Division of Corangamite

The Division of Corangamite is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. It was one of the 75 divisions set up for the first federal election in 1901. It is named for Lake Corangamite. 

It covers an area of 7624 km2 in the Western District of Victoria. It has always included Colac, but now most of its voters live in the southern suburbs of Geelong and coastal towns including Anglesea and Queenscliff. 

Corangamite was identified as the most marginal seat in Australia for the 2013 election. It only needed a swing of 0.3% to change to the Liberal Party. The Liberals received a swing of 4.22% and won the seat.

Members
MemberPartyTerm  Chester Manifold Protectionist 1901–1903 Gratton Wilson Free Trade, Anti-Socialist 1903–1909  Commonwealth Liberal 1909–1910  James Scullin Labor 1910–1913 Chester Manifold Commonwealth Liberal 1913–1917  Nationalist 1917–1918  William Gibson Country 1918–1929  Richard Crouch Labor 1929–1931  William Gibson Country 1931–1934  Geoffrey Street United Australia 1934–1940 Allan McDonald United Australia 1940–1944  Liberal 1944–1953  Dan Mackinnon Liberal 1953–1966  Tony Street Liberal 1966–1984  Stewart McArthur Liberal 1984–2007  Darren Cheeseman Labor 2007–2013  Sarah Henderson Liberal 2013–2019  Libby Coker Labor 2019–present
Famous members include James Scullin who later became Prime Minister of Australia, and Richard Crouch who gave the money to set up the Prime Ministers Avenue in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens. Tony Street held a number of important roles in the Fraser Government including Minister for Foreign Affairs.

Election results

References

Other websites
 Division of Corangamite – Australian Electoral Commission
 Sarah Henderson's website

Category:Electoral divisions of Victoria, Australia
Category:Geelong
Category:1901 establishments in Australia