Division Profile

Division Name

HOLT

State

Victoria

Elected Member

Byrne, A (ALP) 1999-

Name Derivation

Named after Harold Edward Holt 1908-67, Prime Minister of Australia 1966-67, who disappeared while swimming off Portsea Beach in 1967.

First Proclaimed / Election

1968/1969

Area

131 sq. kms

Demographic

Outer Metropolitan

Pre-Election Seat Status

Safe

Seat Status

Fairly Safe

Enrolment

102,585

Turnout

92.81%

Informal

6.08%

Location

The Division of Holt is located in Melbourne's outer south-eastern suburbs. It covers an area of approximately 131 sq km extending in a strip from Lysterfield South in the north to Cranbourne in the south. The main suburbs include Cranbourne, Cranbourne North, Cranbourne West, Doveton, Endeavour Hills, Eumemmerring, Hallam, Hampton Park, Lynbrook, Lysterfield South, a majority of Cranbourne East and Lyndhurst and parts of Clyde, Clyde North, Narre Warren, Narre Warren North and Narre Warren South.

Products and Industry

Light industry.

Members

Byrne, A (ALP) 1999-

Evans, G J (ALP) 1996-1999

Duffy, M J (ALP) 1980-1996

Yates, W (LP) 1975-1980

Oldmeadow, M W (ALP) 1972-1975

Reid, S L (LP) 1969-1972

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seat status following the election
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turnout and informality rates from the election
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Notes:

Inner metropolitan: located in a capital city and comprising well-established, built-up suburbs.
Outer metropolitan: located in capital cities and containing areas of more recent urban expansion.
Provincial: divisions with a majority of enrolment in major provincial cities.
Rural: divisions without a majority of enrolment in major provincial cities.
Where a winning party receives less than 56% of the vote, the seat is classified as 'marginal', 56-60% is classified as 'fairly safe' and more than 60% is considered 'safe'.
The turnout figure provided in the results screens is based on eligible electors and is calculated as the number of votes counted as a percentage of the election enrolment.
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VIC DIVISION - HOLT

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