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| Australian federal election, 2016
Division of Corangamite, Victoria
Western Victoria: Anglesea, Belmont, Colac, Queenscliff
Sitting member: Sarah Henderson (Liberal), elected 2013
Enrolment at close of rolls: 110,297
2013 Liberal majority over Labor: 3.9%
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Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Michael Lawrence
Independent |
2. Alan Barron
Family First |
3. Nick Steel
Rise Up Australia |
4. Louis Rowe
Liberal Democratic Party |
5. Libby Coker
Australian Labor Party |
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6. Patrice Nelson
Derryn Hinch's Justice Party |
7. Andy Meddick
Animal Justice Party |
8. Courtney Dalton
Drug Law Reform |
9. Patchouli Paterson
Australian Greens |
10. Sarah Henderson
Liberal Party |
2013 results
Statistics and history
Corangamite has existed since Federation, located in south-west Victoria based on Colac and the surrounding rural areas. Although its
boundaries have changed very little over the years, its demographics have changed. The outer suburbs of Geelong have spread into the
north-east of the seat, and the population of the Surf Coast towns has increased greatly. This has made what was once a very safe
Liberal seat increasingly marginal. Although the seat has a fairly high income level for a rural seat, it has the usual low proportion
of people born in non English speaking countries. It also has a high level of over-65s, reflecting the growth of retirement towns along
the coast.
The Liberal strength is in Colac and the rural areas generally, as well as in the affluent Geelong suburb of Highton. Labor's strongest
areas are Geelong suburbs such as Belmont, Grovedale and Oberon, and some of the Surf Coast towns, notably Aireys Inlet.
Jim Scullin, later Prime Minister, held Corangamite for one term. Tony Street, Foreign Minister in the Fraser Government, held the seat
from 1966. He resigned in 1984 and was succeeded by Stewart McArthur. McArthur came from an old Western District family (his father Sir
Gordon was a state MP for many years), but by 2007, when he was 70, he had been overtaken by the changes in the seat. He was defeated by
Labor's Darren Cheeseman, who was narrowly re-elected in 2010. Cheeseman was defeated in the strong swing to the Liberals in Victoria in
2013.
Sarah Henderson, Liberal MP for Corangamite since 2013, is a barrister and former TV news reporter, corporate lawyer and media executive.
Her mother Ann Henderson was a state MP and minister. She can expect promotion if she holds this seat. Her majority of 3.9% will be improved
by the advantages of incumbency, but she is nevertheless no certainty of re-electon. The Labor candidate is Libby Coker, also a former
journalist, and twice Mayor of the Surf Coast Shire.
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