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Higgins
Australian House of Representatives Division
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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
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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

Member Party Term
  Harold Holt Liberal 1949–1967
  John Gorton Liberal 1968–1975
  Independent 1975–1975
  Roger Shipton Liberal 1975–1990
  Peter Costello Liberal 1990–2009
  Kelly O'Dwyer Liberal 2009–present

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

Preceded by
Kooyong
Division represented by the Prime Minister
1966–1967
Harold Holt
Succeeded by
Murray
Preceded by
Murray
Division represented by the Prime Minister
1968–1971
John Gorton
Succeeded by
Lowe


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