| Indi AustralianHouse of RepresentativesDivision | |
|---|---|
 Division of Indi (green) inVictoria | |
| Created | 1901 |
| MP | Helen Haines |
| Party | Independent |
| Namesake | Murray River (Aboriginal name) |
| Electors | 98,399 (2013) |
| Area | 28,008 km2 (10,813.9 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Rural |
TheDivision of Indi/ɪnˈdaɪ/ is anAustralian Electoral Division inVictoria. It is located in north-eastern Victoria.[1] It is one of the largest divisions in Victoria. A lot of its area is in the Alpine National Park. It includes the cities ofWodonga,Wangaratta, andBenalla, and the smaller towns ofRutherglen,Mansfield,Beechworth,Bethanga,Myrtleford,Corryong,Tallangatta,Yea andEuroa.[1] It also includes the ski resort ofFalls Creek and the isolated village ofWoods Point.[1]
Indi was one of the 75 divisions set up for the first federal election in 1901.[1] The name Indi, was anIndigenous Australian word for theMurray River, which is one of the boundaries of the division.[1]
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Isaacs | Protectionist | 1901–1906 | |
| Joseph Brown | Anti-Socialist | 1906–1909 | |
| Commonwealth Liberal | 1909–1910 | ||
| Parker Moloney | Labor | 1910–1913 | |
| Cornelius Ahern | Commonwealth Liberal | 1913–1914 | |
| Parker Moloney | Labor | 1914–1917 | |
| John Leckie | Nationalist | 1917–1919 | |
| Robert Cook | Country | 1919–1928 | |
| Paul Jones | Labor | 1928–1931 | |
| William Hutchinson | United Australia | 1931–1937 | |
| John McEwen | Country | 1937–1949 | |
| William Bostock | Liberal | 1949–1958 | |
| Mac Holten | Country | 1958–1975 | |
| National Country | 1975–1977 | ||
| Ewen Cameron | Liberal | 1977–1993 | |
| Lou Lieberman | Liberal | 1993–2001 | |
| Sophie Mirabella | Liberal | 2001–2013 | |
| Cathy McGowan | Independent | 2013–present | |
Famous members inlude SirIsaac Isaacs, theAttorney-General of Australia,Chief Justice of theHigh Court of Australia, and the first Australian-bornGovernor-General of Australia.John McEwen, who moved toMurray, becamePrime Minister of Australia after the death ofHarold Holt in 1967. The Labor party won the seat in 1928 when theconservatives forgot to nominate a candidate.[2]
| 2022 Australian federal election: Indi[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Helen Haines | 41,319 | 40.68 | +8.33 | |
| Liberal | Ross Lyman | 30,995 | 30.52 | −4.57 | |
| Labor | Nadia David | 8,723 | 8.59 | −3.50 | |
| One Nation | Beth Stevens | 5,366 | 5.28 | +5.28 | |
| National | Liz Fisher | 3,854 | 3.79 | −5.66 | |
| Greens | Benjamin Gilbert | 3,626 | 3.57 | −0.64 | |
| United Australia | Stephen Williams | 2,558 | 2.52 | −1.42 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Julian Fidge | 2,300 | 2.26 | +2.26 | |
| Animal Justice | Angel Aleksov | 1,749 | 1.72 | +1.72 | |
| Justice | Lachlan O'Connell | 1,074 | 1.06 | −1.80 | |
| Total formal votes | 101,564 | 94.53 | −1.11 | ||
| Informal votes | 5,880 | 5.47 | +1.11 | ||
| Turnout | 107,444 | 91.48 | −2.88 | ||
| Notionaltwo-party-preferred count | |||||
| Liberal | Ross Lyman | 56,123 | 55.26 | −7.47 | |
| Labor | Nadia David | 45,441 | 44.74 | +7.47 | |
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Independent | Helen Haines | 59,861 | 58.94 | +7.55 | |
| Liberal | Ross Lyman | 41,703 | 41.06 | −7.55 | |
| Independenthold | Swing | +7.55 | |||
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