HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES INDEX OF DIVISIONS ===================================================================== BURKE, Victoria ===================================================================== Named for: Robert Burke (1821-61), leader of the first expedition to cross Australia from south to north --------------------------------------------------------------------- Created 1949 Abolished 1955 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949: Blyth, Brunswick, Edward, Fitzroy North --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolments --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 41,995 1951 40,318 (-04.0) 1954 36,313 (-09.9) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Two-party majorities --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 1951 1954 +19.4 +22.4 +22.6 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Members --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ted Peters (ALP) 1949-55 ---------------------------------------------------------------------