Division of Wimmera

Wimmera Australian House of Representatives Division
Created	1901
Abolished	1977
Namesake	Wimmera region

The Division of Wimmera was an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It was named after the Wimmera region in which it was located. It originally encompassed the towns of Mildura, Swan Hill and Warracknabeal, but by the time it was abolished in 1977, it had drifted south and grown smaller to only include Ararat, Horsham and Maryborough. The Division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 75 divisions to be contested at the first Federal election. It was abolished at the redistribution of 31 October 1977.

Members

	Party	Term
Pharez Phillips	Protectionist	1901–1906
Sydney Sampson	Independent Protectionist	1906–1909
	Commonwealth Liberal	1909–1917
	Nationalist	1917–1919
Percy Stewart	Country	1919–1925
	Independent Country	1925–1926
	Country Progressive	1926–1930
	Independent Country	1930–1931
Hugh McClelland	Country	1931–1937
Alexander Wilson	Independent	1937–1946
Winton Turnbull	Country	1946–1949
William Lawrence	Liberal	1949–1958
Robert King	Country	1958–1977

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Wimmera

Electoral divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in Victoria

Aston Ballarat Batman Bendigo Bruce Calwell Casey Chisholm Corangamite Corio Deakin Dunkley Flinders Gellibrand Gippsland Goldstein Gorton Higgins Holt Hotham Indi Isaacs Jagajaga Kooyong Lalor La Trobe Mallee Maribyrnong McEwen McMillan Melbourne Melbourne Ports Menzies Murray Scullin Wannon Wills Abolished: Balaclava Bourke Burke (1949–55) Burke (1969–2004) Corinella (1901–06) Corinella (1990–96) Darebin Diamond Valley Echuca Fawkner Grampians Henty Higinbotham Hoddle Isaacs (1949–69) Laanecoorie Mernda Moira Northern Melbourne Scullin (1955–69) Southern Melbourne Streeton Wimmera Yarra

Divisions in: New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Australian Capital and Northern Territories

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