Division of Hawke

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Hawke
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Hawke 2025.svg
Division of Hawke
Interactive map of electorate boundaries from the 2025 federal election
Created 2022
MP Sam Rae
Party Labor
Namesake Bob Hawke
Electors 118,830 (2025)
Area1,986 km2 (766.8 sq mi)
DemographicProvincial
Coordinates 37°38′31″S144°29′6″E / 37.64194°S 144.48500°E / -37.64194; 144.48500

The Division of Hawke is an Australian electoral division in the state of Victoria, which was contested for the first time at the 2022 Australian federal election. [1] [2] The electorate is centred on the localities of Bacchus Marsh, Ballan, Melton and Sunbury to the west and north-west of Melbourne.

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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. [3]

History

Bob Hawke, the division's namesake Bob Hawke 1987 portrait crop.jpg
Bob Hawke, the division's namesake

The division was proposed by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) in March 2021, which would combine several areas from the divisions of Ballarat, Gorton and McEwen to create the new federal division, to take account of the increase in population of Victoria. [4] The seat was named in honour of Bob Hawke, the longest-serving Labor Prime Minister of Australia, who served from March 1983 to December 1991, and who represented the Division of Wills from 1980 to 1992. [1] The new division was confirmed in June 2021 and was contested for the first time at the 2022 election. [5]

Members

ImageMemberPartyTermNotes
  Labor Placeholder.png Sam Rae
(1986–)		 Labor 21 May 2022 –
present		Incumbent

Electoral results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2025 Australian federal election in Victoria § Hawke.[ edit ]
2025 Australian federal election: Hawke [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Sam Rae 40,61939.13+2.40
Liberal Simmone Cottom31,38330.23+3.88
Greens Sarah Newman10,1789.80+0.87
One Nation Matthew Katselis10,0359.67+4.08
Legalise Cannabis Devon Starbuck5,1774.99+4.99
Family First Melanie Milutinovic4,3564.20+4.20
Animal Justice Fiona Adin-James2,0691.99+1.99
Total formal votes103,81795.91+4.05
Informal votes4,4314.09−4.05
Turnout 108,24891.13+7.84
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Sam Rae 59,83057.63+0.01
Liberal Simmone Cottom43,98742.37−0.01
Labor hold Swing +0.01

References

  1. 1 2 Osborne, Paul (19 March 2021). "Bob Hawke honoured with Vic seat name". The West Australian.
  2. ↑ Karp, Paul (19 March 2021). "Christian Porter's seat spared chop and new electorate named after Bob Hawke in redistribution plan". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  3. ↑ Muller, Damon (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "Proposed federal electoral divisions for Victoria released" (Press release). Australian Electoral Commission. 19 March 2021. Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "Names and boundaries of federal electoral divisions in Victoria decided". Australian Electoral Commission. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  6. ↑ Hawke, Vic, 2025 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.
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