2001 Profile of the division of Corangamite

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State:

Victoria

Name Derivation:

Named after Lake Corangamite. The name of the lake originated from the Aboriginal word for 'bitter', describing the salt content of the lake.

Area and Location Description:

It covers an area of approximately 7570 sq km from Colac in the west to St Leonards in the east and from Meredith in the north to Cape Otway in the south.

Some of the suburbs of Geelong (Belmont, Grovedale and Highton) and the towns of Anglesea, Apollo Bay, Barwon Heads, Inverleigh, Lorne, Ocean Grove, Portarlington and Torquay are located in this division.

Products/Industries of the area:

Beef and dairy cattle, cereals, fishing, forestry, lambs, timber milling, tourism, wool, dairy products, meat processing, surfing equipment manufacture and general retailing.

First Proclaimed/Election

1900/1901

Members

Stewart McArthur (LP) 1984–

A A Street (LP) 1966–84

E D Mackinnon (LP) 1953–66

A McKenzie McDonald (UAP/LP) 1940–53

G A Street (UAP) 1934–40

W G Gibson (CP) 1931–34

R A Crouch (ALP) 1929–31

W G Gibson (FU/VFU/CP) 1918–29

J C Manifold (LIB/NAT) 1913–18

J H Scullin (ALP) 1910–13

J G Wilson (FT/ANTI-SOC) 1903–10

J C Manifold (PROT) 1901–03

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AEC – Divisional Office Contact Numbers and Addresses

Demographic Rating

Provincial

3 October 1998 Election	6 November 1999 Referendum	10 November 2001 Election
Enrolment: 79 927 Informal Vote: 2.55% Turnout: 95.79% Seat Status: Marginal Liberal Two Party Preferred: ALP: 45.50% LP: 54.50%	Enrolment: 82 467 Informal Vote: Republic Question 0.72% Preamble Question 0.81% Turnout: Republic Question 96.47% Preamble Question 96.46%	Enrolment: 85 955 Informal Vote: 3.38% Turnout: 96.32% Seat Status: Marginal Liberal Two Party Preferred: ALP: 44.33% LP: 55.67%