Division of Higgins facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Higgins Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Higgins (green) in Victoria
Created	1949
MP	Kelly O'Dwyer
Party	Liberal
Namesake	H. B. Higgins
Area	39 km2 (15.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner Metropolitan

H.B. Higgins

The Division of Higgins is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria.

It was created in 1949 and is named after Justice H. B. Higgins (1851–1929). Higgins was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (1894), president of the Carlton Football Club (1904), a member of the Australian House of Representatives (1901–1906), and a judge of the High Court of Australia (1906–1929).

The Division of Higgins covers the inner eastern suburbs of Melbourne, including Armadale, Ashburton, Malvern, Toorak and parts of Glen Iris, Camberwell, Carnegie, Murrumbeena, Prahran, and South Yarra.

Members

Higgins has been important in Australian federal politics and for the Liberal Party of Australia. The seat's first two members, Harold Holt and Sir John Gorton, were the 17th and 19th Prime Ministers of Australia. Higgins is the only Division to have been held by two Prime Ministers.

Peter Costello the longest serving Treasurer of Australia and former Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party also held the seat from 1990–2009. He resigned in 2009 which meant a by-election had to be held. There had also been a by-election in 1967, after Harold Holt disappeared in the sea.

Election results

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  H. B. Higgins, the division's namesake