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| Australian federal election, 2016
Division of Gorton, Victoria
Western Melbourne: Caroline Springs, Deer Park, Melton, St Albans
Sitting member: Hon Brendan O'Connor (Labor), elected 2001
Enrolment at close of rolls: 115,937
2013 Labor majority over Liberal: 16.1%
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Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Hon Brendan O'Connor
Australian Labor Party |
2. Daryl Lang
Liberal Party |
3. Rod Swift
Australian Greens |
2013 results
Statistics and history
Gorton was created in 2004, in the heart of Melbourne's heavily working-class and "ethnic" western suburbs. It replaced the old seat of Burke, but cannot be regarded as the same seat renamed, since it inherited only 54% of Burke's voters (the rest came from Calwell and Gellibrand). Gorton has one of the highest proportions of people employed in manufacturing, and one of the lowest of people in professional occupations.
Gorton has one of the highest proportions of people born in non English speaking countries of any electorate, and the fifth highest level of families with dependent children. It is thus an electorate of young working-class families, and a low-income mortgage belt seat.
Brendan O'Connor, Labor MP for Burke from 2001 to 2004 and for Gorton since 2004, was assistant national secretary of the Australian Services Union before his election. He was on the opposition front bench from 2006, and was a minister throughout the Rudd-Gillard Government. He is now Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Shadow Special Minister of State. The Liberal candidate is Daryl Lang, a health manager.
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