Division of Indi

Indi Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Indi (green) in Victoria
Created	1901
MP	Helen Haines
Party	Independent
Namesake	Murray River (Aboriginal name)
Electors	98,399 (2013)
Area	28,008 km2 (10,813.9 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

The Division of Indi /ɪnˈdaɪ/ is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. It is located in north-eastern Victoria. It is one of the largest divisions in Victoria. A lot of its area is in the Alpine National Park. It includes the cities of Wodonga, Wangaratta, and Benalla, and the smaller towns of Rutherglen, Mansfield, Beechworth, Bethanga, Myrtleford, Corryong, Tallangatta, Yea and Euroa. It also includes the ski resort of Falls Creek and also the isolated village of Woods Point.

Indi was one of the 75 divisions set up for the first federal election in 1901. The name Indi, was an Indigenous Australian word for the Murray River, which is one of the boundaries of the division.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Isaac Isaacs	Protectionist	1901–1906
	Joseph Brown	Anti-Socialist	1906–1909
		Commonwealth Liberal	1909–1910
	Parker Moloney	Labor	1910–1913
	Cornelius Ahern	Commonwealth Liberal	1913–1914
	Parker Moloney	Labor	1914–1917
	John Leckie	Nationalist	1917–1919
	Robert Cook	Country	1919–1928
	Paul Jones	Labor	1928–1931
	William Hutchinson	United Australia	1931–1937
	John McEwen	Country	1937–1949
	William Bostock	Liberal	1949–1958
	Mac Holten	Country	1958–1975
		National Country	1975–1977
	Ewen Cameron	Liberal	1977–1993
	Lou Lieberman	Liberal	1993–2001
	Sophie Mirabella	Liberal	2001–2013
	Cathy McGowan	Independent	2013–present

The Murray River, or Indi, at Jingellic

Famous members inlude Sir Isaac Isaacs, the Attorney-General of Australia, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, and the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. John McEwen, who moved to Murray, became Prime Minister of Australia after the death of Harold Holt in 1967. The Labor party won the seat in 1928 when the conservatives forgot to nominate a candidate.

Election results

2022 Australian federal election: Indi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Helen Haines	41,319	40.68	+8.33
	Liberal	Ross Lyman	30,995	30.52	−4.57
	Labor	Nadia David	8,723	8.59	−3.50
	One Nation	Beth Stevens	5,366	5.28	+5.28
	National	Liz Fisher	3,854	3.79	−5.66
	Greens	Benjamin Gilbert	3,626	3.57	−0.64
	United Australia	Stephen Williams	2,558	2.52	−1.42
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Fidge	2,300	2.26	+2.26
	Animal Justice	Angel Aleksov	1,749	1.72	+1.72
	Justice	Lachlan O'Connell	1,074	1.06	−1.80
Total formal votes			101,564	94.53	−1.11
Informal votes			5,880	5.47	+1.11
Turnout			107,444	91.48	−2.88
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Liberal	Ross Lyman	56,123	55.26	−7.47
	Labor	Nadia David	45,441	44.74	+7.47
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Helen Haines	59,861	58.94	+7.55
	Liberal	Ross Lyman	41,703	41.06	−7.55
	Independent hold		Swing	+7.55

Other websites

• Division of Indi - Australian Electoral Commission
• Cathy McGowans's website