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The Division of Isaacs is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It is located in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, on the eastern shores of Port Phillip Bay. It covers the suburbs of Mordialloc, Keysborough, Noble Park, Chelsea, Bonbeach and Carrum.
The Division was named after Sir Isaac Isaacs, former Chief Justice of Australia and the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. It was proclaimed at the redistribution of November 21, 1968, and first contested at the 1969 Federal election. The Division is currently a marginal Labor seat.
The former Division of Isaacs (1949-69) was located in the inner south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, and was not related to this Division except in name.
Mark Dreyfus has been preselected by the Australian Labor Party to contest the seat at the 2007 Australian election. Ross Fox has been endorsed by the Liberal Party of Australia to contest the seat at the 2007 Australian election. The division was also contested in 2007 by Laura Chipp, daughter of Don Chipp, for the Australian Democrats.
[edit] Members
[edit] Election results
| Australian federal election, 2007: Isaacs |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labor |
Mark Dreyfus |
44,056 |
48.76 |
+4.45 |
|
Liberal |
Ross Fox |
34,762 |
38.47 |
-4.82 |
|
Greens |
Colin Long |
5,636 |
6.24 |
-1.07 |
|
Family First |
Jadah Pleiter |
2,308 |
2.55 |
+0.15 |
|
Democrats |
Laura Chipp |
1,970 |
2.18 |
+1.15 |
|
Independent |
Gordon W Ford |
1,137 |
1.26 |
+0.49 |
|
Liberty and Democracy |
Robert Norrie |
492 |
0.54 |
+0.54 |
| Total formal votes |
90,361 |
96.69 |
+1.73 |
| Informal votes |
3,092 |
3.31 |
-1.73 |
| Turnout |
93,453 |
95.18 |
-0.07 |
| Two Candidate Preferred Result |
|
Labor |
Mark Dreyfus |
52,131 |
57.69 |
+6.21 |
|
Liberal |
Ross Fox |
38,230 |
42.31 |
-6.21 |
|
Labor hold |
Swing |
+6.21 |
|
| Australian federal election, 2004: Isaacs |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labor |
Ann Corcoran |
37,245 |
44.31 |
-2.93 |
|
Liberal |
Jeff Shelley |
36,391 |
43.29 |
+5.23 |
|
Greens |
Sean Hardy |
6,143 |
7.31 |
+3.35 |
|
Family First |
Jacob Mathews |
2,019 |
2.40 |
+2.40 |
|
Democrats |
Haydn Fletcher |
862 |
1.03 |
-6.05 |
|
Independent |
Gordon Ford |
650 |
0.77 |
+0.77 |
|
One Nation |
Carl Groves |
536 |
0.64 |
-0.55 |
|
Citizens Electoral Council |
Martha Malliotis |
214 |
0.25 |
+0.04 |
| Total formal votes |
84,060 |
94.96 |
-0.37 |
| Informal votes |
4,464 |
5.04 |
+0.37 |
| Turnout |
88,524 |
95.25 |
+0.11 |
| Two Candidate Preferred Result |
|
Labor |
Ann Corcoran |
43,277 |
51.48 |
-5.14 |
|
Liberal |
Jeff Shelley |
40,783 |
48.52 |
+5.14 |
|
Labor hold |
Swing |
-5.14 |
|
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