HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
INDEX OF DIVISIONS  
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BOURKE, Victoria
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Named for: County of Bourke (after Sir Richard Bourke (1777-1855), 
Governor of NSW 1831-37, the time of the founding of Melbourne)
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Created 1901
Redistributed 1906, 1913, 1922, 1937
Abolished 1949
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1901: Albion, Edward, Moonee Ponds, Northcote
1906: Albion, Edward, North Carlton, Northcote
1913: Albert, Albion, Northcote, Edward
1922: Blyth, Brunswick, Carlton North, Coburg
1937: Blyth, Brunswick, Coburg, Edward
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Enrolments
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1901  13,352           1917  50,832 (+13.9)   1931  60,871 (+02.3)
1903  34,921 (+161.5)  1919  53,357 (+02.8)   1934  64,565 (+06.1)
1906* 33,621 (-03.7)   1922* 46,674 (-12.5)   1937* 60,393 (-06.5)
1910  41,058 (+22.1)   1925  55,370 (+18.6)   1940  64,477 (+06.8)
1913* 42,186 (+02.7)   1928  58,560 (+05.8)   1943  69,446 (+07.7)
1914  44,628 (+05.8)   1929  59,499 (+01.6)   1946  74,839 (+07.8)
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Two-party majorities
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1901   1903   1906   1910   1913   1914   1917   1919   1922   1925
- na   -01.8  -06.7  +08.6  +10.0  +15.9  +04.5  +03.2  +20.1  +12.5
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1928   1929   1931   1934   1937   1940   1943   1946
+18.7  +27.4  +01.1  +15.6  +18.1  +16.2  + na   - na
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Members
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Hon James Hume-Cook (Prot, Lib)      William Bryson (ALP) 1943-46
 1901-10                             Doris Blackburn (Ind) 1946-49
Hon Frank Anstey (ALP) 1910-34
Maurice Blackburn (ALP, Ind)
 1934-43
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