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Australian federal election, 2022
Division of Hawke, Victoria
Named for: Hon Bob Hawke (1929-2019), federal MP 1980-92, Prime
Minister 1983-91
West of Melbourne: Bacchus Marsh, Ballan, Diggers Rest, Melton, Sunbury
State seats: Parts of
Buninyong,
Kororoit,
Macedon,
Melton,
Sunbury and
Sydenham
Local government areas: Parts of
Hume,
Melton and
Moorabool
Borders with:
Ballarat,
Calwell,
Corio,
Gorton,
Lalor,
McEwen and
Maribyrnong
Enrolment at 2022 election: 106,554
Sitting member: None
2022 notional Labor majority over Liberal: 10.2%
Status: Fairly safe Labor
Best Labor booths, two-party vote: Kurrunjang (70.6), West Melton (70.0), Melton South (69.7), Melton (66.8), Ballan (60.9)
Best Liberal booths, two-party vote: Toolern Vale (52.3), Sunbury Central PPVC (49.7), Sunbury West PPVC (46.8), Exford (45.7), Myrniong (42.9)
Statistics and history
Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Michael Williams
Australian Federation Party |
2. Michael Lacey
Great Australian Party |
3. Sam Rae
Australian Labor Party |
4. Jarrod Bingham
Independent |
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5. Max Martucci
The New Liberals |
6. Dr Enamul Haque
Liberal Party |
7. Lynda Wheelock
Australian Greens |
8. Nick Suduk
Pauline Hanson's One Nation |
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9. Glenn Vessey
Citizens Party |
10. Jack Hynes
Victorian Socialists |
11. Andrew Cuthbertson
United Australia Party |
Candidate websites:
Jarrod Bingham
Andrew Cuthbertson
Dr Enamul Haque
Jack Hynes
Michael Lacey
Max Martucci
Sam Rae
Glenn Vessey
Lynda Wheelock
Michael Williams
Division of Hawke
The division of Hawke has been created by the 2021 redistribution, from parts of the old seats of
Ballarat,
Gorton and
McEwen. It takes in
the fast-growing urban fringe areas along the Calder and Western Highways running north-west and west, respectively, from Melbourne. Its
largest centres are Melton and Bacchus Marsh to the west and Sunbury to the north-west. These were quiet country towns until 30 years ago,
but are now urban centres: Melton with 72,000 people, Sunbury with 36,000 and Bacchus Marsh with 22,000.
Until fairly recently a seat on these boundaries would have been safely Liberal, but with the rapid growth of low-income housing in
these urban fringe communities, Hawke will have a Labor majority of about 10%. The Labor vote is concentrated in Melton, where Labor polls well over
60% of the two-party vote in every booth. The Liberals have some strength in Sunbury and some fringe rural areas.
In June 2021, the Labor National Executive selected former State Secretary Sam Rae to be the Labor candidate, since the normal preselection
processes in Victoria have been suspended in the wake of the 2020 branch-stacking scandal. The Liberal candidate is
Dr Enamul Haque, Associate Professor of Engineering at RMIT University. The Greens candidate is Lynda Wheelock, whose occupation is not stated.
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