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Australian federal election, 2022
Division of Wannon, Victoria
Named for: Wannon River, named by Major Thomas Mitchell in 1836 (Indigenous word of unknown meaning)
Western Victoria: Anglesey, Colac, Hamilton, Portland, Warrnambool
State seats: All of
South-West Coast, parts of
Buninyong,
Lowan,
Polwarth,
South Barwon and
Ripon
Local government areas: All of
Ararat,
Colac-Otway,
Corangamite,
Glenelg,
Moyne,
Southern Grampians and
Warrnambool, parts of
Pyrenees and
Surf Coast
Borders with:
Ballarat,
Barker,
Corangamite and
Mallee
Enrolment at 2019 election: 114,617
Enrolment at 2022 election: 115,858 (+01.1)
1999 republic referendum: No 64.5
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 61.0
Sitting member: Hon Dan Tehan (Liberal):
Elected 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019
2007 Liberal majority over Labor: 7.5%
2010 Liberal majority over Labor: 7.3%
2013 Liberal majority over Labor: 10.1%
2016 Liberal majority over Labor: 9.0%
2019 Liberal majority over Labor: 10.4%
2019 notional Liberal majority over Labor: 10.2%
Liberal two-party vote 1983-2019
Status: Fairly safe Liberal
Best Liberal booths, two-party vote: Wiridjil (84.8), Simpson (83.7), Scotts Creek (83.4), Nullawarre (82.1),
Hawkesdale (80.8)
Best Labor booths, two-party vote: Aireys Inlet (71.8), Lavers Hill (67.0), Deans Marsh (62.4), Anglesea (58.4),
Forrest (58.4)
2019 results
Statistics and history
Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Graham Garner
Voices for Wannon |
2. Hon Dan Tehan
Liberal Party |
3. Ronnie Graham
Pauline Hanson's One Nation |
4. Hilary McAllister
Australian Greens |
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5. Alex Dyson
Voices for Wannon |
6. Craige Kenson
United Australia Party |
7. Amanda Mead
Liberal Democrats |
8. Gilbert Wilson
Australian Labor Party |
Candidate websites:
Graham Garner
Craige Kenson
Hilary McAllister
Amanda Mead
Hon Dan Tehan
Gilbert Wilson
Division of Wannon
Wannon has existed since Federation, and has always occupied part of the Western District in the south-western corner of Victoria,
one of Australia's wealthiest agricultural areas, with an economy based on wool-growing. Until the 1950s the area had a
large rural working class and also many small farmers, who provided a voting base for Labor, and the seat was frequently
marginal. Since the 1960s it has become increasingly conservative. It still has a high proportion of its workforce
engaged in agriculture (20.5%, the 4th highest
in the country), and the 4th lowest proportion of non English-speaking households of any electorate.
There is some Labor vote in Portland, Warrnambool and the Surf Coast towns, but Hamilton and the rural parts of the seat are overwhelmingly
Liberal.
The 2018 and 2021 redistributions both extended the seat eastwards, taking in all the rural parts of the seat of
Corangamite. Wannon now
effectively covers the whole of the Western District, as well as
the Surf Coast as far north as Anglesey. This has slightly reduced the Liberal majority.
Wannon's most eminent member has been
Malcolm Fraser, Prime Minister from 1975 to 1983. Fraser won the seat from Labor in
1955 at his second
try, and went on to consolidate the seat for the Liberals, greatly helped by the Labor Split of the 1950s and Labor's
demographic decline in the area. He was succeeded by
David Hawker, who was Speaker of the House from 2004 to 2007. He
retired in 2010.
Dan Tehan, Liberal MP for Wannon since 2010, is the son of
Marie Tehan, who was a state minister in the 1990s. He was
a public servant, diplomat and ministerial adviser before his election. He was also deputy state director of the Victorian
Liberal Party. He has been rapidly promoted and was Minister for Social Services in the Turnbull ministry. In August 2018 he was
promoted to Minister for Education in the Morrison ministry. He is now Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment. The Labor
candidate is Gilbert Wilson, a Glenelg Shire councillor who works for a local wind tower manufacturing company. The Greens candidate is Hilary McAllister, Director and CEO of
For Wild Places, an environmentaklist organisation.
Demographics:
Median weekly household income: $1,043 (Australia $1,438)
People over 65: 21.9% (Australia 15.8%)
Australian born: 83.4% (Australia 66.7%)
Non-English-speaking households: 4.1% (Australia 22.2%)
Catholics 23.3% (Australia 22.6%)
No religion 31.5% (Australia 29.6%)
University graduates: 12.0% (Australia 22.0%)
Professional and managerial employment: 33.2% (Australia 35.2%)
Employed in manufacturing and construction: 24.5% (Australia 22.9%)
Employed in agriculture: 20.5% (Australia 3.3%)
Paying a mortgage: 30.5% (Australia 34.5%)
Renting: 23.8% (Australia 30.9%)
Traditional families: 25.7% (Australia 32.8%)
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