Victorian federal redistribution
9. Report of the augmented Electoral Commission
Available on
Mon 20 Aug 2018
The name and boundaries of the new Division of Fraser, named in honour of
the former Prime Minister, the Rt Hon. John
Malcolm Fraser AC CH (1930–2015), have been unanimously adopted.
Two modifications have been made to the Redistribution Committee for Victoria’s
(Redistribution Committee’s) proposed
redistribution with respect to the names of electoral divisions. The Division of Batman
has been renamed ‘Cooper’ in
recognition of William Cooper and the name of the Division of Corangamite has been
retained. The augmented Electoral
Commission unanimously agreed to rename:
- the Division of McMillan to the ‘Division of Monash’, in honour of Sir John Monash
CB(M) KCB(M) GCMG
(1865–1931),
- the Division of Melbourne Ports to the ‘Division of Macnamara’, in honour of Dame
Annie Jean Macnamara DBE
(1899–1968), and
- the Division of Murray to the ‘Division of Nicholls’, in honour of Sir Douglas Ralph
Nicholls MBE(C) OBE(C) KCVO
(1906–88) and Lady Gladys Nicholls (1906–81).
The names of the remaining 32 electoral divisions have been retained by the augmented
Electoral Commission.
The augmented Electoral Commission has adopted all of the boundaries of electoral
divisions proposed by the
Redistribution Committee with the following modifications:
- the part of the locality of Kilsyth in Yarra Ranges Shire Council is now located in
the Division of Casey
- the entirety of the locality of Vermont South is now located in the Division of
Deakin
- the part of the locality of Surrey Hills to the east of Warrigal Road and south of
Canterbury Road is now
located in the Division of Chisholm
- the entirety of the localities of Bulla, Clarkefield and Wildwood, and part of the
localities of Diggers Rest
and Oaklands Junction, are now located in the Division of McEwen
- the localities of Barunah Park, Barunah Plains and Wingeel are now located in the
Division of Corangamite
- the locality of Gowanbrae, and those parts of the localities of Keilor Park and
Tullamarine south of the Western
Ring Road, are now located in the Division of Maribyrnong
- the part of the locality of Springvale to the east of Springvale Road is now located
in the Division of Bruce
- the part of the locality of Springvale South to the west of Springvale Road, and all
of the locality of Clayton
South, are now located in the Division of Hotham
- the entirety of Knox City Council is now located in the Division of Aston, including
part of the locality of
Upper Ferntree Gully and the entirety of the locality of Rowville
- those parts of the localities of Dandenong, Keysborough and Noble Park to the east
of Eastlink and to the south
of the Pakenham Railway line are now located in the Division of Isaacs
- the localities of Bunyip North, Garfield North, Maryknoll, Tonimbuk and Tynong North
are now located in the
Division of Monash
- the entirety of the locality of Williams Landing is now located in the Division of
Gellibrand
- a small number of minor alterations, involving little or no elector movement, to
adhere to features or
administrative boundaries
Updated: 20 August 2018