Higgins Australian House of Representatives Division | |
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Created | 1949 |
MP | Michelle Ananda-Rajah |
Party | Labor |
Namesake | H. B. Higgins |
Area | 39 km2 (15.1 sq mi) |
Demographic | Inner Metropolitan |
The Division of Higgins is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria.
It was created in 1949 and is named after Justice H. B. Higgins (1851–1929). Higgins was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (1894), president of the Carlton Football Club (1904), a member of the Australian House of Representatives (1901–1906), and a judge of the High Court of Australia (1906–1929).
The Division of Higgins covers the inner eastern suburbs of Melbourne, including Armadale, Ashburton, Malvern, Toorak and parts of Glen Iris, Camberwell, Carnegie, Murrumbeena, Prahran, and South Yarra.
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