Casey
Australian House of Representatives Division |
| State or territory: |
Victoria |
| Created: |
1969 |
| MP: |
Tony Smith |
| Party: |
Liberal |
| Namesake: |
Richard Casey |
| Electors: |
89,313 |
| Area: |
409 km² (157. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers of the Parliament of Australia; it is the Lower house, the Upper house being the Senate The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. The Commonwealth of Australia is made up of 8 states and territories controlled under a federal system of government Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. The Honourable Anthony David Hawthorn (Tony Smith (born 13 March 1967) is an Australian politician who has been a Liberal member of the Political parties in Australia lists political parties in Australia. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Richard Gardiner Casey Baron Casey KG GCMG CH DSO MC, (29 August 1890&ndash17 June 1976 was an Australian politician Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 9 sq mi) |
| Demographic: |
Outer Metropolitan |
The Division of Casey is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. The division was created in 1969 and is named for Richard Casey, who was Governor-General of Australia 1965-69. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Richard Gardiner Casey Baron Casey KG GCMG CH DSO MC, (29 August 1890&ndash17 June 1976 was an Australian politician The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia is the representative in Australia of the monarch of Australia (currently Elizabeth II Queen of Australia) Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It is located in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne and includes the suburbs of Croydon, Montrose and Olinda. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 Croydon is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Maroondah City Council. Montrose is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. Olinda is a small town in the Dandenong Ranges east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. When it was created it was a highly marginal seat, and at the 1972 federal election it was regarded as the "litmus seat, which the Australian Labor Party had to win to gain government (it did). Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. But in recent years boundary and demographic changes have made Casey an increasingly safe seat for the Liberal Party. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Labor has not held the seat since 1984. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) The seat's most prominent member has been Robert Halverson, who was Speaker of the House of Representatives 1996-98. The Speaker of the House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the House of Representatives the lower house of the Parliament of Australia. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)
Members
Election results
| Australian federal election, 2007: Casey |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal |
Tony Smith |
41,897 |
50. Peter Howson (born 22 May 1919) is a former Australian politician The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Issues The 1969 election centred heavily on the two leaders John Gorton and Gough Whitlam Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Race Mathews (born 27 March 1935) is a Co-operative economist, and former member of Victoria's State Parliament and Australia's Federal Parliament for the Issues The 1972 Election was largely focused on domestic policy issues and the role of the federal government in resolving these issues Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Federal elections were held in Australia on 13 December 1975 All 127 seats in the House of Representatives, and all 64 seats in the Senate were up for Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Background The coalition government led by Malcolm Fraser had to contend with a parlous economic situation with high inflation and high unemployment Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Dr Michael Richard Lewis Wooldridge (born November 7, 1956) is an Australian doctor and former politician and Health Minister of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Results House of Representatives preference flows The Nationals had candidates in 13 seats where Three-cornered-contests existed Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The Honourable Anthony David Hawthorn (Tony Smith (born 13 March 1967) is an Australian politician who has been a Liberal member of the The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Federal elections were held in Australia on 10 November, 2001. Federal elections for the Parliament of Australia were held on Saturday 24 November 2007 after a 6-week campaign in which 13 The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. The Honourable Anthony David Hawthorn (Tony Smith (born 13 March 1967) is an Australian politician who has been a Liberal member of the 15 |
-6. 12 |
|
Labor |
Dympna Beard |
29,949 |
35. Dympna Anne Beard (born 27 February 1949) was a Australian politician 85 |
+6. 17 |
|
Greens |
Salore Craig |
6,112 |
7. The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is a Green Australian political party. 32 |
-0. 55 |
|
Family First |
Daniel Harrison |
3,501 |
4. The Family First Party is a socially conservative minor Political party in Australia. 19 |
+0. 14 |
|
Democrats |
Tony Inglese |
1,546 |
1. The Australian Democrats is an Australian Political party espousing a centrist or Social liberal ideology 85 |
+0. 60 |
|
Christian Democrats |
George Moran |
533 |
0. The Christian Democratic Party (CDP is a minor Political party in Australia. 64 |
+0. 64 |
| Total formal votes |
83,538 |
97. 22 |
+1. 07 |
| Informal votes |
2,389 |
2. 78 |
-1. 07 |
| Turnout |
85,927 |
96. Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a Ballot in an Election. 21 |
+0. 44 |
| Two Candidate Preferred Result |
|
Liberal |
Tony Smith |
46,726 |
55. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. The Honourable Anthony David Hawthorn (Tony Smith (born 13 March 1967) is an Australian politician who has been a Liberal member of the 93 |
-5. 42 |
|
Labor |
Dympna Beard |
36,812 |
44. Dympna Anne Beard (born 27 February 1949) was a Australian politician 07 |
+5. 42 |
|
Liberal hold |
Swing |
-5. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. The term swing is used in Australia in a different sense from that employed in Britain, where the term originated (see Swing (politics) 42 |
|
| Australian federal election, 2004: Casey |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal |
Tony Smith |
45,050 |
56. Federal elections were held in Australia on 9 October, 2004. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. The Honourable Anthony David Hawthorn (Tony Smith (born 13 March 1967) is an Australian politician who has been a Liberal member of the 27 |
+4. 98 |
|
Labor |
Tony Dib |
23,762 |
29. 68 |
-3. 58 |
|
Greens |
Joy Ringrose |
6,302 |
7. The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is a Green Australian political party. 87 |
+0. 98 |
|
Family First |
Andrew Rushton |
3,243 |
4. The Family First Party is a socially conservative minor Political party in Australia. 05 |
+4. 05 |
|
Democrats |
Jos Vandersman |
1,002 |
1. The Australian Democrats is an Australian Political party espousing a centrist or Social liberal ideology 25 |
-7. 31 |
|
|
Daniel Chapman |
531 |
0. 66 |
+0. 66 |
|
Citizens Electoral Council |
Jeremy Beck |
167 |
0. The Citizens Electoral Council of Australia ( CEC) is a minor nationalist political party in Australia affiliated with the international LaRouche Movement 21 |
+0. 21 |
| Total formal votes |
80,057 |
96. 15 |
-0. 27 |
| Informal votes |
3,208 |
3. 85 |
+0. 27 |
| Turnout |
83,265 |
95. Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a Ballot in an Election. 77 |
+0. 02 |
| Two Candidate Preferred Result |
|
Liberal |
Tony Smith |
49,111 |
61. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. The Honourable Anthony David Hawthorn (Tony Smith (born 13 March 1967) is an Australian politician who has been a Liberal member of the 35 |
+4. 15 |
|
Labor |
Tony Dib |
30,946 |
38. 65 |
-4. 15 |
|
Liberal hold |
Swing |
+4. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. The term swing is used in Australia in a different sense from that employed in Britain, where the term originated (see Swing (politics) 15 |
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