Division of Fraser (Victoria)
The Division of Fraser is an Australian electoral division in the state of Victoria, which was contested for the first time at the 2019 federal election.History
The division is named in honour of Malcolm Fraser, who served as Prime Minister of Australia from 1975 to 1983. Fraser had represented the Victorian federal seat of Wannon from 1955 to 1983.
The division of Fraser was created in 2018 after the Australian Electoral Commission oversaw a mandatory redistribution of divisions in Victoria. Fraser was a new seat created to fill Victoria's allotment of 38 divisions, one higher than the number to which the state was previously entitled. The division is located in the outer north-west of metropolitan Melbourne and takes in the suburbs of Sunshine, Albion, St Albans and Keilor Downs, among others. It was formed from parts of its neighbouring seats of Calwell, Gorton, Gellibrand and Maribyrnong.
The seat was notionally held by the Labor Party on a margin of 20.6%, which made it a very safe seat for the party. It was duly won by Daniel Mulino for Labor in the 2019 federal election, albeit with a 5.61% swing against him.
Then-Opposition Leader Bill Shorten had considered moving to Fraser in the 2019 election but chose to remain in his current seat of Maribyrnong.Members
