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Federal electorates in Australia

Electorates (also known as electoral divisions or seats) of the Australian House of Representatives are single member electoral districts for the lower house of the Parliament of the Commonwealth. There are currently 151 electorates.

Section 24 of the Constitution of Australia specifies that the total number of members of the Australian House of Representatives shall be "as nearly as practicable" twice as many as the number of members of the Australian Senate. The section also requires that electorates be apportioned among the states in proportion to their respective populations; provided that each original state has at least 5 members in the House of Representatives, a provision that has given Tasmania higher representation than its population would otherwise justify. There are three electorates in the Australian Capital Territory and even though the Northern Territory should have only one electorate based on their population, parliament have legislated that they receive two (by setting the quota for seat allocation using the harmonic mean for territories, meaning only around 1.3 quotas rather than 1.5 quotas are needed to have two seats). In addition, Section 29 forbids electorate boundaries from crossing state lines, forcing populated areas along state and territory borders to be placed in different electorates, such as Albury in New South Wales being part of the electorate of Farrer, while nearby Wodonga in Victoria is part of the electorate of Indi. The same restriction does not apply to territories, and several current electoral divisions incorporate electors from multiple territories. This is currently the case for the Division of Bean (covering part of the ACT and the whole of Norfolk Island), the Division of Fenner (covering part of the ACT and the whole of Jervis Bay Territory), and the Division of Lingiari (covering part of the Northern Territory and the whole of Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands). The Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 sets out further provisions.

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) determines the number of members of the House of Representatives to which each state and territory is entitled (called apportionment) and the boundaries of each electorate, in a process known as redistribution. Such apportionment and redistributions apply to the next federal election, but not to any by elections. The last apportionment determination was made in July 2020. The resulting redistribution took place during 2021 and was used in the 2022 federal election, which was held on 21 May 2022. Within each state and territory, electoral boundaries are redrawn from time to time. This takes place at least once every 7 years, or when the state's entitlement to the number of members of the House of Representatives changes. Boundaries are drawn by a Redistribution Committee, and redistributions within a state are on the basis of the number of enrolled voters, rather than total residents or "population". The number of enrolled voters in each division cannot vary by more than 10% from the average across a state or territory, nor can the number of voters vary by more than 3.5% from the average projected enrolment 3.5 years into the future. However, due to various reasons, larger seats like Cowper in New South Wales contain 80% more electors than that of smaller seats like Solomon in the Northern Territory. In 2018, seats in Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia were also abolished, in order to make way for seats in similar locations but with different names. At the 2022 Australian federal election, based on the 2021 apportionment, there were 151 divisions: 47 in New South Wales, 39 in Victoria, 30 in Queensland, 15 in Western Australia, 10 in South Australia, 5 in Tasmania, 3 in the ACT and 2 in Northern Territory.

The divisions of the House of Representatives are unusual in that many of them are not named after geographical features or numbered, as is the case in most other legislatures around the world. Most divisions are named in honour of prominent historical people, such as former politicians (often Prime Ministers), explorers, artists and engineers. There is also a preference for retaining names used since Federation. In some cases where a division is named after a geographical locality, the connection to that locality is sometimes tenuous. For instance, the Division of Werriwa, created in 1901, was named after the Aboriginal word for Lake George in the Canberra region. However, Werriwa has not contained Lake George for many decades, and has steadily moved some 200 km north to the south western suburbs of Sydney over the past century.

The divisions that existed at the 2022 Australian federal election appear in the table below. Name Formed State / Territory Size (km2) Namesake Known for Current Member Member's Party ClassificationAdelaide1903South Australia76City of AdelaideGeographic locationSteve GeorganasLaborInner metropolitanAston1984Victoria113Tilly AstonTeacherMary DoyleLaborOuter metropolitanBallarat1901Victoria4,322City of BallaratGeographic locationCatherine King LaborProvincialBanks1949New South Wales53Joseph BanksBotanistDavid Coleman LiberalInner metropolitanBarker1903South Australia63,886 Collet BarkerExplorerTony PasinLiberalRuralBarton1922New South Wales40Edmund BartonPrime MinisterLinda BurneyLaborInner metropolitanBass1903Tasmania7,975George BassExplorerBridget ArcherLiberalProvincialBean2019Australian Capital TerritoryNorfolk Island1,913Charles BeanWar correspondent, historianDavid Smith LaborOuter metropolitanBendigo1901Victoria5,496City of BendigoGeographic locationLisa ChestersLaborProvincialBennelong1949New South Wales60BennelongAboriginal elderJerome LaxaleLaborInner metropolitanBerowra1969New South Wales786Suburb of BerowraGeographic locationJulian LeeserLiberalOuter metropolitanBlair1998Queensland6,472Harold BlairAboriginal singerShayne NeumannLaborProvincialBlaxland1949New South Wales61Gregory BlaxlandExplorerJason ClareLaborInner metropolitanBonner2004Queensland374Neville BonnerAboriginal politicianRoss VastaLiberal NationalOuter metropolitanBoothby1903South Australia130William BoothbyElectoral commissionerLouise Miller FrostLaborOuter metropolitanBowman1949Queensland536David BowmanPoliticianHenry PikeLiberal NationalOuter metropolitanBraddon1955Tasmania21,369Edward BraddonPremier of TasmaniaGavin PearceLiberalRuralBradfield1949New South Wales101John BradfieldDesigner of the Sydney Harbour BridgePaul Fletcher LiberalInner metropolitanBrand1984Western Australia377David BrandPremier of Western AustraliaMadeleine KingLaborOuter metropolitanBrisbane1901Queensland57City of BrisbaneGeographic locationStephen BatesGreensInner metropolitanBruce1955Victoria95Stanley BrucePrime MinisterJulian HillLaborOuter metropolitanBurt2016Western Australia172Archibald, Septimus and Francis BurtFamily of lawyersMatt KeoghLaborOuter metropolitanCalare1906New South Wales32,666Aboriginal name for the Lachlan RiverGeographic locationAndrew Gee IndependentRuralCalwell1984Victoria265Arthur CalwellLeader of the oppositionMaria VamvakinouLaborOuter metropolitanCanberra1974Australian Capital Territory312City of CanberraGeographic locationAlicia PayneLaborInner metropolitanCanning1949Western Australia6,304Alfred CanningSurveyor of the Rabbit Proof FenceAndrew HastieLiberalOuter metropolitanCapricornia1901Queensland90,903Tropic of CapricornGeographic locationMichelle LandryLiberal NationalProvincialCasey1969Victoria2,466Richard CaseyGovernor GeneralAaron VioliLiberalRuralChifley1969New South Wales126Ben ChifleyPrime MinisterEd HusicLaborOuter metropolitanChisholm1949Victoria65Caroline ChisholmPhilanthropist Carina GarlandLaborInner metropolitanClark2019Tasmania292Andrew Inglis ClarkCo author of the Australian ConstitutionAndrew WilkieIndependentInner metropolitanCook1969New South Wales94James CookExplorerSimon KennedyLiberalInner metropolitanCooper2019Victoria60William CooperAboriginal activistGed KearneyLaborInner metropolitanCorangamite1901Victoria5,441Lake CorangamiteGeographic locationLibby CokerLaborProvincialCorio1901Victoria773Corio BayGeographic locationRichard MarlesLaborProvincialCowan1984Western Australia180Edith CowanPolitician, activistAnne AlyLaborInner metropolitanCowper1901New South Wales7,296Charles CowperPremier of New South WalesPat ConaghanNationalsProvincialCunningham1949New South Wales519Allan CunninghamBotanist, explorerAlison ByrnesLaborProvincialCurtin1949Western Australia98John CurtinPrime MinisterKate ChaneyIndependentInner metropolitanDawson1949Queensland14,630Anderson DawsonPremier of QueenslandAndrew WillcoxLiberal NationalProvincialDeakin1937Victoria79Alfred DeakinPrime MinisterMichael SukkarLiberalOuter metropolitanDickson1992Queensland724James DicksonPremier of QueenslandPeter DuttonLiberal NationalOuter metropolitanDobell1984New South Wales787William DobellPainterEmma McBrideLaborProvincialDunkley1984Victoria152Louisa Margaret DunkleyLabour unionist, women's rights campaignerJodie BelyeaLaborOuter metropolitanDurack2010Western Australia1,383,954Patrick, W J, Michael, Mary, Elizabeth, Kimberley and Peter DurackPioneers and developers of the Kimberley regionMelissa PriceLiberalRuralEden Monaro1901New South Wales41,617Town of Eden and region of MonaroGeographic locationKristy McBainLaborRuralFadden1977Queensland387Arthur FaddenPrime MinisterCameron CaldwellLiberal NationalProvincialFairfax1984Queensland1,004Ruth FairfaxFounder of the Country Women's AssociationTed O'Brien Liberal NationalProvincialFarrer1949New South Wales126,590William FarrerScientistSussan LeyLiberalRuralFenner2016Australian Capital TerritoryJervis Bay Territory238Frank FennerScientistAndrew LeighLaborInner metropolitanFisher1949Queensland1,198Andrew FisherPrime MinisterAndrew WallaceLiberal NationalProvincialFlinders1901Victoria871Matthew FlindersExplorerZoe McKenzieLiberalOuter metropolitanFlynn2006Queensland132,824John FlynnFounder of the Royal Flying Doctor ServiceColin BoyceLiberal NationalRuralForde1984Queensland418Frank FordePrime MinisterBert van ManenLiberal NationalOuter metropolitanForrest1922Western Australia11,072John ForrestExplorer, Premier of Western AustraliaNola MarinoLiberalRuralFowler1984New South Wales69Lilian FowlerMayor of NewtownDai LeIndependentOuter metropolitanFranklin1903Tasmania10,009John FranklinExplorerJulie CollinsLaborOuter metropolitanFraser2019Victoria106Malcolm FraserPrime MinisterDaniel MulinoLaborInner metropolitanFremantle1901Western Australia196City of FremantleGeographic locationJosh Wilson LaborInner metropolitanGellibrand1949Victoria124Joseph GellibrandAttorney General of TasmaniaTim Watts LaborInner metropolitanGilmore1984New South Wales6,342Mary GilmorePoet, authorFiona Phillips LaborRuralGippsland1901Victoria33,182Region of GippslandGeographic locationDarren ChesterNationalsRuralGoldstein1984Victoria50Vida GoldsteinSuffragetteZoe DanielIndependentInner metropolitanGorton2004Victoria540John GortonPrime MinisterBrendan O'Connor LaborOuter metropolitanGrayndler1949New South Wales32Edward GrayndlerPolitician, unionistAnthony AlbaneseLaborInner metropolitanGreenway1984New South Wales81Francis GreenwayArchitectMichelle RowlandLaborOuter metropolitanGrey1903South Australia904,881George GreyGovernor of South AustraliaRowan RamseyLiberalRuralGriffith1934Queensland57Samuel GriffithPremier of Queensland, Chief Justice of AustraliaMax Chandler MatherGreensInner metropolitanGroom1984Queensland5,586Littleton GroomPoliticianGarth HamiltonLiberal NationalProvincialHasluck2001Western Australia1,192Paul and Alexandra HasluckGovernor General and authorTania LawrenceLaborOuter metropolitanHawke2022Victoria1,842Bob HawkePrime MinisterSam RaeLaborProvincialHerbert1901Queensland946Robert HerbertPremier of QueenslandPhillip ThompsonLiberal NationalProvincialHiggins1949Victoria41H. B. HigginsPolitician, judgeMichelle Ananda RajahLaborInner metropolitanHindmarsh1903South Australia78John HindmarshGovernor of South AustraliaMark ButlerLaborInner metropolitanHinkler1984Queensland3,504Bert HinklerAviatorKeith PittLiberal NationalProvincialHolt1969Victoria266Harold HoltPrime MinisterCassandra FernandoLaborOuter metropolitanHotham1969Victoria83Charles HothamGovernor of VictoriaClare O'NeilLaborOuter metropolitanHughes1955New South Wales369Billy HughesPrime MinisterJenny WareLiberalOuter metropolitanHume1901New South Wales17,240Hamilton HumeExplorerAngus Taylor LiberalProvincialHunter1901New South Wales10,640John HunterGovernor of New South WalesDan RepacholiLaborRuralIndi1901Victoria29,187Aboriginal name for the Murray RiverGeographic locationHelen HainesIndependentRuralIsaacs1969Victoria155Isaac IsaacsGovernor General, Chief Justice of AustraliaMark DreyfusLaborOuter metropolitanJagajaga1984Victoria104Three Wurundjeri eldersAboriginal eldersKate ThwaitesLaborOuter metropolitanKennedy1901Queensland567,377Edmund KennedyExplorerBob KatterKatter's AustralianRuralKingsford Smith1949New South Wales91Charles Kingsford SmithAviatorMatt ThistlethwaiteLaborInner metropolitanKingston1949South Australia171Charles KingstonPremier of South AustraliaAmanda RishworthLaborOuter metropolitanKooyong1901Victoria55Suburb of KooyongGeographic locationMonique RyanIndependentInner metropolitanLa Trobe1949Victoria748Charles La TrobeGovernor of VictoriaJason Wood LiberalProvincialLalor1949Victoria493Peter LalorLeader of the Eureka RebellionJoanne Ryan LaborOuter metropolitanLeichhardt1949Queensland109,455Ludwig LeichhardtExplorerWarren EntschLiberal NationalRuralLilley1913Queensland144Charles LilleyPremier, Chief Justice of QueenslandAnika WellsLaborInner metropolitanLindsay1984New South Wales339Norman LindsayArtistMelissa McIntoshLiberalOuter metropolitanLingiari2001Northern TerritoryChristmas IslandCocos (Keeling) Islands1,352,371Vincent LingiariAboriginal activistMarion ScrymgourLaborRemoteLongman1996Queensland1,237Irene LongmanPoliticianTerry Young Liberal NationalProvincialLyne1949New South Wales16,099William LynePremier of New South WalesDavid Gillespie NationalsRuralLyons1984Tasmania35,721Joseph and Enid LyonsPrime Minister and politicianBrian Mitchell LaborRuralMacarthur1949New South Wales363John and Elizabeth MacarthurPioneers of early settlementMike FreelanderLaborOuter metropolitanMackellar1949New South Wales233Charles and Dorothea MackellarPolitician and poetSophie ScampsIndependentOuter metropolitanMacnamara2019Victoria41Jean MacnamaraScientistJosh Burns LaborInner metropolitanMacquarie1901New South Wales4,374Lachlan MacquarieGovernor of New South WalesSusan TemplemanLaborProvincialMakin1984South Australia130Norman MakinPoliticianTony ZappiaLaborOuter metropolitanMallee1949Victoria81,962Region of the MalleeGeographic locationAnne WebsterNationalsRuralMaranoa1901Queensland729,897Maranoa RiverGeographic locationDavid LittleproudLiberal NationalRuralMaribyrnong1906Victoria64Maribyrnong RiverGeographic locationBill ShortenLaborInner metropolitanMayo1984South Australia9,315Helen MayoDoctorRebekha SharkieCentre AllianceRuralMcEwen1984Victoria2,670John McEwenPrime MinisterRob Mitchell LaborRuralMcMahon2010New South Wales168William McMahonPrime MinisterChris BowenLaborOuter metropolitanMcPherson1949Queensland229McPherson RangeGeographic locationKaren AndrewsLiberal NationalProvincialMelbourne1901Victoria40City of MelbourneGeographic locationAdam BandtGreensInner metropolitanMenzies1984Victoria184Robert MenziesPrime MinisterKeith WolahanLiberalOuter metropolitanMitchell1949New South Wales101Thomas MitchellExplorerAlex HawkeLiberalOuter metropolitanMonash2019Victoria8,879John MonashGeneral, military commanderRussell BroadbentIndependent RuralMoncrieff1984Queensland100Gladys MoncrieffSingerAngie BellLiberal NationalProvincialMoore1949Western Australia90George Fletcher MooreEarly settler of Western AustraliaIan GoodenoughLiberalOuter metropolitanMoreton1901Queensland109Moreton BayGeographic locationGraham PerrettLaborInner metropolitanNew England1901New South Wales66,394Region of New EnglandGeographic locationBarnaby JoyceNationalsRuralNewcastle1901New South Wales171City of NewcastleGeographic locationSharon ClaydonLaborProvincialNicholls2019Victoria14,768Douglas and Gladys NichollsAboriginal activistsSam BirrellNationalsRuralNorth Sydney1901New South Wales53Suburb of North SydneyGeographic locationKylea TinkIndependentInner metropolitanO'Connor1980Western Australia1,126,937C. Y. O'ConnorEngineerRick Wilson LiberalRuralOxley1949Queensland159John OxleyExplorerMilton DickLaborOuter metropolitanPage1984New South Wales19,342Earle PagePrime MinisterKevin Hogan NationalsRuralParkes1984New South Wales393,413Henry ParkesPremier of New South WalesMark CoultonNationalsRuralParramatta1901New South Wales57Suburb of ParramattaGeographic locationAndrew CharltonLaborInner metropolitanPaterson1949, 1993New South Wales1,123Banjo PatersonAuthor, poetMeryl SwansonLaborProvincialPearce1989Western Australia13,250George PearcePoliticianTracey RobertsLaborOuter metropolitanPerth1901Western Australia80City of PerthGeographic locationPatrick Gorman LaborInner metropolitanPetrie1949Queensland152Andrew PetrieArchitectLuke HowarthLiberal NationalOuter metropolitanRankin1984Queensland131Annabelle RankinPoliticianJim ChalmersLaborOuter metropolitanReid1922New South Wales55George ReidPrime MinisterSally SitouLaborInner metropolitanRichmond1901New South Wales2,148Richmond RiverGeographic locationJustine ElliotLaborRuralRiverina1901, 1993New South Wales48,988Region of the RiverinaGeographic locationMichael McCormack NationalsRuralRobertson1901New South Wales980John RobertsonPremier of New South WalesGordon ReidLaborProvincialRyan1949Queensland370T. J. RyanPremier of QueenslandElizabeth Watson BrownGreensInner metropolitanScullin1968Victoria116James ScullinPrime MinisterAndrew GilesLaborOuter metropolitanShortland1949New South Wales265John ShortlandExplorerPat Conroy LaborProvincialSolomon2000Northern Territory337Vaiben Louis SolomonPremier of South AustraliaLuke GoslingLaborInner metropolitanSpence2019South Australia532Catherine Helen SpencePolitician, authorMatt BurnellLaborOuter metropolitanSturt1949South Australia85Charles SturtExplorerJames Stevens LiberalInner metropolitanSwan1901Western Australia134Swan RiverGeographic locationZaneta MascarenhasLaborInner metropolitanSydney1968New South Wales44City of SydneyGeographic locationTanya PlibersekLaborInner metropolitanTangney1974Western Australia83Dorothy TangneyPoliticianSam LimLaborInner metropolitanWannon1901Victoria33,419Wannon RiverGeographic locationDan TehanLiberalRuralWarringah1922New South Wales68Warringah CouncilGeographic locationZali SteggallIndependentInner metropolitanWatson1992New South Wales47Chris WatsonPrime MinisterTony BurkeLaborInner metropolitanWentworth1901New South Wales38William WentworthExplorerAllegra SpenderIndependentInner metropolitanWerriwa1901New South Wales172Aboriginal name for Lake GeorgeGeographic locationAnne Stanley LaborOuter metropolitanWhitlam2016New South Wales1,331Gough WhitlamPrime MinisterStephen Jones LaborProvincialWide Bay1901Queensland14,227Region of Wide Bay–BurnettGeographic locationLlew O'BrienLiberal NationalRuralWills1949Victoria46William John WillsExplorerPeter KhalilLaborInner metropolitanWright2009Queensland7,577Judith WrightPoet, environmentalistScott BuchholzLiberal NationalRural