Division of Batman

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Batman
Australian House of Representatives Division
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Division of Batman (green) in Melbourne, Victoria
Created 1906
MP David Feeney
Party Labor
Namesake John Batman
Electors 103,012 (2013)[1]
Area 66 km2 (25.5 sq mi)
Demographic Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Batman is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. The division was created in 1906, replacing the Division of Northern Melbourne. It takes its name from John Batman, one of the founders of the city of Melbourne.[2]

The division is located in Melbourne's northern suburbs. It covers an area of approximately 66 square kilometres (25 sq mi) from Thomastown/Bundoora in the north to Clifton Hill in the south, with Merri Creek providing the vast majority of the western boundary and Darebin Creek, parts of Macleod and Plenty Road in Bundoora providing the eastern boundary. The suburbs of Alphington, Clifton Hill, Fairfield, Kingsbury, Northcote, Preston, Reservoir, and Thornbury; and parts of Bundoora, Coburg North, Macleod, and Thomastown are in this division.[2]

The current Member for Batman, since the 2013 federal election, is David Feeney, a member of the Australian Labor Party.

History

When it was created it covered the inner suburbs of Carlton and Fitzroy, but successive boundary changes have moved it steadily northwards. Today it includes Northcote, Preston, Reservoir and Thornbury.

Located in Labor's traditional heartland of north Melbourne, Batman has been in Labor hands for all but two terms since 1910, and without interruption since 1969. It has been held by senior Labor figures since 1977. It was held by Brian Howe from 1977 to 1996, a senior minister in the Hawke and Keating governments, and also Deputy Prime Minister 1991–95. Howe was succeeded at the 1996 election by Martin Ferguson, moving to Parliament after six years as President of the ACTU. Ferguson served as a senior Labor frontbencher, and a minister in the Rudd and Gillard governments, before resigning from the ministry in March 2013 after the failed challenge to Gillard's leadership. He was succeeded at the 2013 election by former Senator David Feeney, who had been a junior minister in the Rudd and Gillard governments.[3]

Members

Member Party Term
  Jabez Coon Protectionist 1906–1909
  Commonwealth Liberal 1909–1910
  Henry Beard Labor 1910–1910
  Frank Brennan Labor 1911–1931
  Samuel Dennis United Australia 1931–1934
  Frank Brennan Labor 1934–1949
  Alan Bird Labor 1949–1962
  Sam Benson Labor 1962–1966
  Independent 1966–1969
  Horrie Garrick Labor 1969–1977
  Brian Howe Labor 1977–1996
  Martin Ferguson Labor 1996–2013
  David Feeney Labor 2013–present

Election results

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Australian federal election, 2013: Batman[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Feeney 36,798 41.29 −10.62
Greens Alex Bhathal 23,522 26.40 +2.65
Liberal George Souris 20,017 22.46 +2.40
Sex Party Lianna Sliwczynski 2,301 2.58 +2.48
Palmer United Franco Guardiani 2,253 2.53 +2.53
Animal Justice Rosemary Lavin 1,250 1.40 +1.40
Family First Ken Smithies 1,126 1.26 −1.92
Rise Up Australia Pat Winterton 1,121 1.26 +1.26
Independent Philip Sutton 726 0.81 +0.81
Total formal votes 89,114 94.24 −0.74
Informal votes 5,450 5.76 +0.74
Turnout 94,564 91.59 −0.28
Two-party-preferred result
Labor David Feeney 63,257 70.98 −3.82
Liberal George Souris 25,857 29.02 +3.82
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor David Feeney 54,009 60.61 +2.86
Greens Alex Bhathal 35,105 39.39 −2.86
Labor hold Swing +2.86

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