The information provided here is for the redistribution of federal electoral divisions in Victoria. Information about the 2020-21 redivision of Victoria’s state electoral boundaries is available on the Electoral Boundaries Commission website.
Members of the public were invited to submit written comments on the suggestions relating to the redistribution.
Guidelines were available to help those making comments who were recommended to look at:
Comments on suggestions may concern one or more electoral divisions and may be about:
In developing comments on suggestions about the names of a federal electoral division, members of the public were advised it may be helpful to consider:
In developing a comment on suggestions about the boundaries of a federal electoral division or where the new electoral division should be located, members of the public were advised it may be helpful to consider:
The 48 comments on suggestions received by the Victorian Redistribution Committee are provided below.
No | Submitted by | Topics referred to | Divisions referred to | Suggestions referred to |
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CS1 | Maroondah City Council | Division boundaries | Deakin and Menzies | S13, S24, S28, S31, S34, S43, S70, S85, S90, S97, S99, S100 and S101 |
CS2 | Community Planning and Development Program, La Trobe University | Division names | New division | S41 |
CS3 | Dr Deborah Towns OAM | Division names | New division | |
CS4 | Caitlin No | Division names | All Victorian electoral divisions and the new division | Many suggestions |
CS5 | Linda Bennett | Division names | S74, S92 and S96 | |
CS6 | Anonymous 1 | Division names | Gellibrand | |
CS7 | Greg Parry | Division names | Gellibrand | |
CS8 | Ringwood RSL | Division boundaries | Deakin | S13, S24, S31, S34, S43, S70, S85, S90, S97, S99, S100 and S101 |
CS9 | Jonathan Page | Division names | New division | |
CS10 | Timothy Weber | Division names | Gellibrand and new division | |
CS11 | Susan Davies | Division names | New division | |
CS12 | Shauna Picard | Division names | New division | |
CS13 | Don Limn | Division names | ||
CS14 | Margaret Byrne | Division names | New division | S14 |
CS15 | Glenn Barrett | Division names | New division | |
CS16 | Marg Jungwirth | Division names | New division | |
CS17 | Kenneth Young | Division names | New division | |
CS18 | Martin Gordon | Division names and division boundaries | All Victorian electoral divisions and the new division | S4, S13, S34, S36, S44, S51, S58, S85, S87, S89, S90, S96, S97, S99, S100 and S102 |
CS19 | Alan James BA (Hons), Dip Ed, B Ed (Hons) | Division names | New division | S58 |
CS20 | Juliette Mendelovits | Division names | New division | |
CS21 | Bruce Mildenhall | Division names | Gellibrand | |
CS22 | Ellen White | Division boundaries | Mallee | |
CS23 | Dr Helen Haines MP | Division boundaries | Indi | |
CS24 | Diane Roddy | Division names | New division | |
CS25 | Glenys Rose | Division names | New division | |
CS26 | Maroondah Business Group | Division boundaries | Deakin | S13, S24, S31, S34, S43, S70, S85, S90, S97, S99, S100 and S101 |
CS27 | Michael Tandora | Division boundaries | McEwen, Scullin and the new division | S90 and S100 |
CS28 | Norwood Sporting Club | Division boundaries | Deakin | S13, S24, S28, S31, S34, S43, S70, S85, S90, S97, S99, S100 and S101 |
CS29 | Asian Business Association of Whitehorse | Division boundaries | Chisholm and Menzies | S13, S24, S28, S31, S34, S43, S70, S85, S90, S97, S99, S100 and S101 |
CS30 | Rowan Berry | Division names | New division | |
CS31 | Darren McSweeney | Division names and division boundaries | All Victorian electoral divisions and the new division | S2, S4, S9, S11, S12, S13, S14, S15, S16, S18, S20, S21, S22, S23, S24, S25, S27, S28, S30, S31, S32, S33, S34, S35, S36, S37, S38, S39, S40, S41, S42, S43, S44, S45, S46, S47, S48, S49, S50, S51, S52, S53, S54, S55, S56, S57, S58, S59, S60, S61, S62, S63, S64, S65, S66, S67, S70, S71, S72, S73, S74, S75, S76, S77, S78, S79, S80, S81, S82, S83, S85, S86, S88, S89, S90, S91, S92, S93, S94, S95, S96, S97, S99, S100 and S101 |
CS32 | Alan Strangwick | Division boundaries | McEwen | S13, S24, S31, S34, S43, S70, S85, S87, S89, S90, S93, S97, S99, S100 and S101 |
CS33 | Australian Greens Victoria | Division boundaries | Cooper, Higgins, Macnamara, Maribyrnong, Melbourne and Wills | S13, S24, S31, S34, S70, S90, S97, S99 and S101 |
CS34 | Sophie Stuart | Division boundaries | Dunkley, Flinders and Isaacs | S13, S34 and S101 |
CS35 | History Council of Victoria Inc | Division names | All Victorian electoral divisions and the new division | |
CS36 | Glenys Sharma | Division names | New division | |
CS37 | Dr Mark Mulcair | Division names and division boundaries | All Victorian electoral divisions and the new division | Many suggestions, specifically S34, S90, S97 and S100 |
CS38 | Tim Watts MP | Division names | Gellibrand | S100 |
CS39 | David Whittaker | Division names | New division | S58 |
CS40 | Justin Lamond | Division boundaries | Ballarat, Chisholm, Deakin, Gippsland, Higgins, Hotham, Macnamara, McEwen, Menzies and the new division | S24, S34, S89, S90, S93 and S100 |
CS41 | Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division) | Division boundaries | Ballarat, Bruce, Chisholm, Corangamite, Corio, Deakin, Goldstein, Gorton, Higgins, Holt, Hotham, Isaacs, La Trobe, Macnamara, McEwen, Menzies, Wannon and the new division | S6, S7, S8, S10, S13, S17, S19, S24, S28, S29, S30, S31, S34, S43, S70, S85, S87, S90, S93, S97, S99, S100, S101 and S102 |
CS42 | Mark Moncrieff | Division names | ||
CS43 | Val Pantchenko | Division names | All Victorian electoral divisions and the new division | |
CS44 | Zaccheus Evangelides | Division names and division boundaries | All Victorian electoral divisions and the new division | |
CS45 | Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) | Division names and division boundaries | All Victorian electoral divisions and the new division | Many suggestions, specifically S34, S90, S97 and S100 |
CS46 | Louis Davis | Division boundaries | Cooper, Higgins, Hotham, Isaacs, Macnamara, Melbourne and Wills | |
CS47 | Charles Richardson LL.B, Ph.D | Division names and division boundaries | All Victorian electoral divisions and the new division | S6, S7, S8, S10, S13, S17, S19, S24, S28, S29, S31, S34, S43, S69, S70, S84, S85, S87, S89, S90, S93, S97, S99, S100 and S101 |
CS48 | Will Douglas | Division names and division boundaries | Bruce, Chisholm, Deakin, Goldstein, Higgins, Hotham, Isaacs, Macnamara, Menzies, Wills and the new electoral division | Many suggestions, specifically S24, S100 and S101 |
The views expressed in the material reproduced above are those of the individuals or organisations who lodged the comment on suggestions, not the Victorian Redistribution Committe or the AEC.