Burke Australian House of Representatives Division | |
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Created | 1969 |
Abolished | 2004 |
Namesake | Robert O'Hara Burke |
The Division of Burke was an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1969 and abolished in 2004.
The division was named after Robert O'Hara Burke, an explorer who led the Victorian expedition in 1860, the first to cross Australia from south to north.
It was located in the outer northern suburbs of Melbourne, including Broadmeadows and Thomastown, but later extended into rural areas including Bacchus Marsh, Gisborne and Sunbury. It was held by the Australian Labor Party for its entire existence. However, a 1984 redistribution made it far less secure for Labor, and for the next two decades it was usually a marginal Labor seat.
The last member for Burke, Brendan O'Connor, was elected for the new seat of Gorton in 2004.
Image | Member | Party | Term | Notes | |
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Keith Johnson (1929–1995) | Labor | 25 October 1969 – 19 September 1980 | Retired | ||
Andrew Theophanous (1946–) | 18 October 1980 – 1 December 1984 | Transferred to the Division of Calwell | |||
Neil O'Keefe (1947–) | 1 December 1984 – 8 October 2001 | Retired | |||
Brendan O'Connor (1962–) | 10 November 2001 – 9 October 2004 | Transferred to the Division of Gorton after Burke was abolished in 2004 |
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