Division of Indi facts for kids
Quick facts for kids IndiAustralian House of Representatives Division |
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Division of Indi (green) in Victoria
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| Created | 1901 |
| MP | Cathy McGowan |
| Party | Independent |
| Namesake | Murray River (Aboriginal name) |
| Electors | 98,399 (2013) |
| Area | 28,008 km2 (10,813.9 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Rural |
The Division of Indi is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. It is located in north-eastern Victoria. It is one of the largest divisions in Victoria. A lot of its area is in the Alpine National Park. It includes the cities of Wodonga, Wangaratta, and Benalla, and the smaller towns of Rutherglen, Mansfield, Beechworth, Bethanga, Myrtleford, Corryong, Tallangatta, Yea and Euroa. It also includes the ski resort of Falls Creek and the isolated village of Woods Point.
Indi was one of the 75 divisions set up for the first federal election in 1901. The name Indi, was an Indigenous Australian word for the Murray River, which is one of the boundaries of the division.
Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Isaac Isaacs | Protectionist | 1901–1906 | |
| Joseph Brown | Anti-Socialist | 1906–1909 | |
| Commonwealth Liberal | 1909–1910 | ||
| Parker Moloney | Labor | 1910–1913 | |
| Cornelius Ahern | Commonwealth Liberal | 1913–1914 | |
| Parker Moloney | Labor | 1914–1917 | |
| John Leckie | Nationalist | 1917–1919 | |
| Robert Cook | Country | 1919–1928 | |
| Paul Jones | Labor | 1928–1931 | |
| William Hutchinson | United Australia | 1931–1937 | |
| John McEwen | Country | 1937–1949 | |
| William Bostock | Liberal | 1949–1958 | |
| Mac Holten | Country | 1958–1975 | |
| National Country | 1975–1977 | ||
| Ewen Cameron | Liberal | 1977–1993 | |
| Lou Lieberman | Liberal | 1993–2001 | |
| Sophie Mirabella | Liberal | 2001–2013 | |
| Cathy McGowan | Independent | 2013–present | |
Famous members inlude Sir Isaac Isaacs, the Attorney-General of Australia, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, and the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. John McEwen, who moved to Murray, became Prime Minister of Australia after the death of Harold Holt in 1967. The Labor party won the seat in 1928 when the conservatives forgot to nominate a candidate.
Election results
Images for kids
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The Murray River, the Aboriginal name of which is the division's namesake
