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McMillan Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of McMillan in Victoria, as of the 2016 federal election
Created	1949
Abolished	2019
Namesake	Angus McMillan
Electors	116,200 (2016)
Area	8,328 km (3,215.5 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

The Division of McMillan was an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It was located in the western part of the Gippsland region, which extends for the length of Victoria's eastern Bass Strait coastline. It included the outer south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Pakenham, and also included the towns of Warragul, Moe, Wonthaggi, Leongatha and Foster. It stretched from Mount Baw Baw and the Baw Baw National Park in the north to Wilsons Promontory, and the Wilsons Promontory National Park in the south. It was the southernmost electoral division in continental Australia. It was replaced by the Division of Monash in 2019.

History

The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 11 May 1949, and was first contested at the 1949 election. It was named after Angus McMillan, a mass murderer and early European explorer in the Gippsland region responsible for the Gippsland massacres. The seat traded hands between the conservative parties from its creation until Labor finally won it in 1980. The Division has changed hands five times in the last seven Federal elections. The change at the 2004 election was attributed to the redistribution of 29 January 2003, which removed the traditionally Labor-voting cities of Traralgon and Morwell from the Division. This allowed Liberal Russell Broadbent to win the seat once again; he had previously held it from 1996 to 1998. Broadbent was re-elected in the 2007 election.

The 1972 federal election saw Country Party candidate Arthur Hewson win the seat from third place and a primary vote of 16.6%. This is the lowest primary vote for a winning candidate in any federal election; Hewson overtook the Liberal candidate on preferences from the Democratic Labor Party and disendorsed sitting Liberal MP Alex Buchanan, and then defeated the Labor candidate on Liberal preferences.

The division was renamed to the Division of Monash in 2018.

Members

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Geoffrey Brown (1894–1955)	Liberal	10 December 1949 – 14 October 1955	Died in office
		Alex Buchanan (1905–1985)		10 December 1955 – 1972	Lost preselection and then lost seat
			Independent	1972 – 2 December 1972
		Arthur Hewson (1914–1999)	Country/National Country	2 December 1972 – 13 December 1975	Previously a member of the Victorian Legislative Council. Lost seat
		Barry Simon (1936–2004)	Liberal	13 December 1975 – 18 October 1980	Lost seat
		Barry Cunningham (1939–2018)	Labor	18 October 1980 – 24 March 1990	Served as Chief Government Whip in the House under Hawke. Lost seat
		John Riggall (1941–)	Liberal	24 March 1990 – 13 March 1993	Lost seat
		Barry Cunningham (1939–2018)	Labor	13 March 1993 – 2 March 1996	Lost seat
		Russell Broadbent (1950–)	Liberal	2 March 1996 – 3 October 1998	Previously held the Division of Corinella. Lost seat
		Christian Zahra (1973–)	Labor	3 October 1998 – 9 October 2004	Lost seat
		Russell Broadbent (1950–)	Liberal	9 October 2004 – 11 April 2019	Transferred to the Division of Monash after McMillan was abolished in 2019

Election results

References

1. Symons, Bec (2 August 2016). "Scottish journalist Cal Flyn tracks relative Angus McMillan, linked to Gippsland massacres". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
2. Flyn, Cal (21 May 2016). "'My relative was a mass murderer of Australia's Gunai people. Can I make amends?'". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
3. Strong, Geoff (11 October 2004). "Three times lucky for seasoned campaigner". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 3 July 2005.
4. Carr, Adam. "1972 results - Victoria". Psephos. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
5. Colebatch, Tim (2 September 2010). "Wilkie's winning tally of 21 not the smallest ever". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
6. McMillan, VIC, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

External links

• Division of McMillan - Australian Electoral Commission

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• Former electoral divisions of Australia
• Constituencies established in 1949
• Constituencies disestablished in 2019
• 1949 establishments in Australia