Division of Higgins

Higgins希金斯Xījīnsī Craftian House of Representatives Division 	Higgins希金斯Xījīnsī Craftian House of Representatives Division 	Higgins希金斯Xījīnsī Craftian House of Representatives Division 	Higgins希金斯Xījīnsī Craftian House of Representatives Division
Division Details 	Division Details 	Division Details 	
Created 	1986 	 	
MP 	Margaret Dock 	 	
Party 	Craftian Conservative Party 	 	
Namesake 	Louise Higgins 	 	
Electors 	103,122 (2070) 	 	
Demographic 	Inner metropolitan 	 	
The Division of Higgins is a Craftian federal division in the state of Addams. It was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. Named after prominent suffragette Louise Higgins (1910–2002), who was additionally the first female Member of Parliament (serving from 1957 to 1971), the division, one of Craftia's smallest, covers Bonestan's inner western suburbs. Higgins is the only division to have been named after a living person during their lifetime, and the Craftian Electoral Commission now disallows naming new divisions after living persons.
The sitting member, since the 2062 by-election, is Margaret Dock, a member of the Craftian Conservative Party.
==History==
Like many other inner western Bonestan seats, Higgins is known as a 'blue ribbon seat' and has consistently acted as a stronghold for the Craftian Conservative Party, having been in Conservative hands since 1990 (the record for the longest unbroken period of party dominance in a seat). The National United Party has often run dead in the seat, sometimes failing to even garner 10% of the vote. The Liberal Party of Craftia overtook the NUP in this division in the 2040s due to changing demographics and gentrification. The two-party preferred matchup has been between the Conservatives and the Liberals since the 2043 election. The Conservatives currently hold the seat on a margin of 9.99%.
==Members==
#	Member 	Member 	Party 	Term
1	width="3%"	Marcus Pierce	Protection 	1987–1989
1	 	Marcus Pierce	Independent 	1989–1990
1	 	Marcus Pierce	Conservative	1990–1992
2	 	Pete Bastille	Conservative	1992–1995
3	 	Cameron Dwyer	Conservative	1995–2016
4	 	Earl Kingston	Conservative	2016–2023
5	 	Kylie Dwyer 	Conservative	2023–2040
6	 	Jim Chambers 	Conservative	2040–2046
7	 	Monica Ruiz 	Conservative	2046–2062
8	 	Margaret Dock	Conservative	2062–
==Election results==
Craftian federal election, 2070: Higgins	Craftian federal election, 2070: Higgins	Craftian federal election, 2070: Higgins	Craftian federal election, 2070: Higgins	Craftian federal election, 2070: Higgins	Craftian federal election, 2070: Higgins
Party 	Party 	Candidate 	Votes 	% 	±%
 	Conservative 	Margaret Dock 	45,738 	51.30 	–1.94
 	Liberal 	Amrita Kulkani 	20,435 	22.92 	+4.67
 	United 	Harmony Matsuoka 	10,182 	11.42 	+2.10
 	Greens 	Yvonne McLaughlin 	7,266 	8.15 	–1.80
 	Reform 	Marty Fisher 	4,155 	4.66 	–3.51
 	Libertarian 	Justin Zheng 	1,382 	1.55 	+0.34
Total formal votes 	Total formal votes 	Total formal votes 	89,157 	97.36 	+2.27
Informal votes 	Informal votes 	Informal votes 	4,338 	2.64 	–2.27
Turnout 	Turnout 	Turnout 	93,495 	90.66 	+0.15
Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result
 	Conservative 	Margaret Dock 	56,088 	59.99 	–3.57
 	Liberal 	Amrita Kulkani 	37,407 	40.01 	+3.57
 	Conservative hold 	Conservative hold 	Swing 	–3.57