Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives

The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 151 single-member areas called Divisions. They are also commonly known as electorates or seats.

Allocation
The Divisions are divided among the states and territories of Australia as set out in the Australian Constitution and the Electoral ActAustralian Electoral Commission.Research Report 4 - Australian Federal Redistributions 1901-2003. Accessed May 5, 2008. It is based on population, with the following exceptions:
Each original state must have at least five Members of Parliament. This means that Tasmania has more divisions than it would get based on its population.
The Northern Territory has been given more representation under recent legislative amendments
The Constitution says that the House of Representatives should be about twice as large as the Senate

Within each state and territory, the boundaries of the divisions must be redrawn in a process known as redistribution at least once every seven years, or when the state's allocation of Divisions changes. Boundaries are drawn by Redistribution Committee. Population is based on the number of enrolled voters not the total number of residents.

Within a state or territory, the number of voters in each Division can not vary by more than 10% from the average across the state. The number of voters cannot vary by more than 3.5% from the average projected enrolment three-and-a-half years into the future.

Naming
The Divisions of the House of Representatives are unusual in the way they are named. Many of them are not named after geographical features or numbered, as in most other legislatures around the world. Most Divisions are named after important historical people, such as former politicians (often Prime Ministers), explorers, artists and engineers.

In some cases where a Division is named after a place, the connection to that place may have changed a lot. For example, the Division of Werriwa, was named after the Aboriginal word for Lake George near Canberra. However, Werriwa has not included Lake George for many years. The boundary of Werriwa is now 200km north of the lake.

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) is in charge of creating, abolishing, or redistributing the boundaries of the Divisions. Some of the guidelines the AEC use when naming new Divisions are listed below:Australian Electoral Commission. Guideline for Naming Divisions. August 3, 2007. Accessed May 5, 2008.
Name divisions after deceased Australians who have given excellent service to their country, with consideration given to former Prime Ministers
Keep the names of Divisions used at Federation in 1901
Avoid place names
Use Aboriginal names
Do not use names which are used as state electoral districts

 List 
725px|centre|thumb|A map of the 151 electorates, as of the 2022 federal election.

New South Wales
For the 2019 elections there were 47 Divisions: 

 Banks
 Barton
 Bennelong
 Berowra
 Blaxland
 Bradfield
 Calare
 Chifley
 Cook
 Cowper
 Cunningham
 Dobell Eden-Monaro
 Farrer
 Fowler
 Gilmore
 Grayndler
 Greenway
 Hughes
 Hume
 Hunter
 Kingsford Smith
 Lindsay
 Lyne Macarthur
 Mackellar
 Macquarie
 McMahon
 Mitchell
 New England
 Newcastle
 North Sydney
 Page
 Parkes
 Parramatta
 Paterson Reid
 Richmond
 Riverina
 Robertson
 Shortland
 Sydney
 Warringah
 Watson
 Wentworth
 Werriwa
 Whitlam

Victoria
For the 2019 election there were 38 Divisions in Victoria:
 Aston
 Ballarat
 Bendigo
 Bruce
 Calwell
 Casey
 Chisholm
 Cooper
 Corangamite
 Corio Deakin
 Dunkley
 Fraser
 Flinders
 Gellibrand
 Gippsland
 Goldstein
 Gorton
 Hawke
 Higgins
 Holt Hotham
 Indi
 Isaacs
 Jagajaga
 Kooyong
 La Trobe
 Lalor
 Macnamara
 Mallee
 Maribyrnong McEwen
 Melbourne
 Menzies
 Monash
 Nicholls
 Scullin
 Wannon
 Wills

Queensland
For the 2019 elections there were 30 Divisions:
There are 30 Divisions in Queensland:

 Name Map Blair  Bonner  Bowman  Brisbane  Capricornia  Dawson  Dickson  Fadden  Fairfax  Fisher  Flynn  Forde  Griffith  Groom  Herbert  Hinkler  Kennedy  Leichhardt  Lilley  Longman  Maranoa  McPherson  Moncrieff  Moreton  Oxley  Petrie  Rankin  Ryan  Wide Bay  Wright 

Western Australia
For the 2019 election there were 16 Divisions:
 Brand
 Burt
 Canning
 Cowan Curtin
 Durack
 Forrest
 Fremantle Hasluck
 Moore
 O'Connor
 Pearce Perth
 Swan
 Tangney

South Australia
For the 2019 elections there were 10 Divisions:

 Name Map Adelaide  Barker  Boothby  Grey  Hindmarsh  Kingston  Mayo  Spence  Sturt 

Tasmania
For the 2019 election there were five Divisions:

 Name Map Bass  Braddon  Clark  Franklin  Lyons 

Australian Capital Territory
 Name Map Bean  Canberra  Fenner 

Northern Territory

There are two Divisions in the Northern Territory:
 Lingiari
 Solomon

 Abolished Divisions 
These Australian Divisions no longer exist:

 Angas (1903–34) (SA)
 Angas (1949–77) (SA)
 Australian Capital Territory (1949–74) (ACT)
 Balaclava (1901–84) (VIC)
 Barrier (1901–22) (NSW)
 Batman (1906–2019) (VIC)
 Bland (1901–06) (NSW)
 Bonython (1955–2004) (SA)
 Bourke (1901–49) (VIC)
 Burke (1949–55) (VIC)
 Burke (1969–2004) (VIC)
 Canobolas (1901–06) (NSW)
 Charlton (1984–2016) (NSW)
 Cook (1906–55) (NSW)
 Coolgardie (1901–13) (WA)
 Corinella (1901–06) (VIC)
 Corinella (1990–96) (VIC)
 Dalley (1901–69) (NSW)
 Dampier (1913–22) (WA)
 Darebin (1949–69) (VIC)
 Darling (1901–77) (NSW)
 Darling Downs (1901–84) (QLD)
 Darwin (1903–55) (TAS)
 Denison (1903–2019) (TAS)
 Diamond Valley (1969–84) (VIC)
 Dundas (1977–93) (NSW)
 East Sydney (1901–69) (NSW)
 Echuca (1901–37) (VIC)
 Evans (1949–77) (NSW)
 Fawkner (1906–69) (VIC)
 Fraser (1974–2016) (ACT)
 Grampians (1901–22) (VIC)
 Gwydir (1901–2007) (NSW)
 Hawker (1969–93) (SA)
 Henty (1913–90) (VIC)
 Higinbotham (1949–69) (VIC)
 Hoddle (1949–55) (VIC)
 Illawarra (1901–22) (NSW)
 Isaacs (1949–69) (VIC)
 Kalgoorlie (1901–2010) (WA)
 Laanecoorie (1901–13) (VIC)
 Lang (1901–77) (NSW)
 Lawson (1949–69) (NSW)
 Lowe (1949–2010) (NSW)
 Martin (1922–55) (NSW)
 McMillan (1949–2019) (VIC)
 Melbourne Ports (1901–2019) (VIC)
 Mernda (1901–13) (VIC)
 Moira (1901–06) (VIC)
 Murray (1949–2019) (VIC)
 Namadgi (1996–98) (ACT)
 Nepean (1906–22) (NSW)
 Northern Melbourne (1901–06) (VIC)
 Northern Territory (1922–2001) (NT)
 Oxley (1901–34) (QLD)
 Parkes (1901–69) (NSW)
 Phillip (1949–93) (NSW)
 Port Adelaide (1949–2019) (SA)
 Prospect (1969–2010) (NSW)
 Riverina-Darling (1984–93) (NSW)
 Scullin (1955–69) (VIC)
 South Australia (1901–03) (SA)
 South Sydney (1901–34) (NSW)
 Southern Melbourne (1901–06) (VIC)
 St George (1949–93) (NSW)
 Stirling (1955-2022) (WA)
 Streeton (1984–90) (VIC)
 Tasmania (1901–03) (TAS)
 Throsby (1984–2016) (NSW)
 Wakefield (1903–2019) (SA)
 Watson (1934–69) (NSW)
 West Sydney (1901–69) (NSW)
 Wilmot (1903–84) (TAS)
 Wimmera (1901–77) (VIC)
 Yarra (1901–69) (VIC)

Other websites
For an electoral history of each Division since Federation in 1901, see Adam Carr's Electoral Archive: Index of House of Representatives Divisions 1901-2001

References

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