Chisholm
Australian House of Representatives Division |
| State or territory: |
Victoria |
| Created: |
1949 |
| MP: |
Anna Burke |
| Party: |
Labor |
| Namesake: |
Caroline Chisholm |
| Electors: |
86,128 |
| Area: |
61 km² (23. 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 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Anna Elizabeth Burke (born 1 January 1966 Australian politician has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since Political parties in Australia lists political parties in Australia. Caroline Chisholm ( 30 May 1808 - March 25, 1877) was a progressive 19th-century English Humanitarian known mostly for her involvement 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 6 sq mi) |
| Demographic: |
Inner Metropolitan |
The Division of Chisholm 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 1949 and is named for Caroline Chisholm, a social worker and promoter of women's immigration. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Caroline Chisholm ( 30 May 1808 - March 25, 1877) was a progressive 19th-century English Humanitarian known mostly for her involvement It is located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 Until the 1980s it was a safe Liberal Party seat based on Camberwell, but since then boundary changes have moved it south-east and made it a marginal seat, taking in the suburbs of Box Hill, Burwood and parts of Clayton. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Camberwell is a Suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the local municipality of the City of Boroondara. Box Hill is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is in the Local Government Area of the City of Whitehorse. Burwood is a Suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. Clayton is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Monash. It has been held by the Australian Labor Party since 1998. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The first member for Chisholm, Sir Wilfrid Kent Hughes, was one of Australia's most distinguished soldiers, who held the seat until his death on 31 July 1970. Sir Wilfrid Selwyn Kent Hughes KBE, MVO, MC (12 June 1895 &ndash 31 July 1970 was an Australian soldier Olympian and Olympic Games organiser Events 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian 's forces but most of his army subsequently Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Members
Election results
| Australian federal election, 2007: Chisholm |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labor |
Anna Burke |
38,439 |
48. Sir Wilfrid Selwyn Kent Hughes KBE, MVO, MC (12 June 1895 &ndash 31 July 1970 was an Australian soldier Olympian and Olympic Games organiser The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Electoral reform As of this election single transferrable vote with Proportional representation became the method for electing the Senate Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Anthony Allan (Tony Staley, AO (born 15 May 1939) is an Australian Politician, member of parliament and businessman The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Issues The mood in the electorate was moving against the Fraser Government by 1980 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 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 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. Federal elections were held in Australia on 11 July 1987 following the granting of a double dissolution on 5 June by the Governor-General Sir Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Anna Elizabeth Burke (born 1 January 1966 Australian politician has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since Results House of Representatives preference flows The Nationals had candidates in 13 seats where Three-cornered-contests existed Federal elections for the Parliament of Australia were held on Saturday 24 November 2007 after a 6-week campaign in which 13 Anna Elizabeth Burke (born 1 January 1966 Australian politician has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since 12 |
+4. 13 |
|
Liberal |
Myles King |
31,514 |
39. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. 45 |
-4. 16 |
|
Greens |
Alistair McCaskill |
6,765 |
8. The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is a Green Australian political party. 47 |
+1. 13 |
|
Family First |
Gary Ong |
1,953 |
2. The Family First Party is a socially conservative minor Political party in Australia. 45 |
+0. 56 |
|
Democrats |
Daniel Berk |
1,053 |
1. The Australian Democrats is an Australian Political party espousing a centrist or Social liberal ideology 32 |
-0. 69 |
|
Citizens Electoral Council |
Lars Thystrup |
150 |
0. The Citizens Electoral Council of Australia ( CEC) is a minor nationalist political party in Australia affiliated with the international LaRouche Movement 19 |
+0. 01 |
| Total formal votes |
79,874 |
97. 39 |
+0. 74 |
| Informal votes |
2,139 |
2. 61 |
-0. 74 |
| Turnout |
82,013 |
95. Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a Ballot in an Election. 22 |
+0. 38 |
| Two Candidate Preferred Result |
|
Labor |
Anna Burke |
45,833 |
57. Anna Elizabeth Burke (born 1 January 1966 Australian politician has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since 38 |
+4. 73 |
|
Liberal |
Myles King |
34,041 |
42. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. 62 |
-4. 73 |
|
Labor hold |
Swing |
+4. The term swing is used in Australia in a different sense from that employed in Britain, where the term originated (see Swing (politics) 73 |
|
| Australian federal election, 2004: Chisholm |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labor |
Anna Burke |
34,241 |
43. 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 Anna Elizabeth Burke (born 1 January 1966 Australian politician has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since 99 |
+1. 61 |
|
Liberal |
Stephen Hartney |
33,945 |
43. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. 61 |
-0. 01 |
|
Greens |
Penny Harris |
5,715 |
7. The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is a Green Australian political party. 34 |
+1. 17 |
|
Democrats |
James Bennett |
1,561 |
2. The Australian Democrats is an Australian Political party espousing a centrist or Social liberal ideology 01 |
-4. 73 |
|
Family First |
Gary Ong |
1,468 |
1. The Family First Party is a socially conservative minor Political party in Australia. 89 |
+1. 89 |
|
Independent |
Owen Lysaght |
763 |
0. In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. 98 |
+0. 98 |
|
Citizens Electoral Council |
Wayne Barwick |
137 |
0. The Citizens Electoral Council of Australia ( CEC) is a minor nationalist political party in Australia affiliated with the international LaRouche Movement 18 |
+0. 18 |
| Total formal votes |
77,830 |
96. 65 |
-0. 34 |
| Informal votes |
2,700 |
3. 35 |
+0. 34 |
| Turnout |
80,530 |
94. Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a Ballot in an Election. 84 |
-0. 60 |
| Two Candidate Preferred Result |
|
Labor |
Anna Burke |
40,980 |
52. Anna Elizabeth Burke (born 1 January 1966 Australian politician has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since 65 |
-0. 03 |
|
Liberal |
Stephen Hartney |
36,850 |
47. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. 35 |
+0. 03 |
|
Labor hold |
Swing |
-0. The term swing is used in Australia in a different sense from that employed in Britain, where the term originated (see Swing (politics) 03 |
|
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