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Division of Wills, Victoria

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The Division of Wills was created in 1949. It is named for William Wills (1834-61), member of the first expedition to cross Australia from south to north.

REDISTRIBUTIONS
1949: Coburg, Essendon, Mitchell
1955: Brunswick, Coburg, Mitchell
1969: Brunswick, Coburg, Edward, Pascoe Vale
1977: Coburg, Moreland, Pascoe Vale, Preston
1984: Coburg, Brunswick, Pascoe Vale, Thornbury
1990: Coburg, Brunswick, Essendon, Pascoe Vale
1996: Coburg, Essendon, Fawkner, Pascoe Vale
2004: Coburg, Essendon, Fawkner, Pascoe Vale
2013: Brunswick, Coburg, Glenroy, Pascoe Vale
2018: Brunswick, Coburg, Glenroy, Pascoe Vale
2021: Brunswick, Coburg, Glenroy, Pascoe Vale
2025: Brunswick, Coburg, Fawkner, Pascoe Vale

TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES

1949: Labor 08.0
1951: Labor 11.8
1954: Labor 12.4
1955: Labor 04.4
1958: Labor 05.7
1961: Labor 10.0
1963: Labor 05.8
1966: Labor 05.1
1969: Labor 06.4
1972: Labor 11.8
1974: Labor 13.4

1975: Labor 10.9
1977: Labor 12.6
1980: Labor 19.9
1983: Labor 24.1
1984: Labor 20.3
1987: Labor 19.9
1990: Labor 07.9
1992b: Independent 15.7 *1
1993: Independent 02.4 *1
1996: Labor 05.8 *2

1998: Labor 21.0
2001: Labor 19.4
2004: Labor 16.9
2007: Labor 22.4
2010: Labor 22.6
2013: Labor 15.2 *3
2016: Labor 04.9 *3
2019: Labor 08.2 *3
2022: Labor 08.6 *3
2025: Labor 01.4 *3

*1 Majority over Labor
*2 Majority over independent
*3 Majority over Greens

ENROLMENTS


ELECTION RESULTS 1949-2025
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MEMBERS FOR WILLS
William Bryson (ALP, ALP-AC) 1949-55
Hon Gordon Bryant (ALP) 1955-80
Hon Bob Hawke (ALP) 1980-92
Philip Cleary (Ind) 1992b-92
Philip Cleary (Ind) 1993-96
Hon Kelvin Thompson (ALP) 1996-2016
Hon Peter Khalil (ALP) 2016-

William Bryson (ALP, ALP-AC) 1949-55 Hon Gordon Bryant (ALP) 1955-80 Hon Bob Hawke (ALP) 1980-92

Philip Cleary (Ind) 1992-92, 1993-96 Hon Kelvin Thompson (ALP) 1996-2016 Hon Peter Khalil (ALP) 2016-

CURRENT BOUNDARIES
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EARLIER BOUNDARIES
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