Division of Balaclava

Balaclava
Australian House of Representatives Division
Balaclava; Australian House of Representatives Division
Created	1901
Abolished	1984
Namesake	Balaclava

The Division of Balaclava was an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. It was set up for the first federal election in 1901. It was named for the suburb of Balaclava, which in turn was named for a battlefield of the Crimean War. It included the wealthy inner southern suburbs of Melbourne, including Brighton and Sandringham. It was abolished and replaced by the Division of Goldstein in 1984.^[1]

Members

	Party	Term
Sir George Turner	Protectionist	1901–1904
Sir George Turner	Free Trade	1904–1906
Agar Wynne	Independent Protectionist	1906–1909
Agar Wynne	Commonwealth Liberal	1909–1914
William Watt	Commonwealth Liberal	1914–1917
	Nationalist	1917–1922
	Liberal Union	1922–1925
	Nationalist	1925–1929
Thomas White	Nationalist	1929–1931
	United Australia	1931–1944
	Liberal	1944–1951
Percy Joske	Liberal	1951–1960
Ray Whittorn	Liberal	1960–1974
Ian Macphee	Liberal	1974–1984

Thomas White, the Air and Civil Aviation Minister, resigned to become Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. This caused a by-election. Percy Joske resigned in 1960 to become Judge of the Commonwealth Industrial Court, which also caused a by-election.