| Wills Australian House of Representatives Division |
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| State or territory: | Victoria |
| Created: | 1949 |
| MP: | Kelvin Thomson |
| Party: | Labor |
| Namesake: | William Wills |
| Electors: | 96,185 |
| Area: | 57 km² (22. 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. Kelvin John Thomson (born 1 May 1955 is an Australian politician Political parties in Australia lists political parties in Australia. W J Willsjpg|thumb|right|214px| Lithograph of William John Wills]] William John Wills ( 5 January 1834 – June 1861 was an English surveyor who 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 0 sq mi) |
| Demographic: | Inner Metropolitan |
The Division of Wills is an Australian electoral division (electorate) of 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. It is currently held by the Australian Labor Party's Kelvin Thomson. Kelvin John Thomson (born 1 May 1955 is an Australian politician
The electorate encompasses many of the suburbs in the City of Moreland in Melbourne's north, including Brunswick, Coburg, Fawkner, Glenroy, and Essendon Airport. It was named after William John Wills of Burke and Wills fame. W J Willsjpg|thumb|right|214px| Lithograph of William John Wills]] William John Wills ( 5 January 1834 – June 1861 was an English surveyor who In 1860-61 Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills led an expedition of 19 men with the intention of crossing Australia from Melbourne in the south to
One of Labor's safest seats with a 20 per cent swing required for the Liberals to win, Wills has been always been held by the ALP except between the 1992 by-election and 1996, when it was held by independent Phil Cleary. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. House of Reps preference flows The Democrats contested 138 electorates with preferences slightly favouring Labor (54 Philip Ronald Cleary (born 8 December 1952 is an Australian commentator on Politics and sport particularly Australian rules football, and a former independent politician Its highest-profile member was former Prime Minister Bob Hawke. The Prime Minister of Australia is the Head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General. Robert James Lee (Bob Hawke, AC (born 9 December 1929 was the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia and longest serving Australian Labor Party Prime Minister
The 1992 by-election is remarkable for a number of reasons: It was caused by Bob Hawke's retirement from parliament; it had twenty-two candidates standing; it was won by an independent; the results were thrown out as the winner, Phil Cleary, was on unpaid leave from the state education system (the Australian Constitution forbids people employed by the Crown from standing for election). The Constitution of Australia is the law under which the Australian Commonwealth Government operates Throughout the Commonwealth realms The Crown is an abstract metonymic concept which represents the legal authority for the existence of any government No replacement by-election was held as the court decision which threw out the results was made shortly before a general election was due.
Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Bryson | Labor | 1949—1955 | |
| Labor (Anti-Communist) | 1955—1955 | ||
| Gordon Bryant | Labor | 1955—1980 | |
| Bob Hawke | Labor | 1980—1992 | |
| Phil Cleary | Independent | 1992—1996 | |
| Kelvin Thomson | Labor | 1996—present | |
Election results
| Australian federal election, 2007: Wills | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Kelvin Thomson | 49,050 | 56. William George "Bill" Bryson ( 24 February 1898 – 2 March 1973) was an Australian politician for the Australian Labor Electoral reform As of this election single transferrable vote with Proportional representation became the method for electing the Senate Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) The Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist (ALP-AC was the name initially used by the right-wing group which split away from the Australian Labor Party in 1955, Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Gordon Munro Bryant ( August 3 1914 &ndash January 14 1991) was an Australian politician History In 1949 Sir Robert Menzies founded the Liberal Party of Australia (descended from the United Australia Party) and was led by Menzies for 16 years through Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Robert James Lee (Bob Hawke, AC (born 9 December 1929 was the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia and longest serving Australian Labor Party Prime Minister Issues The mood in the electorate was moving against the Fraser Government by 1980 Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Philip Ronald Cleary (born 8 December 1952 is an Australian commentator on Politics and sport particularly Australian rules football, and a former independent politician In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Kelvin John Thomson (born 1 May 1955 is an Australian politician House of Reps preference flows The Democrats contested 138 electorates with preferences slightly favouring Labor (54 Federal elections for the Parliament of Australia were held on Saturday 24 November 2007 after a 6-week campaign in which 13 Kelvin John Thomson (born 1 May 1955 is an Australian politician 89 | +3. 07 | |
| Liberal | Claude Tomisich | 21,166 | 24. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. 55 | -4. 15 | |
| Greens | David Collis | 11,912 | 13. The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is a Green Australian political party. 82 | +0. 82 | |
| Democrats | Edward Clarke | 2,005 | 2. The Australian Democrats is an Australian Political party espousing a centrist or Social liberal ideology 33 | +0. 91 | |
| Family First | Ihab Kelada | 1,233 | 1. The Family First Party is a socially conservative minor Political party in Australia. 43 | -0. 12 | |
| Socialist Alliance | Zane Alcorn | 624 | 0. The Socialist Alliance was founded in 2001 as an alliance of socialist organisations and individuals in Australia, initiated by the Democratic 72 | -0. 34 | |
| Citizens Electoral Council | Craig Isherwood | 227 | 0. The Citizens Electoral Council of Australia ( CEC) is a minor nationalist political party in Australia affiliated with the international LaRouche Movement 26 | -0. 19 | |
| Total formal votes | 86,217 | 95. 67 | +1. 17 | ||
| Informal votes | 3,902 | 4. 33 | -1. 17 | ||
| Turnout | 90,119 | 93. Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a Ballot in an Election. 69 | +0. 70 | ||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Labor | Kelvin Thomson | 62,432 | 72. Kelvin John Thomson (born 1 May 1955 is an Australian politician 41 | +5. 51 | |
| Liberal | Claude Tomisich | 23,785 | 27. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. 59 | -5. 51 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | -3. The term swing is used in Australia in a different sense from that employed in Britain, where the term originated (see Swing (politics) 67 | |||
| Australian federal election, 2004: Wills | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Kelvin Thomson | 44,158 | 53. 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 Kelvin John Thomson (born 1 May 1955 is an Australian politician 82 | -2. 22 | |
| Liberal | Blair Hamilton | 23,549 | 28. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. 70 | +3. 23 | |
| Greens | Toby Archer | 10,663 | 13. The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is a Green Australian political party. 00 | +4. 72 | |
| Family First | Deborah Suraci | 1,275 | 1. The Family First Party is a socially conservative minor Political party in Australia. 55 | +1. 55 | |
| Democrats | Robert Stone | 1,163 | 1. The Australian Democrats is an Australian Political party espousing a centrist or Social liberal ideology 42 | -4. 81 | |
| Socialist Alliance | David Glanz | 867 | 1. The Socialist Alliance was founded in 2001 as an alliance of socialist organisations and individuals in Australia, initiated by the Democratic 06 | +1. 06 | |
| Citizens Electoral Council | Noelene W Isherwood | 373 | 0. The Citizens Electoral Council of Australia ( CEC) is a minor nationalist political party in Australia affiliated with the international LaRouche Movement 45 | -1. 04 | |
| Total formal votes | 82,048 | 94. 50 | -0. 15 | ||
| Informal votes | 4,772 | 5. 50 | +0. 15 | ||
| Turnout | 86,820 | 92. Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a Ballot in an Election. 99 | -0. 80 | ||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Labor | Kelvin Thomson | 54,893 | 66. Kelvin John Thomson (born 1 May 1955 is an Australian politician 90 | -3. 67 | |
| Liberal | Blair Hamilton | 27,155 | 33. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. 10 | +3. 67 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | -3. The term swing is used in Australia in a different sense from that employed in Britain, where the term originated (see Swing (politics) 67 | |||
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