Adam Carr's Election Archive
Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of Flinders, Victoria
The Division of Flinders was created in 1901. It is named for Captain Matthew Flinders (1774-1814), navigator and explorer. There is a town of Flinders in the Division.
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1901: Dandenong, Korumburra, Moe, Warragul
1906: Dandenong, Korumburra, Mitcham, Warragul
1913: Dandenong, Frankston, Korumburra, Wonthaggi
1922: Box Hill, Dandenong, Ferntree Gully, Frankston
1937: Dandenong, Ferntree Gully, Frankston, Mentone
1949: Carrum, Dromana, Frankston, Mentone
1955: Carrum, Dromana, Frankston, Mentone
1969: Dromana, Frankston, Karingal, Mornington
1977: Dromana, Frankston, Karingal, Mornington
1984: Dromana, Hastings, Portsea, Wonthaggi
1990: Dromana, Hastings, Mornington, Portsea
1996: Dromana, Hastings, Portsea, San Remo
2004: Dromana, Hastings, Portsea, San Remo
2013: Dromana, Hastings, Portsea, San Remo
2018: Dromana, Hastings, Mornington, Portsea
2021: Dromana, Hastings, Mornington, Portsea
2025: Dromana, Hastings, Mornington, Portsea
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1901: Free Trade 03.0*
1903: Free Trade 04.5*
1906: Anti-Socialist 13.9
1910: Liberal 08.1
1913: Liberal 07.8
1914: Liberal 02.7
1917: Nationalist 11.2
1918b: Nationalist 14.9
1919: Nationalist 15.5
1922: Nationalist 05.6**
1925: Nationalist 12.6
1928: Nationalist 10.7
1929: Labor 00.2
1931: United Australia 09.5
1933b: United Australia 18.3
1934: United Australia 19.4
1937: United Australia 11.7
1940: United Australia 08.4
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1943: United Australia 01.8
1946: Liberal 04.4
1949: Liberal 13.6
1951: Liberal 05.9
1952b: Labor 05.1
1954: Liberal 01.6
1955: Liberal 14.1
1958: Liberal 09.8
1961: Liberal 07.3
1963: Liberal 11.3
1966: Liberal 09.8
1969: Liberal 13.5
1972: Liberal 02.9
1974: Liberal 03.0
1975: Liberal 10.2
1977: Liberal 10.7
1980: Liberal 04.6
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1982b: Liberal 02.3
1983: Labor 01.0
1984: Liberal 01.2
1987: Liberal 01.3
1990: Liberal 05.2
1993: Liberal 05.2
1996: Liberal 10.1
1998: Liberal 03.7
2001: Liberal 07.6
2004: Liberal 11.1
2007: Liberal 08.3
2010: Liberal 09.1
2013: Liberal 11.9
2016: Liberal 07.8
2019: Liberal 05.6
2022: Liberal 06.7
2025: Liberal 02.3***
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* Majority over Protectionist
** Majority over Liberal
*** Majority over independent
ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1901-2025
Click here to see full results for Flinders at every election since 1901.
MEMBERS FOR FLINDERS
Arthur Groom (FT) 1901-03
James Gibb (FT, AS) 1903-06
Hon Sir William Irvine (AS, Lib, Nat) 1906-18
Rt Hon Stanley Bruce (Nat) 1918-29
Jack Holloway (ALP) 1929-31
Rt Hon Stanley Bruce (UAP) 1931-33
James Fairbairn (UAP) 1933b-40
Rupert Ryan (UAP, Lib) 1940-52
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Keith Ewert (ALP) 1952b-54
Robert Lindsay (Lib) 1954-66
Rt Hon Sir Phillip Lynch (Lib) 1966-82
Peter Reith (Lib) 1982b-83
Robert Chynoweth (ALP) 1983-84
Hon Peter Reith (Lib) 1984-2001
Hon Greg Hunt (Lib) 2001-22
Zoe McKenzie (Lib) 2022-
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| Arthur Groom (FT) 1901-03 |
James Gibb (FT, AS) 1903-06 |
Hon Sir William Irvine (AS, Lib, Nat) 1906-18 |
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| Rt Hon Stanley Bruce (Nat) 1918-29 |
Jack Holloway (ALP) 1929-31 |
Rt Hon Stanley Bruce (UAP) 1931-33 |
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| James Fairbairn (UAP) 1933-40 |
Rupert Ryan (UAP, Lib) 1940-52 |
Keith Ewert (ALP) 1952-54 |
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| Robert Lindsay (Lib) 1954-66 |
Rt Hon Sir Phillip Lynch (Lib) 1966-82 |
Peter Reith (Lib) 1982-83 |
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| Robert Chynoweth (ALP) 1983-84 |
Hon Peter Reith (Lib) 1984-2001 |
Hon Greg Hunt (Lib) 2001-22 |
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| Zoe McKenzie (Lib) 2022- |
CURRENT BOUNDARIES
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EARLIER BOUNDARIES
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