Division of Flinders

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The Division of Flinders is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named for Matthew Flinders, the first man to circumnavigate Australia, and the person credited with giving Australia her name.

Originally a country seat south and east of Melbourne, Flinders has been gradually cut back to the outer southern suburbs on the Mornington Peninsula, including Dromana, Hastings and Portsea.

It has usually been a fairly safe seat for the Liberal Party and its predecessors, but has occasionally been won by the Australian Labor Party, most famously in 1929 when Prime Minister Stanley Bruce was defeated. This was the only time an Australian Prime Minister has lost his own seat at a general election.

Other prominent members include Sir Phillip Lynch, a Cabinet minister in the Fraser government, and Peter Reith, a senior minister in the Howard government. As well as holding Flinders, both Lynch and Reith had served a stint as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party.

Member Party Term
Arthur Groom Free Trade 1901-1903
James Gibb Free Trade, Anti-Socialist 1903-1906
Hon Sir William Irvine Anti-Socialist, Liberal, Nationalist 1906-1918
Rt Hon Stanley Bruce Nationalist 1918-1929
Ted Holloway Labor 1929-1931
Rt Hon Stanley Bruce United Australia 1931-1933
James Fairbairn United Australia 1933-1940
Rupert Ryan Utd.Aus., Liberal 1940-1952
Keith Ewert Labor 1952-1954
Robert Lindsay Liberal 1954-1966
Rt Hon Sir Phillip Lynch Liberal 1966-1982
Peter Reith Liberal 1982-1983
Robert Chynoweth Labor 1983-1984
Hon Peter Reith Liberal 1984-2001
Greg Hunt Liberal 2001-
Electoral Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in Victoria

Aston | Ballarat | Batman | Bendigo | Bruce | Calwell | Casey | Chisholm | Corangamite | Corio | Deakin | Dunkley | Flinders | Gellibrand | Gippsland | Goldstein | Gorton | Higgins | Holt | Hotham | Indi | Isaacs | Jagajaga | Kooyong | Lalor | La Trobe | McEwen | McMillan | Mallee | Maribyrnong | Melbourne | Melbourne Ports | Menzies | Murray | Scullin | Wannon | Wills
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