Division of McMillan facts for kids

Quick facts for kids McMillan Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of McMillan (green) in Victoria
Created	1949
Abolished	2019
Namesake	Angus McMillan
Electors	93,285 (2010)
Area	8,328 km2 (3,215.5 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

The Division of McMillan was a special area in the Australian state of Victoria. It was one of the areas that elected a person to represent its people in the Australian House of Representatives, which is part of Australia's Parliament. This division covered the western part of a region called Gippsland.

It included many towns like Drouin, Moe, Pakenham, Trafalgar, Warragul, and Wonthaggi. It was actually the most southern electoral division on the Australian mainland!

The Division of McMillan was created in 1949. It was named after Angus McMillan, who was one of the first European explorers to travel through the Gippsland region. This division stopped existing in 2019 and was replaced by a new one called the Division of Monash.

In 1972, a politician named Arthur Hewson won the election for this area with a very small number of first-choice votes (only 16.6%). This was the lowest number of first-choice votes for any winning candidate in any federal election in Australia's history!

Who Represented McMillan?

This section lists the people who were elected to represent the McMillan area in the Australian Parliament. These people are called Members of Parliament.

Image		Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Geoffrey Brown	Liberal	1949–1955	Passed away while in office.
		Alexander Buchanan	Liberal	1955–1972	Did not get chosen by his party to run again, then lost the election.
			Independent	1972–1972
		Arthur Hewson	Country	1972–1975	Had been a member of the Victorian Parliament before. Lost the election.
		Barry Simon	Liberal	1975–1980	Lost the election.
		Barry Cunningham	Labor	1980–1990	Was a Chief Government Whip, an important role, under Prime Minister Hawke. Lost the election.
		John Riggall	Liberal	1990–1993	Lost the election.
		Barry Cunningham	Labor	1993–1996	Lost the election.
		Russell Broadbent	Liberal	1996–1998	Had represented another area called Corinella before. Lost the election.
		Christian Zahra	Labor	1998–2004	Lost the election.
		Russell Broadbent	Liberal	2004–2019	Moved to represent the new Division of Monash when McMillan was closed in 2019.

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  Angus McMillan, the person the division was named after.