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The Division of Corio is an Australian electoral division in the state of Victoria. The division one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. Named for Corio Bay, it has always been based on the city of Geelong, although in the past it stretched as far east as the outer western suburbs of Melbourne. The division comprises an area of from the western shores of Port Phillip Bay, stretching to the north of Geelong and inland and covering most of the Bellarine Peninsula. Suburbs and towns include , , , , , , , , Geelong, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and ; and parts of , , , , , , and . The current Member for Corio, since the 2007 federal election, is Richard Marles, a member of the Australian Labor Party. ==History== For most of the first seven decades after Federation, it was a marginal seat that frequently changed hands between the Australian Labor Party and the conservative parties. However, Labor has held it without interruption since a 1967 by-election, and since the 1980s it has been one of Labor's safest non-metropolitan seats. Presently, the Liberals need a 7.7 percent swing to win it. Its most prominent members have been Richard Casey, a leading Cabinet member in the 1930s and later Governor-General; Hubert Opperman, a former cycling champion and a minister in the Menzies government; and Gordon Scholes, who was Speaker during the Whitlam government and a minister in the Hawke government. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Division of Corio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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