Division of Hotham

The Division of Hotham is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. It was created in 1969 and is named for Sir Charles Hotham, Governor of Victoria 1854–55.^[1] It covers an area of 72 km2 in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It includes Bentleigh East, Dingley Village, Moorabbin, and parts of Carnegie, Clarinda, Clayton, Clayton South, Cheltenham, Murrumbeena, Noble Park, Oakleigh, Oakleigh South, Springvale and Springvale South.^[1]

Hotham Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Hotham (green) in Victoria
Created	1969
MP	Clare O'Neil
Party	Labor
Namesake	Charles Hotham
Electors	89,529 (2010)
Area	72 km2 (27.8 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan

Charles Hotham

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Don Chipp	Liberal	1969–1977
		Independent	1977–1977
		Democrats	1977–1977
	Roger Johnston	Liberal	1977–1980
	Lewis Kent	Labor	1980–1990
	Simon Crean	Labor	1990–2013
	Clare O'Neil	Labor	2013–present

Don Chipp was Minister in the Holt and Gorton Governments. He became unhappy with the Liberal Party and formed a new party called the Australian Democrats. Simon Crean, was Opposition Leader from 2001 until December 2003 and was in every Labor Cabinet or Shadow Cabinet from June 1991 to March 2013.

Election results

2022 Australian federal election: Hotham[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clare O'Neil	47,135	47.04	−3.72
	Liberal	Savitri Bevinakoppa	25,273	25.22	−8.15
	Greens	Louisa Willoughby	12,408	12.38	+3.44
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Sok	6,591	6.58	+6.58
	United Australia	Bruce Ridgway	5,869	5.86	+2.17
	One Nation	Roger Tull	2,926	2.92	+2.92
Total formal votes			100,202	96.45	+0.85
Informal votes			3,688	3.55	−0.85
Turnout			103,890	89.58	−2.81
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Clare O'Neil	64,382	64.25	+3.07
	Liberal	Savitri Bevinakoppa	35,820	35.75	−3.07
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.07