Gorton

CAMPBELL, Colin - CEC
JENNISON, Susan - LP
MALLON, Ian - FFP
O'CONNOR, Brendan - ALP WINNER
WILSON, Steve - GRN

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About Gorton

It covers an area of approximately 3117 sq km of inland central Victoria.
Its main centres are Bacchus Marsh, Melton and Deer Park (south), Trentham (west), Kyneton (north), Sunbury, Gisborne and Romsey (east).
Gorton has Victoria's highest and the country's fifth highest proportion (36.9%) of people born in non-English speaking countries. Industries include dairying, general farming, horse studs and market gardening, timber, wine production and service industries.

Seat Background

Burke, now with redrawn boundaries and known as Gorton is a safe Labour seat. It is named after former Liberal Prime Minister John Gorton, who served in the Senate 1949-68 before transferring to the House of Representatives as MP for Higgins. He replaced the missing and presumed deceased Harold Holt both as MP for Higgins and as Prime Minister.

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