Division of McMillan

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McMillan
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of MCMILLAN 2016.png
Division of McMillan in Victoria, as of the 2016 federal election
Created1949
Abolished2019
Namesake Angus McMillan
Electors 116,200 (2016)
Area8,328 km2 (3,215.5 sq mi)
DemographicRural

The Division of McMillan was an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It was located in the western part of the Gippsland region, which extends for the length of Victoria's eastern Bass Strait coastline. It included the outer south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Pakenham, and also included the towns of Warragul, Moe, Wonthaggi, Leongatha and Foster. It stretched from Mount Baw Baw and the Baw Baw National Park in the north to Wilsons Promontory, and the Wilsons Promontory National Park in the south. It was the southernmost electoral division in continental Australia. It was replaced by the Division of Monash in 2019.

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History

Angus McMillan, the division's namesake Angus McMillan portrait.jpg
Angus McMillan, the division's namesake

The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 11 May 1949, and was first contested at the 1949 election. It was named after Angus McMillan, a mass murderer [1] [2] and early European explorer in the Gippsland region responsible for the Gippsland massacres. The seat traded hands between the conservative parties from its creation until Labor finally won it in 1980. The Division has changed hands five times in the last seven Federal elections. The change at the 2004 election was attributed to the redistribution of 29 January 2003, which removed the traditionally Labor-voting cities of Traralgon and Morwell from the Division. [3] This allowed Liberal Russell Broadbent to win the seat once again; he had previously held it from 1996 to 1998. Broadbent was re-elected in the 2007 election.

The 1972 federal election saw Country Party candidate Arthur Hewson win the seat from third place and a primary vote of 16.6%. [4] This is the lowest primary vote for a winning candidate in any federal election; Hewson overtook the Liberal candidate on preferences from the Democratic Labor Party and disendorsed sitting Liberal MP Alex Buchanan, and then defeated the Labor candidate on Liberal preferences. [5]

The division was renamed to the Division of Monash in 2018.

Members

ImageMemberPartyTermNotes
  Geoffrey Brown.png Geoffrey Brown
(1894–1955)		 Liberal 10 December 1949 –
14 October 1955		Died in office
  AlexBuchanan1963.jpg Alex Buchanan
(1905–1985)		 Liberal 10 December 1955 –
1972		Lost preselection and then lost seat
  Independent 1972 –
2 December 1972
  No image.svg Arthur Hewson
(1914–1999)		 Country/National Country 2 December 1972 –
13 December 1975 		Previously a member of the Victorian Legislative Council. Lost seat
  No image.svg Barry Simon
(1936–2004)		 Liberal 13 December 1975 –
18 October 1980 		Lost seat
  No image.svg Barry Cunningham
(1939–2018)		 Labor 18 October 1980 –
24 March 1990 		Served as Chief Government Whip in the House under Hawke. Lost seat
  No image.svg John Riggall
(1941–)		 Liberal 24 March 1990 –
13 March 1993 		Lost seat
  No image.svg Barry Cunningham
(1939–2018)		 Labor 13 March 1993 –
2 March 1996 		Lost seat
  Russell Broadbent Portrait 2012.jpg Russell Broadbent
(1950–)		 Liberal 2 March 1996 –
3 October 1998 		Previously held the Division of Corinella. Lost seat
  Christian Zahra January 2017.jpg Christian Zahra
(1973–)		 Labor 3 October 1998 –
9 October 2004 		Lost seat
  Russell Broadbent Portrait 2012.jpg Russell Broadbent
(1950–)		 Liberal 9 October 2004 –
11 April 2019 		Transferred to the Division of Monash after McMillan was abolished in 2019

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2016 Australian federal election in Victoria § McMillan.[ edit ]
2016 Australian federal election: McMillan [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Russell Broadbent 48,30447.86−2.50
Labor Chris Buckingham29,53129.26+4.21
Greens Donna Lancaster9,8109.72+2.10
Family First Nathan Harding3,4183.39+1.38
Animal Justice Jennifer McAdam3,0222.99+2.99
Rise Up Australia Norman Baker2,7862.76+2.09
Liberal Democrats Jim McDonald2,2892.27+2.27
Christians Kathleen Ipsen1,7611.74+1.74
Total formal votes100,92194.29+0.40
Informal votes6,1155.71−0.40
Turnout 107,03692.11−2.53
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Russell Broadbent 56,54356.03−5.80
Labor Chris Buckingham44,37843.97+5.80
Liberal hold Swing −5.80

Referendum and plebiscite results

Same-sex marriage survey, 2017 [7]
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes61,47962.75
No36,50037.25
Valid votes97,97999.62
Invalid or blank votes3720.38
Total votes98,351100.00
Registered voters/turnout120,75481.45
Australian republic referendum, 1999 [8]
ChoiceVotes %
Light brown x.svg No50,80763.63
Yes29,04636.37
Valid votes79,85399.27
Invalid or blank votes5910.73
Total votes80,444100.00
Registered voters/turnout83,65696.16
Preamble to the Constitution referendum, 1999 [9]
ChoiceVotes %
Light brown x.svg No54,38368.14
Yes25,42631.86
Valid votes79,80999.22
Invalid or blank votes6290.78
Total votes80,438100.00
Registered voters/turnout83,65696.15
1988 Australian referendum (Rights and Freedoms) [10]
ChoiceVotes %
Light brown x.svg No45,70972.59
Yes17,25927.41
Valid votes62,96898.38
Invalid or blank votes1,0371.62
Total votes64,005100.00
Registered voters/turnout67,99394.13
1988 Australian referendum (Local Government) [10]
ChoiceVotes %
Light brown x.svg No45,03271.42
Yes18,02428.58
Valid votes63,05698.52
Invalid or blank votes9491.48
Total votes64,005100.00
Registered voters/turnout67,99394.13
1988 Australian referendum (Fair Elections) [10]
ChoiceVotes %
Light brown x.svg No42,71467.72
Yes20,35632.28
Valid votes63,07098.54
Invalid or blank votes9351.46
Total votes64,005100.00
Registered voters/turnout67,99394.13
1988 Australian referendum (Parliamentary Terms) [10]
ChoiceVotes %
Light brown x.svg No44,24170.13
Yes18,84529.87
Valid votes63,08698.56
Invalid or blank votes9191.44
Total votes64,005100.00
Registered voters/turnout67,99394.13
1984 Australian referendum (Interchange of Powers) [10]
ChoiceVotes %
Light brown x.svg No30,10051.84
Yes27,96548.16
Valid votes58,06592.58
Invalid or blank votes4,6567.42
Total votes62,721100.00
Registered voters/turnout65,77795.35
1984 Australian referendum (Terms of Senators) [10]
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes31,25552.58
No28,19347.42
Valid votes59,44894.78
Invalid or blank votes3,2735.22
Total votes62,721100.00
Registered voters/turnout65,77795.35
1977 Australian referendum (Retirement of Judges) [10]
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes44,19478.99
No11,75321.01
Valid votes55,94798.06
Invalid or blank votes1,1081.94
Total votes57,055100.00
Registered voters/turnout60,98793.55
1977 Australian referendum (Referendums) [10]
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes42,72976.35
No13,23323.65
Valid votes55,96298.08
Invalid or blank votes1,0931.92
Total votes57,055100.00
Registered voters/turnout60,98793.55
1977 Australian referendum (Senate Casual Vacancies) [10]
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes40,54372.43
No15,43027.57
Valid votes55,97398.10
Invalid or blank votes1,0821.90
Total votes57,055100.00
Registered voters/turnout60,98793.55
1977 Australian referendum (Simultaneous Elections) [10]
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes34,25161.18
No21,73038.82
Valid votes55,98198.12
Invalid or blank votes1,0741.88
Total votes57,055100.00
Registered voters/turnout60,98793.55
1974 Australian referendum (Local Government Bodies) [10]
ChoiceVotes %
Light brown x.svg No30,70455.54
Yes24,57944.46
Valid votes55,28398.17
Invalid or blank votes1,0291.83
Total votes56,312100.00
Registered voters/turnout58,49596.27
1974 Australian referendum (Democratic Elections) [10]
ChoiceVotes %
Light brown x.svg No30,50355.02
Yes24,93244.98
Valid votes55,43598.44
Invalid or blank votes8771.56
Total votes56,312100.00
Registered voters/turnout58,49596.27
1974 Australian referendum (Mode of Altering the Constitution) [10]
ChoiceVotes %
Light brown x.svg No30,17154.42
Yes25,27045.58
Valid votes55,44198.45
Invalid or blank votes8711.55
Total votes56,312100.00
Registered voters/turnout58,49596.27
1974 Australian referendum (Simultaneous Elections) [10]
ChoiceVotes %
Light brown x.svg No30,0154.16
Yes25,41145.84
Valid votes55,43098.43
Invalid or blank votes8821.57
Total votes56,312100.00
Registered voters/turnout58,49596.27
1973 Australian referendum (Incomes) [10]
ChoiceVotes %
Light brown x.svg No37,08968.71
Yes16,88731.29
Valid votes53,97698.49
Invalid or blank votes8281.15
Total votes54,804100.00
Registered voters/turnout57,81194.80
1973 Australian referendum (Prices) [10]
ChoiceVotes %
Light brown x.svg No30,45756.31
Yes23,63443.69
Valid votes54,09198.70
Invalid or blank votes7131.30
Total votes54,804100.00
Registered voters/turnout57,81194.80
1967 Australian referendum (Aboriginals) [10]
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes43,45193.23
No3,1546.77
Valid votes46,60598.92
Invalid or blank votes5101.08
Total votes47,115100.00
Registered voters/turnout49,33495.50
1967 Australian referendum (Parliament) [10]
ChoiceVotes %
Light brown x.svg No33,74772.42
Yes12,85027.58
Valid votes46,59798.90
Invalid or blank votes5181.10
Total votes47,115100.00
Registered voters/turnout49,33495.50
1951 Australian Communist Party ban referendum [10]
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes20,02251.11
No19,15148.89
Valid votes39,17398.43
Invalid or blank votes6261.57
Total votes39,799100.00
Registered voters/turnout41,85895.08

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  7. ↑ "Results and Publications". marriagesurvey.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 14 September 2023. For breakdown of results by electorate download the Response.xls file and refer to table 2
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  9. ↑ "1999 Referendum Report and Statistics; Summary of Results – Preamble Question". Australian Electoral Commission . Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "Data repository". Tally Room. Australian Electoral Commission . Retrieved 14 September 2023– via Ben Raue. To access divisional results, access the 'Australian Referendums 1906-2017' google drive link and then refer to 'Aus-Referendums-Division'

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