Division of Hawke

The Division of Hawke is an Australian electoral division in the state of Victoria, which was contested for the first time at the 2022 Australian federal election.^[1][2] The electorate is centred on the localities of Bacchus Marsh, Ballan, Melton and Sunbury to the west and north-west of Melbourne.

Hawke Australian House of Representatives Division
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Created	2022
MP	Sam Rae
Party	Labor
Namesake	Bob Hawke
Electors	106,554 (2022)
Area	1,842 km2 (711.2 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan/Provincial
Coordinates	37°38′31″S 144°29′6″E

Geography

Federal electoral division boundaries in Australia are determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.^[3]

History

Bob Hawke, the division's namesake

The division was proposed by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) in March 2021, which would combine several areas from the divisions of Ballarat, Gorton and McEwen to create the new federal division, to take account of the increase in population of Victoria.^[4] The seat was named in honour of Bob Hawke, the longest-serving Labor Prime Minister of Australia, who served from March 1983 to December 1991, and who represented the Division of Wills from 1980 to 1992.^[1] The new division was confirmed in June 2021 and was contested for the first time at the 2022 election.^[5]

Members

Image		Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Sam Rae (1986–)	Labor	21 May 2022 – present	Incumbent

Electoral results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Hawke

2022 Australian federal election: Hawke^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Sam Rae	32,020	36.73	−7.44
	Liberal	Enamul Haque	22,960	26.34	−3.01
	Greens	Lynda Wheelock	7,785	8.93	+1.56
	Independent	Jarrod Bingham	6,908	7.92	+1.50
	United Australia	Andrew Cuthbertson	6,131	7.03	+0.71
	One Nation	Nick Suduk	4,872	5.59	+3.88
	Federation	Michael Williams	1,926	2.21	+2.21
	Great Australian	Michael Lacey	1,827	2.10	+2.10
	TNL	Max Martucci	1,432	1.64	+1.64
	Victorian Socialists	Jack Hynes	889	1.02	+1.02
	Australian Citizens	Glenn Vessey	434	0.50	+0.50
Total formal votes			87,184	91.85	−2.61
Informal votes			7,735	8.15	+2.61
Turnout			94,919	89.14	−0.81
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Sam Rae	50,241	57.63	−2.59
	Liberal	Enamul Haque	36,943	42.37	+2.59
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.59

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Victoria § Hawke.[edit]

Alluvial diagram for preference flows in the seat of Hawke in the 2022 federal election. Y indicates at what stage the winning candidate had over 50% of the votes and was declared the winner.