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The Division of Casey is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. It was set up in 1969 and is named for Richard Casey, who was Governor-General of Australia 1965-69.[1] It covers an area of 2337 km2[2] in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne including Croydon, Montrose and Olinda.
Casey Australian House of Representatives Division | |
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Created | 1969 |
MP | Aaron Violi |
Party | Liberal |
Namesake | Richard Casey |
Electors | 92,317 (2010) |
Area | 409 km2 (157.9 sq mi) |
Demographic | Outer Metropolitan |
Peter Howson was the member for Fawkner from 1955-1969. He served as the Minister for Air and the Minister for the Environment, Aborigines and the Arts. Bob Halverson was Speaker of the House of Representatives 1996-98. Michael Wooldridge was Minister for Health and Family Services, and later Minister for Health and Aged Care in the Howard Government. He was also Deputy Leader of the Opposition
2022 Australian federal election: Casey[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Aaron Violi | 36,347 | 36.49 | −8.74 | |
Labor | Bill Brindle | 24,779 | 24.87 | −3.78 | |
Greens | Jenny Game | 12,894 | 12.94 | +1.99 | |
Independent | Claire Ferres Miles | 8,307 | 8.34 | +8.34 | |
United Australia | Anthony Bellve | 4,834 | 4.85 | +2.24 | |
Independent | Craig Cole | 3,455 | 3.47 | +3.47 | |
One Nation | Paul Murphy | 3,260 | 3.27 | +3.23 | |
Liberal Democrats | Trevor Smith | 2,008 | 2.02 | +2.02 | |
Animal Justice | Andrew Klop | 1,844 | 1.85 | −1.23 | |
Justice | Peter Sullivan | 1,207 | 1.21 | −2.11 | |
Australian Federation | Chris Field | 686 | 0.69 | +0.69 | |
Total formal votes | 99,621 | 93.74 | +0.18 | ||
Informal votes | 6,652 | 6.26 | −0.18 | ||
Turnout | 106,273 | 93.00 | −2.52 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Aaron Violi | 51,283 | 51.48 | −3.14 | |
Labor | Bill Brindle | 48,338 | 48.52 | +3.14 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −3.14 |
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