The Division of Diamond Valley was an
Australian Electoral Division in
Victoria. The division was created in 1969 and abolished in 1984. It was named for the
Diamond Creek area. At the time of abolition, it was located in the north-eastern suburbs of
Melbourne
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, including
Doncaster
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,
Greensborough,
Eltham
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and
Templestowe.
When it was initially created in 1969, the division replaced parts of the
Division of Lalor and
Division of Deakin. At the time, not only did it cover the Doncaster, Greensborough, Eltham and Templestowe areas (previously part of Deakin), but it also covered an even larger area to the north, extending up to the towns of
Whittlesea and
Kinglake West outside Melbourne (previously part of Lalor). In the 1977 redistribution, it lost most of these formerly-Lalor northern portions to the
Division of Scullin, effectively shrinking its area by more than half. The redistribution was its only boundary change during its 15 years of existence.
With the expansion of the Parliament in 1984, the Division was abolished and split amongst multiple divisions:
* majority of the division between
Eltham North (inclusive) and
Eastern Freeway formed the new
Division of Menzies. This also included Eltham, Templestowe,
Bulleen and Doncaster.
* the portion north of Eltham North (i.e. Diamond Creek,
Yarrambat,
Wattle Glen) became part of
Division of Casey
* the portion west of Eltham (i.e.
Plenty, Greensborough,
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,
Montmorency) became part of the new
Division of McEwen
* the portion west of the
Plenty River (i.e.
Yallamie and
Viewbank) became part of the new
Division of Jagajaga
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Always held by the government of the day, for most of its existence the seat was marginal between the
Australian Labor Party
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and the
Liberal Party
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. Its eastern half was strongly pro-Liberal, while its western half voted equally as strongly for Labor.
Members
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1969 establishments in Australia
Constituencies established in 1969
1984 disestablishments in Australia
Constituencies disestablished in 1984
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