Isaacs AustralianHouse of RepresentativesDivision
Interactive map of electorate boundaries from the2025 federal election
Created	1969
MP	Mark Dreyfus
Party	Labor
Namesake	Sir Isaac Isaacs
Electors	120,804 (2025)
Area	158 km2 (61.0 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer metropolitan
Electorates around Isaacs: Goldstein Hotham Bruce Port Phillip Isaacs Holt Port Phillip Dunkley Holt

TheDivision of Isaacs is anAustralian Electoral Division in thestate ofVictoria. It is located in the south-eastern suburbs ofMelbourne, on the eastern shores ofPort Phillip Bay. It covers the suburbs ofMordialloc,Keysborough (part),Waterways,Cheltenham (part),Dingley Village,Chelsea,Aspendale,Aspendale Gardens,Edithvale,Bonbeach,Patterson Lakes,Carrum,Parkdale,Mentone,Dandenong South,Highett,Heatherton andMoorabbin.

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by theAustralian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.^[1]

As a result of a periodical boundary redistribution, from the2025 Australian federal election, Isaacs’ boundaries moved north and east to include the suburbs of Keysborough,Springvale South,Noble Park (part) andDandenong (part), while losing the suburbs of Chelsea (part),Chelsea Heights (part), Bonbeach, Carrum and Patterson Lakes to neighbouringDunkley and parts of Moorabbin, Highett and Cheltenham toGoldstein.^[2]

The division was named afterSir Isaac Isaacs, formerChief Justice of Australia and the first Australian-bornGovernor-General of Australia. It was proclaimed at the redistribution of 21 November 1968, and first contested at the1969 federal election. Originally a marginal seat, it switched regularly between theLiberals andLabor. However, Labor has held it without interruption since1996, and it is now considered fairly safe for that party.

The formerDivision of Isaacs (1949–69) was located in the inner south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, and was not related to this division except in name.

Mark Dreyfus became the newLabor member in2007, and has been re-elected ever since. The division was also contested in 2007 by Laura Chipp, daughter ofDon Chipp, for theAustralian Democrats.

Image		Member	Party	Term	Notes
		David Hamer (1923–2002)	Liberal	25 October 1969 – 18 May 1974	Lost seat
		Gareth Clayton (1942–2010)	Labor	18 May 1974 – 13 December 1975	Lost seat
		David Hamer (1923–2002)	Liberal	13 December 1975 – 10 November 1977	Transferred to theSenate
		Bill Burns (1933–2009)		10 December 1977 – 18 October 1980	Lost seat
		David Charles (1948–)	Labor	18 October 1980 – 19 February 1990	Retired
		Rod Atkinson (1948–)	Liberal	24 March 1990 – 2 March 1996	Lost seat
		Greg Wilton (1955–2000)	Labor	2 March 1996 – 14 June 2000	Died in office
		Ann Corcoran (1951–)		12 August 2000 – 17 October 2007	Lost preselection and retired
		Mark Dreyfus (1956–)		24 November 2007 – present	Served as minister underGillard,Rudd, andAlbanese. Incumbent.

• Division of Isaacs – Australian Electoral Commission

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