Adam Carr's Election Archive
Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of Gippsland, Victoria
The Division of Gippsland was created in 1901. It is named for the Gippsland region of Victoria, after Sir George Gipps (1791-1847), Governor of NSW 1838-46.
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1901: Bairnsdale, Maffra, Sale, Traralgon
1906: Bairnsdale, Foster, Moe, Sale
1913: Bairnsdale, Foster, Sale, Yarram
1922: Maffra, Sale, Trafalgar, Warragul
1937: Morwell, Trafalgar, Wonthaggi, Yallourn
1949: Bairnsdale, Maffra, Sale, Traralgon
1955: Bairnsdale, Leongatha, Sale, Traralgon
1969: Bairnsdale, Maffra, Sale, Traralgon
1977: Bairnsdale, Leongatha, Sale, Traralgon
1984: Bairnsdale, Leongatha, Sale, Yarram
1990: Bairnsdale, Leongatha, Sale, Yarram
1996: Bairnsdale, Leongatha, Sale, Yarram
2004: Bairnsdale, Morwell, Sale, Traralgon
2013: Bairnsdale, Morwell, Sale, Traralgon
2018: Bairnsdale, Morwell, Sale, Traralgon
2021: Bairnsdale, Morwell, Sale, Traralgon
2025: Bairnsdale, Morwell, Sale, Traralgon
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1901: Protectionist unopposed
1903: Protectionist unopposed
1906: Protectionist 00.3 *1
1910: Independent 12.1 *2
1913: Liberal 05.0 *3
1914: Independent 01.0*2
1917: Nationalist 22.7
1919: Nationalist 05.2 *4
1922: Country Party 12.0 *5
1925: Country Party 13.1
1928: Country Party 07.7 *3
1929: Country Party 08.2
1931: Country Party unopposed
1934: Country Party 19.3 *3
1937: Country Party 11.1
1940: Country Party 06.7
1943: Country Party 02.4
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1946: Country Party 05.8
1949: Country Party 16.7
1951: Country Party 15.1
1954: Country Party 10.4
1955: Country Party 23.0
1958: Country Party 21.0
1961: Country Party 16.9
1963: Country Party 18.0
1966: Country Party 27.5
1969: Country Party 19.6
1972: Country Party 12.9
1974: Country Party 15.8
1975: Nationals 20.9
1977: Nationals 19.7
1980: Nationals 11.9
1983: Nationals 09.7
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1984: Nationals 14.3
1987: Nationals 15.0
1990: Nationals 18.9
1993: Nationals 16.3
1996: Nationals 18.6
1998: Nationals 08.8
2001: Nationals 08.0
2004: Nationals 07.7
2007: Nationals 05.9
2008b: Nationals 12.0
2010: Nationals 11.5
2013: Nationals 15.8
2016: Nationals 18.4
2019: Nationals 16.7
2022: Nationals 20.6
2025: Nationals 19.4
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*1 Majority over Anti-Socialist
*2 Majority over Liberal
*3 Majority over independent
*4 Majority over Country Party
*5 Majority over Nationalist
ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1901-2025
Click here to see full results for Gippsland at every election since 1901.
MEMBERS FOR GIPPSLAND
Hon Allan McLean (Prot, AS) 1901-06
George Wise (Prot, Ind) 1906-13
James Bennett (Lib) 1913-14
Hon George Wise (Ind, Nat) 1914-22
Hon Thomas Paterson (CP) 1922-43
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George Bowden (CP) 1943-61
Hon Peter Nixon (CP, NCP, NPA) 1961-83
Hon Peter McGauran (NPA) 1983-2008
Hon Darren Chester (Nat) 2008-
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| Hon Allan McLean (Prot, AS) 1901-06 |
George Wise (Prot, Ind) 1906-13 |
James Bennett (Lib) 1913-14 |
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| Hon George Wise (Ind, Nat) 1914-22 |
Hon Thomas Paterson (CP) 1922-43 |
George Bowden (CP) 1943-61 |
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| Hon Peter Nixon (CP, NCP, NPA) 1961-83 |
Hon Peter McGauran (NPA) 1983-2008 |
Hon Darren Chester (Nat) 2008- |
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EARLIER BOUNDARIES
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