Division of Higgins

Higgins
Australian House of Representatives Division
Created1949
MPMichelle Ananda-Rajah
PartyLabor
NamesakeH. B. Higgins
Area39 km2 (15.1 sq mi)
DemographicInner Metropolitan
H.B. Higgins

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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