Division of Menzies
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The Division of Menzies is an Australian Electoral Division in the state
States and territories of Australia
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 of Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
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. It is located in the north-eastern suburbs of Melbourne
Melbourne
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. It is bordered by the Yarra River
Yarra River
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 to the north and Koonung Creek
Koonung Creek
Koonung Creek is a small tributary of the Yarra River in Melbourne's east. The creek originates in Nunawading near Springvale Road, and flows to join the Yarra at the border between Ivanhoe East, Bulleen and Balwyn North. The place the two waterways meet forms the borders between these suburbs...

 to the south. It covers the suburbs of Bulleen
Bulleen, Victoria
Bulleen is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Manningham. At the 2006 Census, Bulleen had a population of 10,528.-Etymology:...

, Croydon Hills
Croydon Hills, Victoria
Croydon Hills is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 28 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Maroondah. At the 2006 Census, Croydon Hills had a population of 5399....

, Doncaster
Doncaster, Victoria
Doncaster is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 15 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Manningham. At the 2006 Census, Doncaster had a population of 17,879....

, Doncaster East
Doncaster East, Victoria
Doncaster East is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 19 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Manningham...

, Donvale
Donvale, Victoria
Donvale is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Manningham. At the 2006 Census, Donvale had a population of 11,667...

, Park Orchards
Park Orchards, Victoria
Park Orchards is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 23 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Manningham. At the 2006 Census, Park Orchards had a population of 3590....

, Templestowe
Templestowe, Victoria
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, Templestowe Lower, Warrandyte
Warrandyte, Victoria
Warrandyte is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 24 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Manningham...

 and Warrandyte South
Warrandyte South, Victoria
Warrandyte South is a locality within Greater Melbourne beyond the Melbourne metropolitan area Urban Growth Boundary, 24 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Manningham...

. Additionally, parts of Ringwood North
Ringwood North, Victoria
Ringwood North is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Maroondah...

, Warranwood
Warranwood, Victoria
Warranwood is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 27 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Maroondah...

 and Wonga Park
Wonga Park, Victoria
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 fall under the Division.

The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 14 September 1984, and was first contested at the 1984 Federal election. It was named after Rt Hon Sir Robert Menzies
Robert Menzies
Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, , Australian politician, was the 12th and longest-serving Prime Minister of Australia....

, the longest serving Prime Minister of Australia
Prime Minister of Australia
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. The Division is currently a safe Liberal
Liberal Party of Australia
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 seat, and is held by Kevin Andrews
Kevin Andrews (Australian politician)
Kevin James Andrews is an Australian politician and member of the Liberal Party of Australia. He is a member of the House of Representatives and was Minister for Immigration and Citizenship in the Howard Government, having previously been Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations from 7...

.

Members

MemberPartyTerm
  Neil Brown
Neil Brown (Australian politician)
Neil Anthony Brown, QC is an Australian lawyer, arbitrator, mediator and former Member of the Federal Parliament of Australia and Minister in the Federal Government....

Liberal
Liberal Party of Australia
The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...

1984–1991
  Kevin Andrews
Kevin Andrews (Australian politician)
Kevin James Andrews is an Australian politician and member of the Liberal Party of Australia. He is a member of the House of Representatives and was Minister for Immigration and Citizenship in the Howard Government, having previously been Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations from 7...

Liberal
Liberal Party of Australia
The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...

1991
Menzies by-election, 1991
The 1991 Menzies by-election was held in the Australian electorate of Menzies in Victoria on 11 May 1991. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting member, the Liberal Party's Neil Brown....

–present

Election results

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