Labor People - Stephen Conroy

State: Victoria (Rural)

Name: Named after Matthew Flinders (1774-1814), well-known navigator and explorer. He was the first to circumnavigate Australia. The adoption of the name 'Australia' is due to him.

Area and Location Description: It covers an area of approximately 1955 sq km from Portsea in the south west to Mt Martha, Baxter, Cranbourne South, Kooweerup and Lang Lang along the northern sector to San Remo and Dalyston in the south east. The division surrounds and encompasses Western Port Bay including French Island and Phillip Island. The main towns include Rye, Rosebud, Dromana, Hastings, Baxter, Kooweerup, Nyora, Cowes, San Remo and Dalyston.

Products/Industries of the area: Steel-rolling mill, dairy farms, fishing, poultry, wineries, orchards, light industries and tourist industries.

First Proclaimed/Election: 1900/1901

Members:

• G Hunt (LP) 2001-
• P Reith (LP) 1984-2001
• R L Chynoweth (ALP) 1983-84
• P R Lynch (LP) 1966-82
• R W L Lindsay (LP) 1954-66
• K W W Ewert (ALP) 1952-54
• R S Ryan (UAP/LP) 1940-52
• J V Fairbairn (UAP) 1933-40
• S M Bruce (UAP) 1931-33
• E J Holloway (ALP) 1929-31
• S M Bruce (NAT) 1918-29
• (Sir) W H Irvine (ANTI-SOC/LIB/NAT) 1906-18
• J Gibb (FT) 1903-06
• A C Groom (FT) 1901-03

State: Victoria

Name Derivation: Named after an Aboriginal name for the Murray River.

Area and Location Description: Indi covers an area of approximately 28 008 sq km along the New South Wales border from Rutherglen to Corryong in the north, Avenel and Woods Point in the south and the snowfields of Falls Creek, Mount Hotham, Mount Buffalo and Mount Buller in the east. The main towns include Beechworth, Benalla, Bright, Corryong, Euroa, Mansfield, Mount Beauty, Myrtleford, Rutherglen, Tallangatta, Violet Town (part), Wangaratta and Wodonga.

Products/Industries of the Area: Tourism, forestry, wood chipping, , viticulture, agriculture, timber processing and manufacturing.

First Proclaimed/Election: 1900/1901

Demographic Rating: Rural

Members:

• Mirabella, S (LP) 2007-
• Panopoulos, S (LP) 2001-2007
• Lieberman, L (LP) 1993-2001
• Cameron, E C (LP) 1977-1993
• Holton, R M (ACP/NCP) 1958-1977
• Bostock, W D (LP) 1949-1958
• McEwen, J (ACP) 1937-1949
• Hutchinson, W J (UAP) 1931-1937
• Jones, P (ALP) 1928-1931
• Cook, R (ACP) 1919-1928
• Leckie, J W (NP) 1917-1919
• Moloney, P J (ALP) 1914-1917
• Ahern, C J (LIB) 1913-1914
• Moloney, P J (ALP) 1910-1913
• Brown, J T (ASP) 1906-1910
• Isaacs, I A (PROT) 1901-1906

State: Victoria

Name Derivation: Named after the area in which it is located. Mallee is an Aboriginal word for dwarf eucalypts which grow in the area.

Area and Location Description: Mallee covers an area of approximately 70 694 sq km in the north west corner of Victoria. It is bordered by the Murray River in the north, the South Australian border in the west, the division of Wannon in the south, and the divisions of Bendigo and Murray in the east. The main centres are Mildura in the north, Warracknabeal, St Arnaud, Horsham in the south and Swan Hill and Kerang in the east.

Products/Industries of the Area: Dried fruit, citrus, stone fruit, wheat and cereals, wool, sheep, vegetables, vineyards, olive oil, dairying, beef cattle, pig raising, meat works, gold mining and flour milling.

First Proclaimed/Election: 1948/1949

Demographic Rating: Rural

Members:

• Forrest, J (NP) 1993-
• Fisher, P S (CP/NCP/NP) 1972-1993
• Turnbull, W G (CP) 1949-1972

State: Victoria

Name Derivation: Named after Sir John McEwen 1900-80, who served as caretaker Prime Minister of Australia for three weeks 1967-68.

Area and Location Description: McEwen covers an area of 10 675 sq kms from Seymour in the north to Powelltown in the south, and from Woodend in the west to Alexandra in the east. The main towns and localities include Alexandra, Broadford, Diamond Creek (part), Eildon, Gisborne, Healesville, Lancefield, Hurstbridge, Kilmore, Macedon, Marysville, Riddells Creek, Romsey, Seymour, Wallan, Warburton, Whittlesea, Woodend (part), Woori Yallock (part), Yarra Glen, Yarra Junction and Yea.

Products/Industries of the Area: Cattle grazing, wool growing, forestry, market gardening, wines, sawmills, dairying, various small businesses and tourism.

First Proclaimed/Election: 1984

Demographic Rating: Rural

Members:

• Bailey, F (LP) 1996-
• Cleeland, P R (ALP) 1993-1996
• Bailey, F E (LP) 1990-1993
• Cleeland, P R (ALP) 1984-1990

State: Victoria

Name Derivation: Named after the Murray River which was named by Charles Sturt in 1830 after Sir George Murray, Colonial Secretary.

Area and Location Description: Murray covers an area of approximately 16 229 sq km. Its boundaries extend from Boort situated in the north west corner of the Loddon Shire bordering the division of Mallee, south to Wedderburn and Inglewood, bordering the division of Bendigo, extending east taking in the local government areas of Campaspe and City of Greater Shepparton, bordering the division of Indi. It extends north east to Yarrawonga joining the State border. The main towns include Boort, Bridgewater on Loddon, Cobram, Echuca, Kyabram, Mooroopna, Murchison, Nathalia, Numurkah, Rochester, Rushworth, Shepparton, Tatura, Wedderburn and Yarrawonga.

Products/Industries of the Area: Sheep, wheat, dairy and fruit processing industries.

First Proclaimed/Election: 1948/1949

Demographic Rating: Rural

Members:

• Stone, S (LP) 1996-
• Lloyd, B (CP/NCP/NP) 1971-1996
• McEwen, J (CP) 1949-1971