Division of Indi

The Division of Indi  is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. It is located in north-eastern Victoria. It is one of the largest divisions in Victoria. A lot of its area is in the Alpine National Park. It includes the cities of Wodonga, Wangaratta, and Benalla, and the smaller towns of Rutherglen, Mansfield, Beechworth, Bethanga, Myrtleford, Corryong, Tallangatta, Yea and Euroa. It also includes the ski resort of Falls Creek and the isolated village of Woods Point.  

Indi was one of the 75 divisions set up for the first federal election in 1901. The name Indi, was an Indigenous Australian word for the Murray River, which is one of the boundaries of the division.   

Members
MemberPartyTerm  Isaac Isaacs Protectionist 1901–1906 Joseph Brown Anti-Socialist 1906–1909  Commonwealth Liberal 1909–1910  Parker Moloney Labor 1910–1913  Cornelius Ahern Commonwealth Liberal 1913–1914  Parker Moloney Labor 1914–1917  John Leckie Nationalist 1917–1919  Robert Cook Country 1919–1928  Paul Jones Labor 1928–1931  William Hutchinson United Australia 1931–1937  John McEwen Country 1937–1949  William Bostock Liberal 1949–1958  Mac Holten Country 1958–1975  National Country 1975–1977  Ewen Cameron Liberal 1977–1993  Lou Lieberman Liberal 1993–2001  Sophie Mirabella Liberal 2001–2013  Cathy McGowan Independent 2013–2019  Helen Haines Independent 2019–present

Famous members include Sir Isaac Isaacs, the Attorney-General of Australia, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, and the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.  John McEwen, who moved to Murray, became Prime Minister of Australia after the death of Harold Holt in 1967. The Labor party won the seat in 1928 when the conservatives forgot to nominate a candidate.

Election results

References

Other websites
 Division of Indi – Australian Electoral Commission
 Cathy McGowan's website

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