The Division of Darebin was an

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. The division was created in 1949, and was named for the

Darebin Creek Darebin Creek is a creek that runs through the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the main watercourse of the Darebin Valley and a major tributary of the Yarra River. For tens of thousands of years it was used as a food a ...

. It was a fairly safe seat for the

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. The division was located in the northern suburbs of

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, initially including Preston,

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Thornbury Thornbury may refer to: Places ;Australia *Thornbury, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne **Thornbury railway station, Melbourne ;Canada * Thornbury, Ontario ;England *Thornbury, Devon * Thornbury, Herefordshire *Thornbury, Gloucestershire **Thornbury ...

and what was later

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. It replaced the northern two-thirds of

Division of Batman The Division of Batman was an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian Electoral Division in the States and territories of Australia, state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria. It took its name from John Batman, one of the ...

, with the exception of the area that would later became

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. During its 20 years of existence, the division only had one boundary change in 1955, when it was expanded eastwards to gain the

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area from the

Division of Deakin The Division of Deakin is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian Electoral Division in Victoria (Australia), Victoria. Geography Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined a ...

and losing Thornbury to the Division of Batman. The seat was abolished in 1969, and largely replaced by the

Division of Scullin The Division of Scullin is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian Electoral Division in the States and territories of Australia, state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria. It is located in the outer northern suburbs ...

which covered a similar area until 1977. Those areas then became part of Division of Batman again, and then the

Division of Cooper The Division of Cooper is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It takes in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. The division was contested for the first time at the 2019 federal election, with Ged Kearney of the Australia ...

since 2018.

Members

Election results

References

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Darebin The City of Darebin () is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of and in June 2018 Darebin had a population of 161,609. Municipal offices are located at 350 High Street, Preston. ...