HIGINBOTHAM / HOTHAM, Victoria ===================================================================== * Higinbotham named for: Hon George Higinbotham (1826-92), Vic MP 1861, 1862-71, 1873-76, judge * Hotham named for: Sir Charles Hotham (1806-55), Governor of Victoria 1854-55 (Sir Charles pronounced his name Hutham, but the seat has always been pronounced Hotham.) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Created 1949 Redistributed 1955, 1969 (renamed Hotham), 1977, 1984, 1990, 1996, 2004, 2013, 2018 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949: Bentleigh, Hampton, Moorabbin, Sandringham 1955: Bentleigh, Highett, Moorabbin, Sandringham 1969: Bentleigh, Cheltenham East, Heatherton, Moorabbin 1977: Heatherton, Moorabbin, Noble Park, Springvale 1984: Cheltenham, Clayton South, Heatherton, Springvale 1990: Clayton, Huntingdale, Oakleigh, Springvale 1996: Clayton, Heatherton, Oakleigh South, Springvale 2004: Clayton, Heatherton, Oakleigh South, Springvale 2013: Cheltenham, Clarinda, Moorabbin, Springvale South 2013: Clarinda, Clayton, Oakleigh, Wheelers Hill --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolments --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 44,691 1972 56,170 (+06.7) 1993 77,035 (+04.1) 1951 49,259 (+10.2) 1974 61,051 (+08.7) 1996* 86,329 (+12.1) 1954 58,841 (+19.5) 1975 62,937 (+03.1) 1998 87,626 (+01.5) 1955* 45,033 (-23.5) 1977* 73,771 (+17.2) 2001 88,826 (+01.4) 1958 53,039 (+17.8) 1980 77,952 (+05.7) 2004* 87,846 (-01.1) 1961 58,747 (+10.8) 1983 81,122 (+04.1) 2007 88,823 (+01.1) 1963 61,150 (+04.1) 1984* 69,127 (-14.8) 2010 89,581 (+00.9) 1966 63,892 (+04.5) 1987 70,613 (+02.1) 2013* 97,615 (+09.0) 1969* 52,628 (-17.6) 1990* 73,974 (+04.8) 2016 99,994 (+02.4) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Two-party majorities --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 1951 1954 1955 1958 1960b 1961 1963 1966 1969 -03.6 -04.4 -04.5 -08.8 -09.8 -00.6 -07.8 -10.8 -11.8 -08.2 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972 1974 1975 1977 1980 1983 1984 1987 1990 1993 -07.1 -02.3 -07.7 -01.7 +04.0 +10.1 +08.1 +06.5 +04.2 +13.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 +10.6 +13.6 +11.0 +07.4 +13.0 +13.5 +07.3 +07.5 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Members --------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Timson (Lib) 1949-60 Lewis Kent (ALP) 1980-90 Hon Donald Chipp (Lib) 1960-77 Hon Simon Crean (ALP) 1990-2013 Roger Johnston (Lib) 1977-80 Clare O'Neil (ALP) 2013- ---------------------------------------------------------------------