Division of McMillan

The Division of McMillan is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It is located in the western part of the Gippsland region, which extends for the length of Victoria's eastern Bass Strait coastline. It includes the outer south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Pakenham, and also includes the towns of Warragul, Moe, Wonthaggi, Leongatha and Foster. It stretches from Mount Baw Baw and the Baw Baw National Park in the north to Wilsons Promontory, and the Wilsons Promontory National Park in the south. It is the southernmost Electoral Division in continental Australia.

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Australian Electoral Division - State - Victoria - Gippsland - Bass Strait - Melbourne - Pakenham - Warragul - Moe - Wonthaggi - Leongatha - Foster - Mount Baw Baw - Baw Baw National Park - Wilsons Promontory - Wilsons Promontory National Park

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The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of May 11 1949, and was first contested at the 1949 Federal election. It was named after Angus McMillan, one of the first Europeans to explore the Gippsland region. The Division is currently a marginal Liberal seat. The Division has changed hands five times in the last six Federal elections. The change at the Australian legislative election, 2004 was attributed to the redistribution of January 29 2003, which removed the traditionally Labor-voting cities of Traralgon and Morwell from the Division.{{ref|2004}}

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May 11 - 1949 - 1949 Federal election - Angus McMillan - Liberal - Federal elections - Australian legislative election, 2004 - January 29 - 2003 - Traralgon - Morwell

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