2001 Profile of the division of Indi

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State:

Victoria

Name Derivation:

Named after an Aboriginal name for the Murray River.

Area and Location Description:

It covers an area of approximately 24 044 sq km along the New South Wales border from Yarrawonga to Corryong in the north and to Euroa in the south and Dinner Plain in the east.

The main towns include Beechworth, Benalla, Bright, Corryong, Euroa, Mount Beauty, Myrtleford, Rutherglen, Tallangatta, Violet Town, Wangaratta, Wodonga and Yarrawonga.

Products/Industries of the area:

Forestry, woodchipping, tobacco, fruit (kiwi fruit, blueberries, stone and citrus fruits), viticulture, agriculture, timber processing, manufacturing and tourism.

First Proclaimed/Election

1900/1901

Members

Sophie Panopoulos (LP) 2001–

L Lieberman (LP) 1993–2001

E C Cameron (LP) 1977–93

R M Holton (ACP/NCP) 1958–77

W D Bostock (LP) 1949–58

J McEwen (ACP) 1937–49

W J Hutchinson (UAP) 1931–37

P Jones (ALP) 1928–31

R Cook (ACP) 1919–28

J W Leckie (NP) 1917–19

P J Moloney (ALP) 1914–17

C J Ahern (LIB) 1913–14

P J Moloney (ALP) 1910–13

J T Brown (ASP) 1906–10

I A Isaacs (PROT) 1901–06

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Demographic Rating

Rural

3 October 1998 Election	6 November 1999 Referendum	10 November 2001 Election
Enrolment: 82 066 Informal Vote: 3.88% Turnout: 96.18% Seat Status: Safe Liberal Two Party Preferred: ALP: 39.89% LP: 60.11%	Enrolment: 84 170 Informal Vote: Republic Question 0.72% Preamble Question 0.79% Turnout: Republic Question 95.60% Preamble Question 95.57%	Enrolment: 85 758 Informal Vote: 5.22% Turnout: 95.64% Seat Status: Safe Liberal Two Party Preferred: ALP: 38.85% LP: 61.15%