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Australian federal election, 2019
Division of Corio, Victoria
South-west of Melbourne: Belmont, Geelong, Lara, Newtown, Norlane
State seats: All of
Geelong and
Lara, parts of
Polwarth and
South Barwon
Local government areas: Parts of Greater Geelong
Enrolment at close of rolls: 110,322
1999 republic referendum: No 55.5
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 67.7
Sitting member: Hon Richard Marles (Labor):
Elected 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016
2007 Labor majority over Liberal: 8.9%
2010 Labor majority over Liberal: 14.2%
2013 Labor majority over Liberal: 7.8%
2016 Labor majority over Liberal: 10.0%
2019 notional Labor majority over Liberal: 8.3%
Status: Fairly safe Labor
2016 results
Statistics and history
Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Hon Richard Marles
Australian Labor Party |
2. Alastair Thomson
Liberal Party |
3. Amber Forbes
Australian Greens |
4. Desmond Sanborn
United Australia Party |
Candidate websites:
Amber Forbes
Hon Richard Marles
Division of Corio
Corio has existed since Federation, and has always been based on the provincial city of Geelong, though at times it
has also included most of the western suburbs of Melbourne. Since the 1980s is has consisted only of Geelong and a
few rural areas to the north. Like most regional seats it has a relatively low median income level and a low
proportion of people in professional and managerial occupations. As a manufacturing centre, however, Geelong has a higher level of
non English speaking households than most regional cities.
After being held by the Liberals through the 1950s and '60s, Corio has become a steadily stronger seat for Labor
over the past 30 years. The Liberals have not won it since 1966. Members for Corio have included Liberal ministers
Richard Casey and Sir Hubert Opperman and Labor ministers Jack Dedman and Gordon Scholes. Gavan O'Connor succeeded
Scholes in 1993. He was on the opposition front bench, but in 2007 he was defeated in an acrimonious preselection
battle, and contested the seat as an independent (with the usual result).
Richard Marles, Labor MP for Corio since 2007, is a lawyer, and was legal officer for the Transport Workers' Union
of Australia and then assistant secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions before his election. He
was a parliamentary secretary from 2009, resigned in early 2013 during the Rudd-Gillard conflict, and returned
briefly as Minister for Trade in the second Rudd Government. He is now Shadow Minister for Defence.
The Liberal candidate is Alastair Thomson, a real-estate agent. The Greens candidate is Amber Forbes, whose occupation is not stated.
Demographics:
Median weekly household income: $1,154 (Australia $1,438)
People over 65: 18.8% (Australia 15.8%)
Australian born: 75.5% (Australia 66.7%)
Non-English-speaking households: 14.4% (Australia 22.2%)
Catholics 26.6% (Australia 22.6%)
No religion 32.4% (Australia 29.6%)
University graduates: 15.6% (Australia 22.0%)
Professional and managerial employment: 28.6% (Australia 35.2%)
Employed in manufacturing and construction: 29.6% (Australia 22.9%)
Paying a mortgage: 32.4% (Australia 34.5%)
Renting: 29.7% (Australia 30.9%)
Traditional families: 27.5% (Australia 32.8%)
Members:
Hon Richard Crouch (Prot, Lib) 1901-10
Alfred Ozanne (ALP) 1910-13
William Kendell (Lib) 1913-14
Alfred Ozanne (ALP) 1914-17
John Lister (Nat) 1917-29
Arthur Lewis (ALP) 1929-31
Hon Richard Casey (UAP) 1931-40
Hon John Dedman (ALP) 1940-49
Hon Sir Hubert Opperman (Lib) 1949-67
Hon Gordon Scholes (ALP) 1967b-93
Gavan O'Connor (ALP) 1993-2007
Hon Richard Marles (ALP) 2007-
Boundaries following 2018 redistribution:
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