The Division of McMillan is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It is located in the western part of the Gippsland region, which extends for the length of Victoria's eastern Bass Strait coastline. It includes the outer south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Pakenham, and also includes the towns of Warragul, Moe, Wonthaggi, Leongatha and Foster. It stretches from Mount Baw Baw and the Baw Baw National Park in the north to Wilsons Promontory, and the Wilsons Promontory National Park in the south. It is the southernmost Electoral Division in continental Australia. Maps of electoral Divisions The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member constituencies called Divisions. ... The Australian states and territories comprise the Commonwealth of Australia under a federal system of government. ... Motto: Peace and Prosperity Nickname: Garden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Government Governor Premier Const. ... Gippsland is a large rural region in Victoria, Australia. ... Bass Strait is a sea strait separating Australian mainland (Victoria in particular). ... Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 3,600,650 in the Melbourne metropolitan area (June 2004) and 61,670 in the City of Melbourne (which covers only the central city area). ... Pakenham is a town 56 km south-east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, currently growing rapidly and in the process of becoming a suburb of Melbourne. ... Warragul is a rural centre with a population of 10,397 people (census 2001), 100 kilometres east of Melbourne. ... Moe (postcode: 3825, 38°10′ S 146°14′ E) is a town in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. ... Wonthaggi evolved from the disastrous NSW coal strikes around the turn of the century, which prompted the Victorian Government to exploit the districts black coal reserves, as a national emergency. ... Mount Baw Baw is about 120 kilometres east of Melbourne and 50 kilometres north of the Latrobe Valley. ... Baw Baw is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 111 km east of Melbourne. ... Wilsons Promontory, commonly known as Wilsons Prom, is a national park in the Gippsland region of Victoria (Australia), 157 km southeast of Melbourne. ... Wilsons Promontory, commonly known as Wilsons Prom, is a national park in the Gippsland region of Victoria (Australia), 157 km southeast of Melbourne. ...

The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of May 11, 1949, and was first contested at the 1949 Federal election. It was named after Angus McMillan, one of the first Europeans to explore the Gippsland region. The Division is currently a marginal Liberal seat. The Division has changed hands five times in the last six Federal elections. The change at the Australian legislative election, 2004 was attributed to the redistribution of January 29, 2003, which removed the traditionally Labor-voting cities of Traralgon and Morwell from the Division.^[1] May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (132nd in leap years). ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... The Liberal Party of Australia also known as the Neo Nazi Party of Australasia is an Australian liberal conservative political party. ... Elections in Australia gives information on elections and election results in Australia. ... Legislative elections were held in Australia on 9 October 2004. ... January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Traralgon is a regional city located in the Latrobe Valley in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. ... Morwell is a large country town in the Gippsland area of eastern Victoria (Australia). ...

Members

• Geoffrey Brown (Liberal) 1949-1955
• Alexander Buchanan (Liberal) 1955-1972
• Henry Hewson (Country) 1972-1975
• Barry Simon (Liberal) 1975-1980
• Barry Cunningham (Labor) 1980-1990
• John Riggall (Liberal) 1990-1993
• Barry Cunningham (Labor) 1993-1996
• Russell Broadbent (Liberal) 1996-1998
• Christian Zahra (Labor) 1998-2004
• Russell Broadbent (Liberal) 2004-

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Notes

1. ^  “Three times lucky for seasoned campaigner”, The Age (October 11, 2004)

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External Links

• "Division of McMillan". Australian Electoral Commission Divisional Profiles. URL accessed on July 3, 2005. (PDF, 192 kB)