Division of Corio

Corio
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Corio in Victoria, as of the 2022 federal election
Created1901
MPRichard Marles
PartyLabor
NamesakeCorio Bay
Electors112,651 (2022)
Area773 km2 (298.5 sq mi)
DemographicProvincial

The Division of Corio (/kəraɪoʊ/) is an Australian electoral division in the state of Victoria. The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first federal election. Named for Corio Bay, it has always been based on the city of Geelong, although in the past it stretched as far east as the outer western suburbs of Melbourne.

The current Member for Corio, since the 2007 federal election, is Richard Marles, the current Deputy Prime Minister of Australia.

History

Corio Bay, the division's namesake

For most of the first seven decades after Federation, it was a marginal seat that frequently changed hands between the Australian Labor Party and the conservative parties. However, Labor has held it without interruption since a 1967 by-election, and since the 1980s it has been one of Labor's safest non-metropolitan seats. Presently, the Liberal Party need a near 13 percent swing to win it.[1]

Its most prominent members have been Richard Casey, a leading Cabinet member in the 1930s and later Governor-General; John Dedman, a Chifley government minister; Hubert Opperman, a former cycling champion and a minister in the Menzies government; and Gordon Scholes, who was Speaker during the Whitlam government and a minister in the Hawke government.

Boundaries

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been 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.[2]

The division comprises an area of 773 square kilometres (298 sq mi) from the western shores of Port Phillip Bay, stretching to the north of Geelong and inland. Besides Geelong, it includes Avalon, Bell Park, Bell Post Hill, Belmont, Breakwater, Corio, Drumcondra, Fyansford, East Geelong, North Geelong, South Geelong, Geelong West, Hamlyn Heights, Herne Hill, Highton, Lara, Lovely Banks, Manifold Heights, Moolap, Newcomb, Norlane, North Shore, Portarlington, St Albans Park, Rippleside and Whittington; and parts of Anakie, Batesford, Clifton Springs, Fyansford, Leopold, Newtown, and Thomson.[3]

Members

Image Member Party Term Notes
  Richard Crouch
(1868–1949) 		Protectionist 29 March 1901 –
26 May 1909 		Lost seat. Later elected to the Division of Corangamite in 1929
  Liberal 26 May 1909 –
13 April 1910
  Alfred Ozanne
(1877–1961) 		Labor 13 April 1910 –
31 May 1913 		Lost seat
  William Kendell
(1851–1922) 		Liberal 31 May 1913 –
5 September 1914 		Lost seat. Later elected to the Victorian Legislative Council in 1916
  Alfred Ozanne
(1877–1961) 		Labor 5 September 1914 –
5 May 1917 		Lost seat
  John Lister
(1875–1935) 		Nationalist 5 May 1917 –
12 October 1929 		Lost seat
  Arthur Lewis
(1882–1975) 		Labor 12 October 1929 –
19 December 1931 		Lost seat
  Richard Casey
(1890–1976) 		United Australia 19 December 1931 –
30 January 1940 		Served as minister under Lyons, Page and Menzies. Resigned to become the Australian Ambassador to the United States. Later elected to the Division of La Trobe in 1949
  John Dedman
(1896–1973) 		Labor 2 March 1940 –
10 December 1949 		Served as minister under Curtin, Forde and Chifley. Lost seat
  Hubert Opperman
(1904–1996) 		Liberal 10 December 1949 –
10 June 1967 		Served as Chief Government Whip in the House under Menzies. Served as minister under Menzies and Holt. Resigned to become the High Commissioner to Malta
  Gordon Scholes
(1931–2018) 		Labor 22 July 1967 –
8 February 1993 		Served as Speaker during the Whitlam and Fraser Governments. Served as minister under Hawke. Retired
  Gavan O'Connor
(1947–) 		13 March 1993 –
18 October 2007 		Lost preselection and then lost seat
  Independent 18 October 2007 –
24 November 2007
  Richard Marles
(1967–) 		Labor 24 November 2007 –
present 		Served as minister under Rudd. Incumbent. Currently a minister and Deputy Prime Minister under Albanese

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Corio
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Victoria § Corio.[edit]
2022 Australian federal election: Corio[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Richard Marles 40,846 42.13 −5.47
Liberal Manish Patel 23,822 24.57 −9.28
Greens Simon Northeast 14,450 14.91 +1.84
United Australia Shane Murdock 4,781 4.93 −0.55
One Nation Robert Jones 3,788 3.91 +3.91
Liberal Democrats Max Payne 3,383 3.49 +3.49
Socialist Alliance Sue Bull 2,444 2.52 +2.52
Animal Justice Naomi Adams 2,350 2.42 +2.42
Federation Jessica Taylor 1,080 1.11 +1.11
Total formal votes 96,944 94.78 −1.66
Informal votes 5,341 5.22 +1.66
Turnout 102,285 90.91 −2.97
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Richard Marles 60,919 62.84 +2.52
Liberal Manish Patel 36,025 37.16 −2.52
Labor hold Swing +2.52

References

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "2013 Federal Post-Election Pendulum". Election Blog. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ^ Muller, Damon (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Profile of the electoral division of Corio (Vic)". Current federal electoral divisions. Australian Electoral Commission. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  4. ^ Corio, VIC, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.

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