Division of Wannon

Wannon
Australian House of Representatives Division
Wannon; Australian House of Representatives Division
	Division of Wannon (green) in Victoria
Created	1900
MP	Dan Tehan
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Wannon River
Area	33,854 km2 (13,071.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

The Division of Wannon is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria.

It is in the south-west of the state, and includes much of the western part of Victoria. It is next to the South Australian border in the west, and the Bass Strait coast in the south. The Division includes the towns of Warnambool, Portland, Ararat, Hamilton, Stawell and Halls Gap. The Grampians and the Port Campbell National Parks are in the Division. Maryborough and Avoca will become part of Wannon at the 2013 federal election after changes that took place on December 24, 2010.

The Division was one of the 75 divisions drawn up for the first federal election in 1901. It was named after the Wannon River, which had been named by Major Mitchell in 1836.

Members

	Party	Term
Samuel Cooke	Free Trade	1901–1903
Arthur Robinson	Free Trade	1903–1906
John McDougall	Labor	1906–1913
Arthur Rodgers	Commonwealth Liberal	1913–1917
Arthur Rodgers	Nationalist	1917–1922
John McNeill	Labor	1922–1925
Arthur Rodgers	Nationalist	1925–1929
John McNeill	Labor	1929–1931
Thomas Scholfield	United Australia	1931–1940
Donald McLeod	Labor	1940–1949
Daniel Mackinnon	Liberal	1949–1951
Donald McLeod	Labor	1951–1955
Malcolm Fraser	Liberal	1955–1983
David Hawker	Liberal	1983–2010
Dan Tehan	Liberal	2010–present

For the first 50 years the division was held by both the Australian Labor Party and the conservative parties. However, changes in 1955 removed most of the seat's Labor-friendly territory, and it has been a safe Liberal seat since then. The seat was held by former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser.

Election results

2022 Australian federal election: Wannon^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dan Tehan	44,948	44.46	−6.63
	Independent	Alex Dyson	19,504	19.29	+9.64
	Labor	Gilbert Wilson	19,303	19.09	−6.85
	Greens	Hilary McAllister	6,444	6.37	−0.39
	United Australia	Craige Kensen	3,308	3.27	−2.27
	One Nation	Ronnie Graham	3,275	3.24	+3.24
	Independent	Graham Garner	2,346	2.32	+2.32
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Mead	1,973	1.95	+1.95
Total formal votes			101,101	94.75	−1.47
Informal votes			5,603	5.25	+1.47
Turnout			106,704	92.22	−2.84
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Liberal	Dan Tehan	59,722	59.07	−1.10
	Labor	Gilbert Wilson	41,379	40.93	+1.10
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Dan Tehan	54,517	53.92	−6.24
	Independent	Alex Dyson	46,584	46.08	+46.08
	Liberal hold		Swing	–6.24