Jump to content

Division of Bruce: Difference between revisions

Coordinates: 37°55′52″S 145°11′10″E / 37.931°S 145.186°E / -37.931; 145.186
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
m fix disamb. Julian Hill → Julian Hill (politician) (the Australian one)
 
(48 intermediate revisions by 21 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{short description|Australian federal electoral division}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2017}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2017}}
{{Infobox Australian Electorate
{{Infobox Australian electorate
| federal = yes
| federal = yes
| name = Bruce
| name = Bruce
| image = Division of BRUCE 2016.png
| image = Division of Bruce 2022.png
| caption = Division of Bruce in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], as of the [[Australian federal election, 2016|2016 federal election]].
| caption = Division of Bruce in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], as of the [[2022 Australian federal election|2022 federal election]]
| created = 1955
| created = 1955
| mp = [[Julian Hill]]
| mp = [[Julian Hill (politician)|Julian Hill]]
| mp-party = [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| mp-party = [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| namesake = [[Stanley Bruce]]
| namesake = [[Stanley Bruce]]
| electors = 96742
| electors = 112896
| electors_year = [[Australian federal election, 2016|2016]]
| electors_year = [[2022 Australian federal election|2022]]
| area = 73
| area = 115
| class = Outer Metropolitan
| class = Outer metropolitan
}}
}}


The '''Division of Bruce''' is an [[Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives|Australian Electoral Division]] in the [[States and territories of Australia|state]] of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]. The division is located in the south-eastern suburbs of [[Melbourne]]. It covers an area of approximately {{convert|73|km2}} including the suburbs of {{VICcity|Dandenong North}}, {{VICcity|Glen Waverley}}, {{VICcity|Mulgrave}}, {{VICcity|Noble Park North}}, {{VICcity|Wheelers Hill}}, and parts of {{VICcity|Clayton}}, {{VICcity|Dandenong}}, {{VICcity|Noble Park}}, {{VICcity|Notting Hill}} and {{VICcity|Springvale}}.<ref name=aecprofile>{{cite web |url=http://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/vic/bruce.htm |title=Profile of the electoral division of Bruce (Vic) |work= Current federal electoral divisions |publisher=[[Australian Electoral Commission]] |date=23 September 2013 |accessdate=23 November 2013 }}</ref>
The '''Division of Bruce''' is an [[Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives|Australian Electoral Division]] in the [[States and territories of Australia|state]] of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]. The division is located in the south-eastern suburbs of [[Melbourne]]. It covers an area of approximately {{convert|115|km2}} <ref>Australian Electoral Commission https://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/vic/bruce.htm</ref> including the suburbs of {{VICcity|Dandenong North}}, {{VICcity|Doveton}}, {{VICcity|Endeavour Hills}}, {{VICcity|Eumemmerring}}, {{VICcity|Hallam}}, {{VICcity|Lysterfield South}}, {{VICcity|Narre Warren}}, and {{VICcity|Narre Warren North}}; and parts of {{VICcity|Berwick}}, {{VICcity|Dandenong}}, {{VICcity|Harkaway}}, {{VICcity|Mulgrave}}, {{VICcity|Narre Warren South}}, {{VICcity|Noble Park}}, and {{VICcity|Noble Park North}}.<ref name=aecprofile>{{cite web |url=http://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/vic/bruce.htm |title=Profile of the electoral division of Bruce (Vic) |work= Current federal electoral divisions |publisher=[[Australian Electoral Commission]] |date=30 June 2022 |access-date=16 September 2022 }}</ref>

==Geography==
Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been 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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Muller |first1=Damon |title=The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide |url=https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp1718/Quick_Guides/FederalRedistributions |website=Parliament of Australia |access-date=19 April 2022 |date=14 November 2017}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
[[File:Stanley Bruce - Stoneman.jpg|150px|thumb|left|[[Stanley Bruce]], the division's namesake]]
[[File:Stanley Bruce 1930.jpg|upright=0.7|thumb|left|[[Stanley Bruce]], the division's namesake]]
The division was created in 1955, and is named for [[Stanley Bruce]], who was [[Prime Minister of Australia]] from 1923 to 1929. Unusually, the division was named after a living person, as Bruce did not die until 1967.
The division was created in 1955, and is named for [[Stanley Bruce]], who was [[Prime Minister of Australia]] from 1923 to 1929. Unusually, the division was named after a living person, as Bruce did not die until 1967.


Until 1996, the division was based on Glen Waverley and [[Mount Waverley, Victoria|Mount Waverley]], and was a fairly safe seat for the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]], but since then its boundaries have been extended southwards, making it a marginal Labor Party seat.<ref name=green/>
Until 1996, the division was based on [[Glen Waverley, Victoria|Glen Waverley]] and [[Mount Waverley, Victoria|Mount Waverley]], and was a fairly safe seat for the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]], but since then its boundaries have been extended southwards, making it a marginal Labor Party seat.<ref name=green/>


Its most prominent member was Sir [[Billy Snedden]], Liberal Party leader from 1972 to 1975 and [[Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives]] from 1976 to 1983. At the [[Census in Australia#2011|2011 Census]], the division had the nation's highest proportion of residents born overseas (50.8%), and the third highest proportion born in a non-English speaking country (45.4%). It also has the sixth highest proportion speaking a language other than English at home (51.6%), the highest for any Victorian electorate.<ref name=green>{{cite news |author=Green, Antony |authorlink=Antony Green |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/federal-election-2013/guide/bruc/ |title=Federal election 2013: Bruce results |work=Australia Votes |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] |location=Australia |date=11 October 2013 |accessdate=23 November 2013 }}</ref>
Its most prominent member was [[Billy Snedden|Sir Billy Snedden]], Liberal Party leader from 1972 to 1975 and [[Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives]] from 1976 to 1983. At the [[Census in Australia#2011|2011 Census]], the division had the nation's highest proportion of residents born overseas (50.8%), and the third highest proportion born in a non-English speaking country (45.4%). It also has the sixth highest proportion speaking a language other than English at home (51.6%), the highest for any Victorian electorate.<ref name=green>{{cite news |author=Green, Antony |author-link=Antony Green |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/federal-election-2013/guide/bruc/ |title=Federal election 2013: Bruce results |work=Australia Votes |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] |location=Australia |date=11 October 2013 |access-date=23 November 2013 }}</ref>


The current Member for Bruce, since the [[Australian federal election, 2016|2016 federal election]], is [[Julian Hill]], who is a member of the [[Australian Labor Party]].
The current Member for Bruce, since the [[2016 Australian federal election|2016 federal election]], is [[Julian Hill (politician)|Julian Hill]], who is a member of the [[Australian Labor Party]].

== Demographics ==
Bruce is a [[Cultural diversity|diverse]] and [[Social conservatism|socially conservative]] electorate<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Bagshaw |first=Eryk |date=2017-11-16 |title=Same-sex marriage result: Why multicultural communities registered huge 'no' votes |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/samesex-marriage-result-why-multicultural-communities-registered-huge-no-votes-20171115-gzltjr.html |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> and is historically [[Working class|working-class]]. Bruce has three times the proportion of families with [[Chinese Australians|Chinese]] backgrounds as the [[Demographics of Victoria (Australia)|state]] average.<ref name=":0" /> While a stronghold for the [[Centre-left politics|center-left]] [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]], [[Religion in Australia|religious]] [[Immigration to Australia|migrant]] communities in the electorate rallied strongly against the [[Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey|Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey in 2017]], since the survey process was not trusted by both [[Islam in Australia|Islamic]] and [[Chinese Australians|Chinese]] Christian migrant communities, who believe it had been hijacked by out-of-touch inner-city leaders.<ref name=":0" />


==Members==
==Members==
Line 41: Line 48:
|-
|-
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
| [[File:BillySnedden.jpeg|100px]]
| [[File:Billy Snedden 1973 (1).jpg|100px]]
| [[Billy Snedden|Sir Billy Snedden]]<br>{{small|(1926–1987)}}
| [[Billy Snedden|Sir Billy Snedden]]<br>{{small|(1926–1987)}}
| [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
| nowrap | [[Australian federal election, 1955|10 December 1955]] –<br/>21 April 1983
| nowrap | [[1955 Australian federal election|10 December 1955]] –<br/>21 April 1983
| Served as minister under [[Menzies Government (1949-1966)|Menzies]], [[Holt Government|Holt]], [[John McEwen|McEwen]], [[Gorton Government|Gorton]] and [[McMahon Government|McMahon]]. Served as [[List of Australian Leaders of the Opposition|Opposition Leader]] from 1972 to 1975. Served as [[Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives|Speaker]] during the [[Malcolm Fraser|Fraser]] Government. Resigned in order to retire from politics
| Served as minister under [[Menzies Government (1949–1966)|Menzies]], [[Holt Government|Holt]], [[John McEwen|McEwen]], [[Gorton Government|Gorton]] and [[McMahon Government|McMahon]]. Served as [[List of Australian Leaders of the Opposition|Opposition Leader]] from 1972 to 1975. Served as [[Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives|Speaker]] during the [[Malcolm Fraser|Fraser]] Government. Resigned to retire from politics


|-
|-
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
| [[File:No image.svg|100px]]
| [[File:Liberal Placeholder.png|100px]]
| [[Ken Aldred]]<br>{{small|(1945–2016)}}
| [[Ken Aldred]]<br>{{small|(1945–2016)}}
| nowrap | [[1983 Bruce by-election|28 May 1983]] –<br/>[[1990 Australian federal election|24 March 1990]]
| [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
| Previously held the Division of [[Division of Henty|Henty]]. Lost preselection. Transferred to the Division of [[Division of Deakin|Deakin]]
| nowrap | [[1983 Bruce by-election|28 May 1983]] –<br/>[[Australian federal election, 1990|24 March 1990]]
| Previously held the Division of [[Division of Henty|Henty]]. Transferred to the Division of [[Division of Deakin|Deakin]]


|-
|-
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
| [[File:No image.svg|100px]]
| [[File:Liberal Placeholder.png|100px]]
| [[Julian Beale]]<br>{{small|(1934–)}}
| [[Julian Beale]]<br>{{small|(1934–2021)}}
| nowrap | [[1990 Australian federal election|24 March 1990]] –<br/>[[1996 Australian federal election|2 March 1996]]
| [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
| nowrap | [[Australian federal election, 1990|24 March 1990]] –<br/>[[Australian federal election, 1996|2 March 1996]]
| Previously held the Division of [[Division of Deakin|Deakin]]. Lost seat
| Previously held the Division of [[Division of Deakin|Deakin]]. Lost seat


Line 66: Line 71:
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| [[File:Alan Griffin MP, Federal Member for Bruce.jpg|100px]]
| [[File:Alan Griffin MP, Federal Member for Bruce.jpg|100px]]
| [[Alan Griffin]]<br>{{small|(1960–)}}
| [[Alan Griffin (politician)|Alan Griffin]]<br>{{small|(1960–)}}
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| nowrap | [[Australian federal election, 1996|2 March 1996]] –<br/>[[Australian federal election, 2016|9 May 2016]]
| nowrap | [[1996 Australian federal election|2 March 1996]] –<br/>[[2016 Australian federal election|9 May 2016]]
| Previously held the Division of [[Division of Corinella (1990-96)|Corinella]]. Served as minister under [[Rudd Government (2007-10)|Rudd]] and [[Gillard Government|Gillard]]. Retired
| Previously held the Division of [[Division of Corinella (1990-96)|Corinella]]. Served as minister under [[Rudd Government (2007–2010)|Rudd]] and [[Gillard Government|Gillard]]. Retired


|-
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| [[File:Julian Hill MP.jpg|100px]]
| [[File:Julian enhanced medium cropped 300 dpi.jpg|124x124px]]
| [[Julian Hill]]<br>{{small|(1973–)}}
| [[Julian Hill (politician)|Julian Hill]]<br>{{small|(1973–)}}
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| nowrap | [[2016 Australian federal election|2 July 2016]] –<br/>present
| nowrap | [[Australian federal election, 2016|2 July 2016]] –<br/>present
| Incumbent
| Incumbent
|}
|}
Line 82: Line 86:
==Election results==
==Election results==
{{Main|Electoral results for the Division of Bruce}}
{{Main|Electoral results for the Division of Bruce}}
{{Excerpt|Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Victoria|section=Bruce}}
{{Election box begin
|title=[[Australian federal election, 2016]]: Bruce<ref>[http://results.aec.gov.au/20499/Website/HouseDivisionPage-20499-201.htm Bruce, VIC], Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.</ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|candidate = [[Julian Hill]]
|party = Labor
|votes = 36,804
|percentage = 44.34
|change = +2.44
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|candidate = [[Helen Kroger]]
|party = Liberal
|votes = 33,248
|percentage = 40.05
|change = −2.91
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|candidate = Stefanie Bauer
|party = Greens
|votes = 5,890
|percentage = 7.10
|change = +0.46
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|candidate = Nathan Foggie
|party = Family First
|votes = 2,870
|percentage = 3.46
|change = +0.81
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|candidate = Douglas Leith
|party = Animal Justice
|votes = 1,944
|percentage = 2.34
|change = +2.34
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|candidate = Alan Roncan
|party = Drug Law Reform
|votes = 1,440
|percentage = 1.73
|change = +1.73
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|candidate = Jill Jarvis-Wills
|party = Renewable Energy
|votes = 816
|percentage = 0.98
|change = +0.98
}}
{{Election box formal
|votes = 83,012
|percentage = 95.33
|change = +0.83
}}
{{Election box informal
|votes = 4,064
|percentage = 4.67
|change = −0.83
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 87,076
|percentage = 90.01
|change = −2.27
}}
{{Election box 2pp}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|candidate = [[Julian Hill]]
|party = Labor
|votes = 44,894
|percentage = 54.08
|change = +2.28
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|candidate = [[Helen Kroger]]
|party = Liberal
|votes = 38,118
|percentage = 45.92
|change = −2.28
}}
{{Election box hold AU party|
|winner = Labor
|swing = +2.28
}}
{{Election box end}}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist|30em}}
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
Line 184: Line 102:
[[Category:Constituencies established in 1955]]
[[Category:Constituencies established in 1955]]
[[Category:1955 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:1955 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:City of Casey]]
[[Category:Dandenong, Victoria]]
[[Category:Electoral districts and divisions of Greater Melbourne]]

Latest revision as of 01:43, 27 September 2024

Bruce
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Bruce in Victoria, as of the 2022 federal election
Created1955
MPJulian Hill
PartyLabor
NamesakeStanley Bruce
Electors112,896 (2022)
Area115 km2 (44.4 sq mi)
DemographicOuter metropolitan

The Division of Bruce is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. The division is located in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It covers an area of approximately 115 square kilometres (44 sq mi) [1] including the suburbs of Dandenong North, Doveton, Endeavour Hills, Eumemmerring, Hallam, Lysterfield South, Narre Warren, and Narre Warren North; and parts of Berwick, Dandenong, Harkaway, Mulgrave, Narre Warren South, Noble Park, and Noble Park North.[2]

Geography

[edit]

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been 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

[edit]
Stanley Bruce, the division's namesake

The division was created in 1955, and is named for Stanley Bruce, who was Prime Minister of Australia from 1923 to 1929. Unusually, the division was named after a living person, as Bruce did not die until 1967.

Until 1996, the division was based on Glen Waverley and Mount Waverley, and was a fairly safe seat for the Liberal Party, but since then its boundaries have been extended southwards, making it a marginal Labor Party seat.[4]

Its most prominent member was Sir Billy Snedden, Liberal Party leader from 1972 to 1975 and Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives from 1976 to 1983. At the 2011 Census, the division had the nation's highest proportion of residents born overseas (50.8%), and the third highest proportion born in a non-English speaking country (45.4%). It also has the sixth highest proportion speaking a language other than English at home (51.6%), the highest for any Victorian electorate.[4]

The current Member for Bruce, since the 2016 federal election, is Julian Hill, who is a member of the Australian Labor Party.

Demographics

[edit]

Bruce is a diverse and socially conservative electorate[5] and is historically working-class. Bruce has three times the proportion of families with Chinese backgrounds as the state average.[5] While a stronghold for the center-left Labor Party, religious migrant communities in the electorate rallied strongly against the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey in 2017, since the survey process was not trusted by both Islamic and Chinese Christian migrant communities, who believe it had been hijacked by out-of-touch inner-city leaders.[5]

Members

[edit]
Image Member Party Term Notes
  Sir Billy Snedden
(1926–1987) 		Liberal 10 December 1955 –
21 April 1983 		Served as minister under Menzies, Holt, McEwen, Gorton and McMahon. Served as Opposition Leader from 1972 to 1975. Served as Speaker during the Fraser Government. Resigned to retire from politics
  Ken Aldred
(1945–2016) 		28 May 1983 –
24 March 1990 		Previously held the Division of Henty. Lost preselection. Transferred to the Division of Deakin
  Julian Beale
(1934–2021) 		24 March 1990 –
2 March 1996 		Previously held the Division of Deakin. Lost seat
  Alan Griffin
(1960–) 		Labor 2 March 1996 –
9 May 2016 		Previously held the Division of Corinella. Served as minister under Rudd and Gillard. Retired
  Julian Hill
(1973–) 		2 July 2016 –
present 		Incumbent

Election results

[edit]
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Bruce
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Victoria § Bruce.[edit]
2022 Australian federal election: Bruce[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Julian Hill 39,516 41.47 −6.57
Liberal James Moody 28,837 30.26 −5.43
Greens Matthew Kirwan 9,273 9.73 +2.10
United Australia Matt Babet 8,299 8.71 +4.61
Liberal Democrats Christine Skrobo 4,821 5.06 +5.06
One Nation Hayley Deans 4,544 4.77 +3.75
Total formal votes 95,290 95.66 +0.76
Informal votes 4,321 4.34 −0.76
Turnout 99,611 88.34 −3.67
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Julian Hill 53,920 56.59 −0.69
Liberal James Moody 41,370 43.41 +0.69
Labor hold Swing −0.69

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Australian Electoral Commission https://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/vic/bruce.htm
  2. ^ "Profile of the electoral division of Bruce (Vic)". Current federal electoral divisions. Australian Electoral Commission. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  3. ^ Muller, Damon (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  4. ^ a b Green, Antony (11 October 2013). "Federal election 2013: Bruce results". Australia Votes. Australia: ABC. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  5. ^ a b c Bagshaw, Eryk (16 November 2017). "Same-sex marriage result: Why multicultural communities registered huge 'no' votes". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  6. ^ Bruce, VIC, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.
[edit]

37°55′52″S 145°11′10″E / 37.931°S 145.186°E / -37.931; 145.186

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Division_of_Bruce&oldid=1247986966"