Adam Carr's Election Archive
Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of Higgins, Victoria
The Division of Higgins was created in 1949 and abolished in 2025. It was named for Hon Henry Bournes Higgins (1851-1929), Vic MP 1894-1900, federal MP 1901-06, judge, first president of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration.
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1949: Armadale, Caulfield, Darling, Malvern
1955: Caulfield, Darling, Malvern, Malvern East
1969: Armadale, Caulfield, Malvern, South Yarra
1977: Caulfield, Hawthorn East, Malvern, Glen Iris
1984: Armadale, Caulfield, Malvern, Toorak
1990: Camberwell, Malvern, Prahran, Toorak
1996: Ashburton, Malvern, Prahran, Toorak
2004: Ashburton, Malvern, Prahran, Toorak
2013: Carnegie, Malvern, Prahran, Toorak
2019: Carnegie, Malvern, Prahran, Toorak
2022: Carnegie, Malvern, Prahran, Toorak
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1949: Liberal 16.8
1951: Liberal 18.2
1954: Liberal 15.4
1955: Liberal 25.4
1958: Liberal 24.1
1961: Liberal 19.3
1963: Liberal 20.1
1966: Liberal 23.7
1968b: Liberal 20.9
1969: Liberal 17.8
1972: Liberal 10.8
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1974: Liberal 13.0
1975: Liberal 14.9
1977: Liberal 16.0
1980: Liberal 10.7
1983: Liberal 08.0
1984: Liberal 12.1
1987: Liberal 12.6
1990: Liberal 11.8
1993: Liberal 10.1
1996: Liberal 10.7
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1998: Liberal 09.6
2001: Liberal 08.4
2004: Liberal 08.8
2007: Liberal 07.0
2009b: Liberal 07.0
2010: Liberal 10.2 *
2013: Liberal 09.9
2016: Liberal 08.0 *
2019: Liberal 03.9
2022: Labor 02.1
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* Majority over Greens
ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1949-2022
Click here to see full results for Higgins at every election from 2949 to 2022.
ELECTION RESULTS 1949-2022
Click here to see full results for figgins at every election from 1949 to 2022.
MEMBERS FOR HIGGINS
Rt Hon Harold Holt (Lib) 1949-67
Rt Hon John Gorton (Lib) 1968b-75
Roger Shipton (Lib) 1975-90
Hon Peter Costello (Lib) 1990-2009
Hon Kelly O'Dwyer (Lib) 2009b-2019
Dr Katie Allen (Lib) 2019-22
Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah (ALP) 2022-25
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| Rt Hon Harold Holt (Lib) 1949-67 |
Rt Hon John Gorton (Lib) 1968-75 |
Roger Shipton (Lib) 1975-90 |
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| Hon Peter Costello (Lib) 1990-2009 |
Hon Kelly O'Dwyer (Lib) 2009-2019 |
Dr Katie Allen (Lib) 2019-22 |
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| Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah (ALP) 2022-25 |
BOUNDARIES
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