Division of Henty

Henty Australian House of Representatives Division
Created	1913
Abolished	1990
Namesake	Henty family

The Division of Henty was an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1913 and abolished in 1990. It was named for the Henty family of Portland, the first European settlers in Victoria. It was located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, including at various times Brighton, Caulfield, Malvern and Oakleigh. For most of its history it was a safe seat for the Liberal Party and its predecessors. A 1969 redistribution cut the seat back to the Oakleigh area, and from then on it was somewhat more marginal. In 1974 it elected Joan Child, the first female Labor member of the House of Representatives and the first female Speaker.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	James Boyd	Commonwealth Liberal	1913–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1919
	Frederick Francis	Independent	1919–1922
		Nationalist	1922–1925
	(Sir) Henry Gullett	Nationalist	1925–1931
		United Australia	1931–1940
	Arthur Coles	Independent	1940–1946
	Jo Gullett	Liberal	1946–1955
	Max Fox	Liberal	1955–1974
	Joan Child	Labor	1974–1975
	Ken Aldred	Liberal	1975–1980
	Joan Child	Labor	1980–1990

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Henty