# Division of Wannon

The Division of Wannon is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria.

## History

The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first Federal election. The division was named after the Wannon River. For the first half-century after Federation, it regularly traded hands between the Australian Labor Party and the conservative parties. However, a 1955 redistribution removed most of the seat's Labor-friendly territory, and it has been a safe Liberal seat for most of its history since then.
The seat's most notable member was Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, to date the last prime minister from a country seat. His successor, David Hawker, was Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives during the last term of the Howard Government. Hawker retired in 2010 and was succeeded by Dan Tehan.

## Boundaries

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.
The division is located in the south-west of the state, and encompasses most of the Western District of the state. It adjoins the South Australian border in the west, the Bass Strait coast in the south to Anglesea in the east, and extends north to the Grampians. Following the redistribution on 26 July 2021 the division encompasses the towns of Warrnambool, Colac, Portland, Hamilton, and Ararat. The Budj Bim, Great Otway, Lower Glenelg, and Port Campbell National Parks are in the division, as is southern portion of the Grampians National Park.

## Members

| Member | Party | Term | Notes |
| Samuel Cooke (1847–1929) | Free Trade | 29 March 1901 – 23 November 1903 | Previously a member of the Victorian Legislative Council. Retired |
| Arthur Robinson (1872–1945) | Free Trade | 16 December 1903 – 1906 | Previously held the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Dundas. Lost seat. Later elected to the Victorian Legislative Council in 1912 |
| Arthur Robinson (1872–1945) | Anti-Socialist | 1906 – 12 December 1906 | Previously held the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Dundas. Lost seat. Later elected to the Victorian Legislative Council in 1912 |
| John McDougall (1867–1957) | Labor | 12 December 1906 – 31 May 1913 | Lost seat |
| Arthur Rodgers (1876–1936) | Liberal | 31 May 1913 – 17 February 1917 | Served as minister under Hughes. Lost seat |
| Arthur Rodgers (1876–1936) | Nationalist | 17 February 1917 – 16 December 1922 | Served as minister under Hughes. Lost seat |
| John McNeill (1868–1943) | Labor | 16 December 1922 – 14 November 1925 | Lost seat |
| Arthur Rodgers (1876–1936) | Nationalist | 14 November 1925 – 12 October 1929 | Lost seat |
| John McNeill (1868–1943) | Labor | 12 October 1929 – 19 December 1931 | Served as minister under Scullin. Lost seat |
| Thomas Scholfield (1894–1964) | United Australia | 19 December 1931 – 21 September 1940 | Lost seat |
| Don McLeod (1892–1963) | Labor | 21 September 1940 – 10 December 1949 | Lost seat |
| Dan Mackinnon (1903–1983) | Liberal | 10 December 1949 – 28 April 1951 | Lost seat. Later elected to the Division of Corangamite in 1953 |
| Don McLeod (1892–1963) | Labor | 28 April 1951 – 4 November 1955 | Retired |
| Malcolm Fraser (1930–2015) | Liberal | 10 December 1955 – 31 March 1983 | Served as minister under Holt, McEwen, Gorton and McMahon. Served as Opposition Leader in 1975. Served as Prime Minister from 1975 to 1983. Resigned to retire from politics |
| David Hawker (1949–) | Liberal | 7 May 1983 – 19 July 2010 | Served as Speaker during the Howard Government. Retired |
| Dan Tehan (1968–) | Liberal | 21 August 2010 – present | Served as minister under Turnbull and Morrison. Incumbent |

## Election results

2022 Australian federal election: Wannon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Dan Tehan | 44,948 | 44.46 | −6.63 |
| | Independent | Alex Dyson | 19,504 | 19.29 | +9.64 |
| | Labor | Gilbert Wilson | 19,303 | 19.09 | −6.85 |
| | Greens | Hilary McAllister | 6,444 | 6.37 | −0.39 |
| | United Australia | Craige Kensen | 3,308 | 3.27 | −2.27 |
| | One Nation | Ronnie Graham | 3,275 | 3.24 | +3.24 |
| | Independent | Graham Garner | 2,346 | 2.32 | +2.32 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Amanda Mead | 1,973 | 1.95 | +1.95 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 101,101 | 94.75 | −1.47 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 5,603 | 5.25 | +1.47 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 106,704 | 92.22 | −2.84 |
| Notional two-party-preferred count ||||||
| | Liberal | Dan Tehan | 59,722 | 59.07 | −1.10 |
| | Labor | Gilbert Wilson | 41,379 | 40.93 | +1.10 |
| Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
| | Liberal | Dan Tehan | 54,517 | 53.92 | −6.24 |
| | Independent | Alex Dyson | 46,584 | 46.08 | +46.08 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | | | |