Adam Carr's Election Archive
Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of Corio, Victoria
The Division of Corio was created in 1901. It is named for Corio Bay, Indigenous word of unknown meaning, originally spelled Kohrio.
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1901: Barwon, Geelong, Newtown, Werribee
1906: Barwon, Belmont, Geelong, Newtown
1913: Barwon, Belmont, Geelong, Newtown
1922: Geelong, Newtown, Sunshine, Werribee
1937: Essendon North, Geelong, Newtown, Sunshine
1949: Drysdale, Geelong, Newtown, South Barwon
1955: Drysdale, Geelong, Geelong North, Newtown
1969: Drysdale, Geelong, Newtown, Norlane
1977: Drysdale, Geelong, Newtown, Norlane
1984: Geelong, Geelong North, Newtown, Norlane
1990: Geelong, Geelong North, Newtown, Norlane
1996: Geelong, Geelong North, Newtown, Norlane
2004: Geelong, Geelong North, Newtown, Norlane
2013: Geelong, Geelong North, Newtown, Norlane
2018: Belmont, Geelong, Newtown, Norlane
2021: Belmont, Geelong, Newtown, Norlane
2025: Belmont, Geelong, Newtown, Norlane
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1901: Protectionist 08.7*
1903: Protectionist 04.4*
1906: Protectionist 05.0*
1910: Labor 04.4
1913: Liberal 01.8
1914: Labor 01.2
1917: Nationalist 07.3
1919: Nationalist 07.5
1922: Nationalist 00.8
1925: Nationalist 06.7
1928: Nationalist 08.5
1929: Labor 06.0
1931: United Australia 10.6
1934: United Australia 08.8
1937: United Australia 06.5
1940b: Labor 04.4
1940: Labor 06.4
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1943: Labor 04.8
1946: Labor 07.2
1949: Liberal 00.3
1951: Liberal 00.2
1954: Liberal 01.4
1955: Liberal 07.2
1958: Liberal 06.7
1961: Liberal 06.4
1963: Liberal 03.3
1966: Liberal 07.9
1967b: Labor 03.1
1969: Labor 03.8
1972: Labor 07.5
1974: Labor 06.0
1975: Labor 00.0
1977: Labor 02.9
1980: Labor 09.8
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1983: Labor 13.0
1984: Labor 12.4
1987: Labor 12.9
1990: Labor 04.2
1993: Labor 07.2
1996: Labor 06.8
1998: Labor 11.4
2001: Labor 08.7
2004: Labor 05.6
2007: Labor 08.9
2010: Labor 14.2
2013: Labor 07.8
2016: Labor 10.0
2019: Labor 10.3
2022: Labor 12.8
2025: Labor 13.2
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* majority over Free Trade
ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1901-2025
Click here to see full results for Corio at every election since 1901.
MEMBERS FOR CORIO
Hon Richard Crouch (Prot, Lib) 1901-10
Alfred Ozanne (ALP) 1910-13
William Kendell (Lib) 1913-14
Alfred Ozanne (ALP) 1914-17
John Lister (Nat) 1917-29
Arthur Lewis (ALP) 1929-31
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Hon Richard Casey (UAP) 1931-40
Hon John Dedman (ALP) 1940-49
Hon Sir Hubert Opperman (Lib) 1949-67
Hon Gordon Scholes (ALP) 1967b-93
Gavan O'Connor (ALP) 1993-2007
Hon Richard Marles (ALP) 2007-
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| Hon Richard Crouch (Prot, Lib) 1901-10 |
Alfred Ozanne (ALP) 1910-13 |
William Kendell (Lib) 1913-14 |
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| Alfred Ozanne (ALP) 1914-17 |
John Lister (Nat) 1917-29 |
Arthur Lewis (ALP) 1929-31 |
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| Hon Richard Casey (UAP) 1931-40 |
Hon John Dedman (ALP) 1940-49 |
Hon Sir Hubert Opperman (Lib) 1949-67 |
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| Hon Gordon Scholes (ALP) 1967-93 |
Gavan O'Connor (ALP) 1993-2007 |
Hon Richard Marles (ALP) 2007- |
CURRENT BOUNDARIES
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EARLIER BOUNDARIES
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