| Gippsland Australian House of Representatives Division |
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 Division of Gippsland (green) within Victoria |
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| Created: | 1901 |
| MP: | Darren Chester |
| Party: | National |
| Namesake: | Gippsland |
| Electors: | 94,882 |
| Area: | 33,264 km² (12,843 sq mi) |
| Demographic: | Rural |
The Division of Gippsland is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named for the Gippsland region of eastern Victoria, which in turn is named for Sir George Gipps, Governor of New South Wales 1838-46. It includes the towns of Bairnsdale, Morwell, Sale and Traralgon. In 104 years Gippsland has never elected a Labor member. It has been held by the Country Party and its successor the National Party since 1922: it is the only seat the party has held continuously since its creation. On its new boundaries, however, it takes in most of the industrial Latrobe Valley.
Sitting MP Peter McGauran announced his resignation in April 2008, sparking a June 2008 by-election, with the three major parties all contesting the election. The Nationals retained the seat on an increased margin, electing Darren Chester.
Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Allan McLean | Protectionist | 1901–1904 | |
| Anti-Socialist | 1904–1906 | ||
| George Wise | Protectionist | 1906–1909 | |
| Independent | 1909–1913 | ||
| James Bennett | Commonwealth Liberal | 1913–1914 | |
| George Wise | Independent | 1914–1916 | |
| Nationalist | 1916–1922 | ||
| Thomas Paterson | Country | 1922–1943 | |
| George Bowden | Country | 1943–1961 | |
| Peter Nixon | Country, National | 1961–1983 | |
| Peter McGauran | National | 1983–2008 | |
| Darren Chester | National | 2008–present | |
Election results
| Gippsland by-election, 2008 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| National | Darren Chester | 32,971 | 39.60 | -8.77 | |
| Labor | Darren McCubbin | 23,652 | 28.41 | -8.14 | |
| Liberal | Rohan Fitzgerald | 17,249 | 20.72 | +20.72 | |
| Greens | Malcolm McKelvie | 5,862 | 7.04 | +1.50 | |
| Liberty and Democracy | Ben Buckley | 3,518 | 4.23 | +4.23 | |
| Total formal votes | 83,252 | 97.12 | +0.10 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,465 | 2.88 | -0.10 | ||
| Total votes | 85,717 | 89.68% | -5.98 | ||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| National | Darren Chester | 51,611 | 61.99 | +6.08 | |
| Labor | Darren McCubbin | 31,641 | 38.01 | -6.08 | |
| National hold | Swing | +6.08 | |||
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