2004 Profile of the division of Indi

Updated: 29 September 2011

State:

Victoria

Name Derivation:

Named after an Aboriginal name for the Murray River.

Area and Location Description:

Indi covers an area of approximately 28 008 sq km along the New South Wales border from Rutherglen to Corryong in the north, Avenel and Woods Point in the south and the snowfields of Falls Creek, Mount Hotham, Mount Buffalo and Mount Buller in the east. The main towns include Beechworth, Benalla, Bright, Corryong, Euroa, Mansfield, Mount Beauty, Myrtleford, Rutherglen, Tallangatta, Violet Town, Wangaratta and Wodonga.

Map of Division:

Products/Industries of the Area:

Tourism, forestry, wood chipping, viticulture, agriculture, timber processing and manufacturing.

First Proclaimed/Election:

1900/1901

Demographic Rating:

Rural

Members:

  • PANOPOULOS, S (LP) 2001–
  • LIEBERMAN, L (LP) 1993–2001
  • CAMERON, E C (LP) 1977–1993
  • HOLTON, R M (ACP/NCP) 1958–1977
  • BOSTOCK, W D (LP) 1949–1958
  • MCEWEN, J (ACP) 1937–1949
  • HUTCHINSON, W J (UAP) 1931–1937
  • JONES, P (ALP) 1928–1931
  • COOK, R (ACP) 1919–1928
  • LECKIE, J W (NP) 1917–1919
  • MOLONEY, P J (ALP) 1914–1917
  • AHERN, C J (LIB) 1913–1914
  • MOLONEY, P J (ALP) 1910–1913
  • BROWN, J T (ASP) 1906–1910
  • ISAACS, I A (PROT) 1901–1906

Current Member Details:

See the Parliament of Australia website

AEC Divisional Office Address:

See Divisional Office Contact Details

2004 Federal Election Results:

  • Enrolment: 89 355
  • Informal Vote: 2.88%
  • Turnout: 95.37%
  • Seat Status: Safe Liberal
  • Two Party Preferred: LP: 66.29% | ALP: 33.71%

Further information:

For supporting information, see Party Codes, Demographic Ratings and Seat Status.