Division of Cooper

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Cooper
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Cooper 2022.png
Location of Cooper (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
Created2019
MP Ged Kearney
Party Labor
Namesake William Cooper
Electors 108,730 (2022)
Area59 km2 (22.8 sq mi)
DemographicInner metropolitan
Coordinates 37°44′49″S145°0′29″E / 37.74694°S 145.00806°E / -37.74694; 145.00806 Coordinates: 37°44′49″S145°0′29″E / 37.74694°S 145.00806°E / -37.74694; 145.00806

The Division of Cooper is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It takes in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. The division was contested for the first time at the 2019 federal election, with Ged Kearney of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) elected as its inaugural member of parliament. She had previously represented the Division of Batman since the 2018 by-election.

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Geography

Federal electoral division boundaries in Australia are determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned. [1]

History

William Cooper, the division's namesake William Cooper.jpg
William Cooper, the division's namesake

The division is named in honour of the Aboriginal Australian political activist William Cooper (1861–1941).

The Division of Cooper was created in 2018 after the Australian Electoral Commission oversaw a mandatory redistribution of divisions in Victoria. [2] Cooper's geography mirrors almost entirely the Division of Batman, which it replaced in the redistribution. [3] Unlike Batman, Cooper includes parts of Coburg North which had previously belonged in the neighbouring division of Wills, though it no longer features parts of Thomastown or Bundoora. [3]

The seat was notionally held by the Labor Party on a 0.6% margin over the Greens, when compared to the result for Batman at the 2016 federal election. [3] At the 2019 election incumbent Ged Kearney received a swing of over 13% making the seat once again safe for the ALP.

Members

ImageMemberPartyTermNotes
  Ged Kearney 2022.jpg Ged Kearney
(1963–)		 Labor 18 May 2019 –
present		Previously held the Division of Batman. Incumbent

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Victoria § Cooper.[ edit ]
2022 Australian federal election: Cooper [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ged Kearney 38,75441.34−5.52
Greens Celeste Liddle 25,64827.36+6.43
Liberal Jadon Atkinson15,32916.35−3.25
United Australia Adam La Rosa4,1704.45+2.48
Victorian Socialists Kath Larkin3,2503.47−0.75
One Nation William Turner2,8072.99+2.99
Animal Justice Rabin Bangaar2,2072.35−0.20
Fusion Adrian Whitehead1,5851.69+1.69
Total formal votes93,75095.74+0.66
Informal votes4,1694.26−0.66
Turnout 97,91990.16−2.18
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Ged Kearney 70,74375.46−0.75
Liberal Jadon Atkinson23,00724.54+0.75
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Ged Kearney 55,00658.67−6.16
Greens Celeste Liddle 38,74441.33+6.16
Labor hold Swing −6.16
Two-candidate preferred votes in Cooper (formerly Batman)

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References

  1. ↑ Muller, Damon (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "Names and boundaries of federal electoral divisions in Victoria decided". Australian Electoral Commission. 20 June 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "2017-18 Federal Redistributions - Victoria". ABC Elections. 20 June 2018.
  4. ↑ Cooper, VIC, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.
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