Division Profile

Division Name

CALWELL

State

Victoria

Elected Member

Vamvakinou, M (ALP) 2001-

Name Derivation

Named after Arthur Calwell 1896-1973, Member of House of Representatives 1940-72, Leader of the Australian Labor Party 1960-67.

First Proclaimed / Election

1984

Area

504 sq. kms

Demographic

Outer Metropolitan

Seat Status

Fairly Safe

Enrolment

87,843

Turnout

95.35%

Informal

5.24%

Location

Calwell covers an area of approximately 504 sq km from Craigieburn in the east to Sunbury in the west and from Tullamarine in the south to Clarkefield in the north. The localities it covers are Attwood, Broadmeadows, Bulla, Campbellfield, Coolaroo, Craigieburn, Dallas, Gladstone Park, Greenvale, Jacana, Kalkallo, Meadow Heights, Melbourne Airport, Mickleham, Oaklands Junction, Roxburgh Park, Somerton, Sunbury, Westmeadows, Wildwood and Yuroke.

Products and Industry

Automobile manufacturing, food processing, general farming, horse studs, textiles, clothing, transport, telecommunications, airline industries, wine production and service industries.

Members

VAMVAKINOU, M (ALP) 2001-

THEOPHANOUS, A C (ALP/IND) 1984-2001

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