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Australian federal election, 2022
Division of Chisholm, Victoria
Named for: Caroline Chisholm (1808-77), social worker and promoter of
women's immigration
South-eastern Melbourne: Box Hill South, Burwood, Mount Waverley, Wheelers Hill
State seats: Parts of
Box Hill,
Burwood,
Forest Hill,
Mount Waverley ,
Mulgrave and
Oakleigh
Local government areas: Parts of
Monash and
Whitehorse
Borders with:
Aston,
Deakin,
Higgins,
Hotham,
Kooyong and
Menzies
Enrolment at 2019 election: 106,323
Enrolment at 2022 election: 109,753 (+03.2)
1999 republic referendum: Yes 57.3
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 61.6
Sitting member:
Gladys Liu (Liberal): Elected 2019
2007 Labor majority over Liberal: 7.4%
2010 Labor majority over Liberal: 6.1%
2013 Labor majority over Liberal: 1.6%
2016 Liberal majority over Labor: 1.2%
2019 Liberal majority over Labor: 0.6%
2022 notional Liberal majority over Labor: 0.5%
Liberal two-party vote 1983-2019
Status: Very marginal Liberal
Best Liberal booths, two-party vote: Mulgrave PPVC (63.6), Mount View (57.2), Mount Waverley PPVC (56.9),
Brentwood (56.8), Highvale (55.7)
Best Labor booths, two-party vote: Clayton North (66.1), Mulgrave (60.7), Chadstone East (60.3),
Laburnum (60.1), Oakleigh East (59.9)
2019 results
Statistics and history
Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Gladys Liu
Liberal Party |
2. Thomas Stanfield
Derryn Hinch's Justice Party |
3. Anthea Antonie
Federation Party |
4. Aaron Tyrrell
Pauline Hanson's One Nation |
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5. Rod Whitfield
Animal Justice Party |
6. Ryan Dare
Citizens Party |
7. Ethelyn King
Liberal Democrats |
8. Sarah Newman
Australian Greens |
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9. Melanie Kempson
United Australia Party |
10. Dominique Murphy
Independent |
11. Wayne Tseng
Independent |
12. Carina Garland
Australian Labor Party |
Candidate websites:
Anthea Antonie
Luke Arthur
Ryan Dare
Carina Garland
Melanie Kempson
Ethelyn King
Gladys Liu
Dominique Murphy
Sarah Newman
Wayne Tseng
Rod Whitfield
Division of Chisholm
Chisholm was created in 1949, and at that time was centred on Camberwell and was a safe Liberal seat. Successive
redistributions have pushed it east and south, and now it contains none of its original territory. Chisholm has a high
median income level, a high proprtion of graduates and a high proportion of people in professional and managerial
occupations. What sets it apart from other Melbourne upper-income seats is the high level of people born in non
English speaking countries, particularly in China.
Chisholm's first two members,
Sir Wilfrid Kent Hughes and
Tony Staley, were both ministers, in the Menzies and Fraser
governments respectively. Labor won the seat for the first time in 1983, but in 1987
Dr Michael Wooldridge won it back for
the Liberals. Wooldridge was Health Minister in the Howard Government, but by 1998 Chisholm was seen as increasingly unsafe
by the Liberals, and Wooldridge moved to outer suburban
Casey. The seat then passed to Labor's
Anna Burke, who was
Speaker 2012-13 and retired in 2016. The loss of her personal vote, on top of Labor's weak performance in
Victoria, allowed the Liberals to regain the seat - their only gain at the 2016 election.
Julia Banks, who won the seat in 2016, strongly supported Prime Minister
Malcolm Turnbull. After his forced resignation she
announced that she would not stand again in 2022, blaming the "bullying and intimidation" of the
Dutton camp.
The 2018 redistribution improved Chisholm for the Liberals by removing Clayton and Oakleigh and adding
the Liberal stronghold of Glen Waverley. The 2021 redistribution has once more moved the seat to the south-east, taking in Mount
Waverley, Mulgrave and Wheelers Hill. It now resembles the seat of
Bruce, as it was in the 1970s. The effect has been to weaken
it slightly for the Liberals, and to reduce the proportion of voters of Chinese origin.
Gladys Liu, Liberal MP for Chisholm since 2019, was born in Hong Kong and came to Australia in 1985. She was a speech patholgist,
teacher, restaurateur, ministerial adviser and business consultant before entering politics. She is the first woman of Chinese
ethnicity elected to the Australian Parliament. At the 2019 election she defeated Labor candidate Jennifer Yang, in the first
contest between two Chinese-Australian candidates. The 2021 redistribution has reduced her already slender majority, and this
will be a keenly contested seat in 2022. The Labor candidate is Carina Garland, National Political Coordinator, United Workers
Union. The Greens candidate is Sarah Newman, whose occupation is not stated.
Demographics:
Median weekly household income: $1,560 (Australia $1,438)
People over 65: 18.9% (Australia 15.8%)
Australian born: 49.4% (Australia 66.7%)
Ancestry: Chinese 20.1%
Non-English-speaking households: 44.5% (Australia 22.2%)
Catholics 18.0% (Australia 22.6%)
No religion 34.9% (Australia 29.6%)
University graduates: 37.0% (Australia 22.0%)
Professional and managerial employment: 46.9% (Australia 35.2%)
Employed in manufacturing and construction: 16.7% (Australia 22.9%)
Paying a mortgage: 30.3% (Australia 34.5%)
Renting: 25.3% (Australia 30.9%)
Traditional families: 39.0% (Australia 32.8%)
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