Adam Carr's Election Archive
Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of Batman, Victoria
The Division of Batman was created in 1906 and abolished in 2019, when it was renamed Cooper. It was named for John Batman (1801-39), Tasmanian landowner and one of the founders of Melbourne. It was renamed because of Batman's role in massacres of Indigenous Tasmanians.
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1906: Clifton Hill, Collingwood, Delbridge, Fitzroy
1913: Carlton, Clifton Hill, Fitzroy, North Carlton
1922: Alphington, Fitzroy North, Northcote, Preston
1937: Fitzroy North, Northcote, Preston, Westgarth
1949: Alphington, Delbridge, Ivanhoe, Northcote
1955: Alphington, Ivanhoe, Northcote, Thornbury
1969: Alphington, Heidelberg, Ivanhoe, Northcote
1977: Alphington, Heidelberg, Ivanhoe, Northcote
1984: Alphington, Fairfield, Northcote, Reservoir
1990: Croxton, Northcote, Preston, Thornbury
1996: Northcote, Preston, Reservoir, Thornbury
2004: Northcote, Preston, Reservoir, Thornbury
2013: Northcote, Preston, Reservoir, Thornbury
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1906: Protectionist 01.7
1910: Labor 13.6
1911b: Labor 07.5
1913: Labor 14.9
1914: Labor unopposed
1917: Labor 10.9
1919: Labor 07.1
1922: Labor 03.3
1925: Labor 09.0
1928: Labor 13.8
1929: Labor 25.8
1931: United Australia 00.8
1934: Labor 06.1
1937: Labor 13.4
1940: Labor 09.7
1943: Labor 24.6
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1946: Labor 16.7
1949: Labor 08.4
1951: Labor 10.6
1954: Labor 09.8
1955: Labor 01.7
1958: Labor 03.0
1961: Labor 05.4
1962b: Labor 12.8
1963: Labor 00.9
1966: Independent 07.8
1969: Labor 03.0
1972: Labor 06.9
1974: Labor 10.4
1975: Labor 04.4
1977: Labor 03.4
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1980: Labor 10.7
1983: Labor 17.1
1984: Labor 24.7
1987: Labor 22.8
1990: Labor 17.4
1993: Labor 23.4
1996: Labor 21.3
1998: Labor 26.4
2001: Labor 25.1
2004: Labor 21.3
2007: Labor 26.0
2010: Labor 07.9*1
2013: Labor 10.6*1
2016: Labor 01.0*1
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*1 Majority over Greens
ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1906-2018
Click here to see full results for Batman at every election between 1906 and 2018.
MEMBERS FOR BATMAN
Jabez Coon (Prot, Lib) 1906-10
Henry Beard (ALP) 1910-11
Hon Frank Brennan (ALP) 1911b-31
Samuel Dennis (UAP) 1931-34
Hon Frank Brennan (ALP) 1934-49
Alan Bird (ALP) 1949-62
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Sam Benson (ALP, Ind) 1962b-69
Horace Garrick (ALP) 1969-77
Hon Brian Howe (ALP) 1977-96
Hon Martin Ferguson (ALP) 1996-2013
Hon David Feeney (ALP) 2013-18
Hon Ged Kearney (ALP) 2018b-19
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| Jabez Coon (Prot, Lib) 1906-10 |
Henry Beard (ALP) 1910-11 |
Hon Frank Brennan (ALP) 1911-31 |
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| Samuel Dennis (UAP) 1931-34 |
Hon Frank Brennan (ALP) 1934-49 |
Alan Bird (ALP) 1949-62 |
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| Sam Benson (ALP, Ind) 1962-69 |
Horace Garrick (ALP) 1969-77 |
Hon Brian Howe (ALP) 1977-96 |
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| Hon Martin Ferguson (ALP) 1996-2013 |
Hon David Feeney (ALP) 2013-18 |
Ged Kearney (ALP) 2018b-19 |
BOUNDARIES
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