfus	Labor	2007–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Isaacs

Australian federal election, 2013: Isaacs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mark Dreyfus	35,837	41.33	−7.55
	Liberal	Garry Spencer	34,864	40.21	+5.12
	Greens	Sandra Miles	6,120	7.06	−3.84
	Palmer United	Avtar Gill	2,846	3.28	+3.28
	Family First	John Elliott	2,503	2.89	−0.76
	Sex Party	Laith Graham	2,093	2.41	+2.41
	Democratic Labour	James Leach	1,144	1.32	+1.32
	Christians	Karen Dobby	743	0.86	+0.86
	Rise Up Australia	Nadia Seaman	558	0.64	+0.64
Total formal votes			86,708	95.20	−0.09
Informal votes			4,375	4.80	+0.09
Turnout			91,083	93.01	+0.09
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mark Dreyfus	46,704	53.86	−6.55
	Liberal	Garry Spencer	40,004	46.14	+6.55
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.55

External links

• Division of Isaacs – Australian Electoral Commission