Division of Burke (1949–1955)

Former Australian federal electoral division

Australian electorate

Burke Australian House of Representatives Division
Created	1949
Abolished	1955
Namesake	Robert O'Hara Burke

The Division of Burke was an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was named after Robert O'Hara Burke, an explorer who led the Victorian expedition in 1860, the first white explorer to cross Australia from south to north. The division was created in 1949 and replaced the similarly located and pronounced division of Bourke. It was located in the inner suburbs of Melbourne, including Brunswick and Fitzroy. It was a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party. It was abolished in 1955.

Members

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Ted Peters (1897–1980)	Labor	10 December 1949 – 10 December 1955	Transferred to the Division of Scullin after Burke was abolished in 1955

"ELECTORAL DIVISION OF Bourke". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 27 May 1954. p. 15. Retrieved 8 April 2015.

v t e Electoral divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in Victoria
Labor (25)	Aston Ballarat Bendigo Bruce Calwell Chisholm Cooper Corangamite Corio Dunkley Fraser Gellibrand Gorton Hawke Higgins Holt Hotham Isaacs Jagajaga Lalor Macnamara Maribyrnong McEwen Scullin Wills
Liberal (6)	Casey Deakin Flinders La Trobe Menzies Wannon
Nationals (3)	Gippsland Mallee Nicholls
Independent (4)	Goldstein Indi Kooyong Monash
Greens (1)	Melbourne
Abolished	Balaclava Batman Bourke Burke (1949–1955) Burke (1969–2004) Corinella (1901–1906) Corinella (1990–1996) Darebin Diamond Valley Echuca Fawkner Grampians Henty Higinbotham Hoddle Isaacs (1949–1969) Laanecoorie McMillan Melbourne Ports Mernda Moira Murray Northern Melbourne Scullin (1955–1969) Southern Melbourne Streeton Wimmera Yarra
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