Electoral district of Gippsland South

"Gippsland South" redirects here. Not to be confused with South Gippsland.

The electoral district of Gippsland South (initially known as South Gippsland)^[1] is a Lower House electoral district of the Victorian Parliament.^[2] It is located within the Eastern Victoria Region of the Legislative Council.

Gippsland South Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Gippsland South (dark green) in Victoria
State	Victoria
Created	1859
MP	Danny O'Brien
Party	National
Namesake	South Gippsland
Electors	42,564 (2018)
Area	8,232 km2 (3,178.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural
Electorates around Gippsland South: Narracan Narracan Morwell Gippsland East Bass Gippsland South Tasman Sea Bass Strait Bass Strait Bass Strait

Gippsland South extends along the state's coast from Venus Bay to Loch Sport^[3] and includes the country Victorian towns of Foster, Korumburra, Leongatha, Mirboo North, Port Albert, Port Welshpool, Rosedale, Sale and Yarram. The electorate includes all of South Gippsland Shire and the southern parts of Wellington Shire.^[3] Industries include agriculture, timber production and tourism. Dairying is the biggest agricultural contributor to the local economy.^[4] Wilsons Promontory National Park, Corner Inlet, and numerous lakes and islands along the coast and border are examples of natural features.

Its area was initially defined by the 1858 Electoral Act as: "Commencing at the mouth of Merryman's Creek^[a] on the Ninety Mile Beach; bounded on the north by Merryman's Creek to where the road from Tarraville to Rosedale crosses said creek near Bayless's pre-emptive right, thence by a line west fourteen degrees to Buneep; on the west by the counties of Evelyn and Mornington to Cape Patterson; and on the south and south-east by the sea-coast to the commencing point"^[5]

The Electoral Act Amendment Act of 1888 created new districts of Gippsland Central, Gippsland East and Gippsland West and reduced the size of Gippsland South (renaming it from South Gippsland) and Gippsland North.^[6]

It has never been won by the Labor Party, and has been in the hands of the National Party for all but two terms since 1929.

Sir Herbert Hyland held the seat for thirty years from 1929 until he died in office in 1970. He held many portfolios in government including Transport, Chief Secretary, State Development, Labour, Decentralisation and Transport and Prices. Hyland was knighted in 1952,^[6] and elected leader of the parliamentary Country Party in 1955.

The district is currently held by Nationals MP Danny O'Brien, who won the seat in a by-election in 2015 following the resignation of former Nationals leader Peter Ryan.

^a = now known as Merriman Creek

Members for Gippsland South

Member		Party	Term
	Angus McMillan	Unaligned	1859–1860
	George Hedley	Unaligned	1861–1862
	John Johnson	Unaligned	1862–1864
	Peter Snodgrass	Unaligned	1864–1867
	Thomas McCombie	Unaligned	1868–1869
	George Macartney	Unaligned	1869–1871
	Francis Mason	Unaligned	1871–1877
	George Macartney	Unaligned	1877–1878
	Francis Mason	Unaligned	1878–1886
	Arthur Groom	Unaligned	1886–1889
	Francis Mason	Unaligned	1889–1902
	Thomas Livingston	Ministerialist	1902–1922
		Commonwealth Liberal
		Nationalist
	Walter West	Nationalist	1922–1927
	Henry Bodman	Independent	1927–1927
	Walter West	Nationalist	1927–1929
	Sir Herbert Hyland	Country	1929–1970
	James Taylor	Liberal	1970–1973
	Neil McInnes	National	1973–1982
		Liberal
	Tom Wallace	National	1982–1992
	Peter Ryan	National	1992–2015
	Danny O'Brien	National	2015–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Gippsland South

2022 Victorian state election: Gippsland South^{[7][8][9][10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Danny O'Brien	22,566	53.3	−5.3
	Labor	Denise Ryan	9,920	23.4	−4.8
	Greens	Jay Tiziani-Simpson	3,538	8.3	−0.9
	Independent	Clay Esler	2,414	5.7	+5.7
	Freedom	Angela Newnham	1,357	3.2	+3.2
	Animal Justice	Helen Jeges	1,350	3.2	+3.2
	Family First	Paul Furlong	1,218	2.9	+2.9
Total formal votes			42,351	94.7	+0.4
Informal votes			2,363	5.3	−0.4
Turnout			44,714	90.0	+0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Danny O'Brien	27,763	65.6	+1.6
	Labor	Denise Ryan	14,588	34.4	−1.6
	National hold		Swing	+1.6

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Gippsland South.[edit]

Historical maps

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  Location of Gippsland South district, circa 2010

External links

• Electorate profile: Gippsland South District, Victorian Electoral Commission

References

1. "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). 1858. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
2. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
3. "Gippsland South Results". Victorian Election 2014: Victoria Votes. ABC. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
4. "Dairy in Gippsland". Dairy Australia. GippsDairy. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
5. "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). 1858. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
6. "The Electoral Act Amendment Act 1888" (pdf). Retrieved 13 June 2013.
7. Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
8. VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
9. Gippsland South District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
10. Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.

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