Bruce
Australian House of Representatives Division |
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| State or territory: | Victoria |
| Created: | 1901 |
| MP: | Alan Griffin |
| Party: | Labor |
| Namesake: | Stanley Bruce |
| Electors: | 88,393 |
| Area: | 68 km² (26. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers of the Parliament of Australia; it is the Lower house, the Upper house being the Senate The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. The Commonwealth of Australia is made up of 8 states and territories controlled under a federal system of government Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Alan Peter Griffin (born 23 February 1960 an Australian politician has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives Political parties in Australia lists political parties in Australia. Stanley Melbourne Bruce 1st Viscount Bruce of Melbourne, CH, MC, FRS, PC (15 April 1883&ndash25 August 1967 was an Australian politician and Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 3 sq mi) |
| Demographic: | Outer Metropolitan |
The Division of Bruce is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. The division was created in 1955 and is named for Stanley Bruce, who was Prime Minister of Australia 1923-29. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Stanley Melbourne Bruce 1st Viscount Bruce of Melbourne, CH, MC, FRS, PC (15 April 1883&ndash25 August 1967 was an Australian politician and The Prime Minister of Australia is the Head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It is located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 Until 1996 it was based on Glen Waverley and Mount Waverley, and was a fairly safe seat for the Liberal Party, but since then its boundaries have been extended southwards, making it a marginal Australian Labor Party seat. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Glen Waverley is a large suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Mount Waverley is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. It now includes the suburbs of Dandenong, Noble Park and Springvale. See also Mount Dandenong Victoria for the mountain and a different suburb with similar name Noble Park is a Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia approximately 30 km south-east of the Central business district. Springvale is a Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia about 20 kilometres south-east of the central business district. Its most prominent member has been Sir Billy Snedden, who was Leader of the Liberal Party 1972-75 and Speaker 1976-83. Sir Billy Mackie Snedden KCMG QC (31 December 1926 27 June 1987 was an Australian politician representing the Liberal Party. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Speaker of the House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the House of Representatives the lower house of the Parliament of Australia. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar)
Members
Election results
| Australian federal election, 2007: Bruce |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
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| Labor | Alan Griffin | 41,754 | 51. Sir Billy Mackie Snedden KCMG QC (31 December 1926 27 June 1987 was an Australian politician representing the Liberal Party. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. History In 1949 Sir Robert Menzies founded the Liberal Party of Australia (descended from the United Australia Party) and was led by Menzies for 16 years through Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Kenneth James Aldred (born August 1 1945) was an Australian politician who represented the Liberal Party in the Australian House of Representatives The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Background The coalition government led by Malcolm Fraser had to contend with a parlous economic situation with high inflation and high unemployment Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Julian Howard Beale (born 10 October 1934) was an Australian federal politician The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Alan Peter Griffin (born 23 February 1960 an Australian politician has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives House of Reps preference flows The Democrats contested 138 electorates with preferences slightly favouring Labor (54 Federal elections for the Parliament of Australia were held on Saturday 24 November 2007 after a 6-week campaign in which 13 Alan Peter Griffin (born 23 February 1960 an Australian politician has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives 85 | +4. 55 |
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| Liberal | Angela Randall | 30,257 | 37. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. 57 | -5. 52 |
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| Greens | Rob Cassidy | 4,102 | 5. The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is a Green Australian political party. 09 | -0. 15 |
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| Family First | Bronwyn Rawlins | 2,295 | 2. The Family First Party is a socially conservative minor Political party in Australia. 85 | +0. 22 |
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| Democrats | Richard Grossi | 1,012 | 1. The Australian Democrats is an Australian Political party espousing a centrist or Social liberal ideology 26 | -0. 12 |
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| Christian Democrats | Sandra Joy Herrmann | 678 | 0. The Christian Democratic Party (CDP is a minor Political party in Australia. 84 | +0. 84 |
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| One Nation | Neil Henry Smith | 433 | 0. Not to be confused with the One Nation program of infrastructure works carried out from 1991 to 1996 by the Keating Labor Government 54 | +0. 54 |
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| Total formal votes | 80,531 | 96. 29 | +0. 72 |
| Informal votes | 3,106 | 3. 71 | -0. 72 |
| Turnout | 83,637 | 94. Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a Ballot in an Election. 62 | +0. 27 |
| Two Candidate Preferred Result |
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| Labor | Alan Griffin | 46,966 | 58. Alan Peter Griffin (born 23 February 1960 an Australian politician has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives 32 | +4. 84 |
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| Liberal | Angela Randall | 33,565 | 41. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. 68 | -4. 84 |
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| Labor hold | Swing | +4. The term swing is used in Australia in a different sense from that employed in Britain, where the term originated (see Swing (politics) 84 | |
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| Australian federal election, 2004: Bruce |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
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| Labor | Alan Griffin | 37,109 | 47. Federal elections were held in Australia on 9 October, 2004. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member Alan Peter Griffin (born 23 February 1960 an Australian politician has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives 30 | -2. 28 |
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| Liberal | Angela Randall | 33,807 | 43. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. 09 | +3. 61 |
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| Greens | Tania Giles | 4,110 | 5. The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is a Green Australian political party. 24 | +1. 07 |
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| Family First | Richard Warner | 2,064 | 2. The Family First Party is a socially conservative minor Political party in Australia. 63 | +2. 63 |
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| Democrats | Paul van den Bergen | 1,079 | 1. The Australian Democrats is an Australian Political party espousing a centrist or Social liberal ideology 38 | -5. 10 |
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| Citizens Electoral Council | William Larner | 282 | 0. The Citizens Electoral Council of Australia ( CEC) is a minor nationalist political party in Australia affiliated with the international LaRouche Movement 36 | +0. 36 |
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| Total formal votes | 78,451 | 95. 57 | -0. 57 |
| Informal votes | 3,634 | 4. 43 | +0. 57 |
| Turnout | 82,085 | 94. Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a Ballot in an Election. 35 | -0. 95 |
| Two Candidate Preferred Result |
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| Labor | Alan Griffin | 41,954 | 53. Alan Peter Griffin (born 23 February 1960 an Australian politician has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives 48 | -3. 00 |
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| Liberal | Angela Randall | 36,497 | 46. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. 52 | +3. 00 |
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| Labor hold | Swing | -3. The term swing is used in Australia in a different sense from that employed in Britain, where the term originated (see Swing (politics) 00 | |
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