Division of Gorton

Gorton
Australian House of Representatives Division
Gorton; Australian House of Representatives Division
	Division of Gorton in Victoria, as of the 2022 federal election
Created	2004
MP	Brendan O'Connor
Party	Labor
Namesake	Sir John Gorton
Electors	110,928 (2022)
Area	217 km2 (83.8 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer metropolitan

The Division of Gorton is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria.

History

Sir John Gorton, the division's namesake

The division was created in 2004 to replace the abolished Division of Burke, and is named in honour Sir John Gorton, who served as the 19th prime Minister of Australia from 1968 to 1971. Gorton had served in the Senate from 1949 to 1968, before switching houses to represent the Victorian federal seat of Higgins until 1975.

The constituency of Gorton features a high proportion of young families and new suburban developments in the working-class outer western suburbs of the Melbourne metropolitan area.

The incumbent member for Gorton is Brendan O'Connor, a member of the Australian Labor Party. O'Connor has represented Gorton since its creation at the 2004 federal election.

Boundaries

Federal electoral division boundaries in Australia are determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.^[1]

Gorton is located in the outer western suburbs of Melbourne. As of 2021, it includes the suburbs of Aintree, Bonnie Brook, Burnside, Burnside Heights, Caroline Springs, Deanside, Deer Park, Delahey, Grangefields, Fieldstone, Fraser Rise, Keilor, Keilor Downs, Kings Park, Ravenhall, Rockbank, Sydenham, Taylors Hill, Taylors Lakes, Thornhill Park, Truganina and parts of Deer Park, Derrimut, Hillside and Mount Cottrell.^[2]^[3]

It previously included the suburbs of Albanvale, Brookfield, Cairnlea, Cobblebank, Harkness, Kurunjang, Melton, Melton South, Plumpton and Strathtulloh; parts of Diggers Rest, Parwan, and Toolern Vale; as well as the townships of Exford and Eynesbury prior to past redistributions.

Members

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Brendan O'Connor (1962–)	Labor	9 October 2004 – present	Previously held the Division of Burke. Served as minister under Rudd and Gillard. Incumbent. Currently a minister under Albanese

Election results

2022 Australian federal election: Gorton^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brendan O'Connor	38,178	41.30	−10.13
	Liberal	John Fletcher	25,350	27.42	−0.56
	Greens	Praise Morris	8,325	9.01	+1.58
	United Australia	Michael Virag	7,082	7.66	+0.36
	One Nation	Daniel Connor	6,719	7.27	+7.27
	Independent	Steven Loncar	2,341	2.53	+2.53
	Victorian Socialists	Belle Gibson	2,064	2.23	+2.23
	Great Australian	Tony Dobran	1,312	1.42	+0.64
	Federation	Paul Lassig	1,063	1.15	+1.15
Total formal votes			92,434	92.88	−1.04
Informal votes			7,089	7.12	+1.04
Turnout			99,523	89.77	−1.24
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Brendan O'Connor	55,434	59.97	−4.27
	Liberal	John Fletcher	37,000	40.03	+4.27
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.27

Alluvial diagram for preference flows in the seat of Gorton in the 2022 federal election.

indicates at what stage the winning candidate had over 50% of the votes and was declared the winner.

Primary vote results in Gorton (Parties that did not get 5% of the vote are omitted)

Labor

Liberal

Greens

Family First

Palmer United/United Australia Party

One Nation

Independent

Two-candidate-preferred results in Gorton

References

^ Muller, Damon (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
^ "July 2021 MAP OF COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL DIVISION OF GORTON" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
^ "augmented Electoral Commission for Victoria, Redistribution of Victoria into electoral divisions" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. augmented Electoral Commission for Victoria. p. 101. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
^ Gorton, VIC, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.

External links

Division of Gorton - Australian Electoral Commission

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[1] Muller, Damon (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2022.

[2] "July 2021 MAP OF COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL DIVISION OF GORTON" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 31 May 2022.

[3] "augmented Electoral Commission for Victoria, Redistribution of Victoria into electoral divisions" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. augmented Electoral Commission for Victoria. p. 101. Retrieved 31 May 2022.

[4] Gorton, VIC, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.

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