Division of Indi
| Indi Australian House of Representatives Division | |
|---|---|
 Division of Indi (green) in Victoria | |
| Created | 1901 |
| MP | Helen Haines |
| Party | Independent |
| Namesake | Murray River (Aboriginal name) |
| Electors | 98,399 (2013) |
| Area | 28,008 km2 (10,813.9 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Rural |
The Division of Indi /ɪnˈdaɪ/ is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. It is located in north-eastern Victoria.[1] 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.[1] It also includes the ski resort of Falls Creek and the isolated village of Woods Point.[1]
Indi was one of the 75 divisions set up for the first federal election in 1901.[1] The name Indi, was an Indigenous Australian word for the Murray River, which is one of the boundaries of the division.[1]
Members[change | change source]
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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–present | |
Famous members inlude 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.[2]
Election results[change | change source]
- 2004 election results
- 2007 election results
- 2010 election results
- 2013 election results Archived 2013-09-22 at the Wayback Machine
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Profile of the electoral division of Indi (Vic)". Australian Electoral Commission. 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ↑ "Indi - 2010 Federal Election - ABC News". abc.net.au. 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.