Division of Gippsland

The Division of Gippsland 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 the Gippsland region of eastern Victoria, which in turn is named for Sir George Gipps, Governor of New South Wales 1838-46. It includes the towns of Bairnsdale, Morwell, Sale and Traralgon. In 104 years Gippsland has never elected a Labor member. It has been held by the Country Party and its successor the National Party since 1922: it is the only seat the party has held continuously since its creation. On its new boundaries, however, it takes in most of the industrial Latrobe Valley and is a marginal seat.

Member	Party	Term
Hon Allan McLean	Protectionist, Anti-Socialist	1901-06
George Wise	Protectionist, Independent	1906-13
James Bennett	Liberal	1913-14
Hon George Wise	Independent, Nationalist	1914-22
Hon Thomas Paterson	Country Party	1922-43
George Bowden	Country Party	1943-61
Hon Peter Nixon	Country Party, National Party	1961-83
Hon Peter McGauran	National Party	1983-

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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