Turton has a bachelor's degree in television and sound engineering. The 2015 general election result made the seat the eighth-safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority. South-East Lancashire, Gorton Division consisted of the area of the Gorton Local Board and the townships or parishes of Denton, Haughton, and Openshaw. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. This map has been compiled by Spatial Vision from data supplied by the Australian Electoral Commission, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, PSMA and Geoscience Australia. [5] In 1890, Manchester's municipal boundaries were extended to include Gorton and Openshaw, although constituency boundaries remained unchanged until 1918. In 2018 the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) implemented changes to Manchester's electoral wards including the merging of Gorton North and Gorton South to create a new ward, Gorton and Abbey Hey. 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The division was created in 2004 to replace the abolished Division of Burke, and is named in honour Sir John Gorton, who served as Prime Minister of Australia from 1968 to 1971.Gorton had served in the Senate from 1949 to 1968, before switching houses to represent the Victorian federal seat of Higgins until 1975.. 2019 Australian federal election: Gorton… Gorton was Prime Minister of Australia (1968–71), a Senator for Victoria (1949–68) and a Member of the House of Representatives (1968–75). The constituency was redefined as comprising six wards of the Metropolitan district and City of Manchester, namely: Fallowfield, Gorton North, Gorton South, Levenshulme, Longsight and Rusholme. Now she has a 'platform', Pucovski, Green lead newcomers in Australian Test squad for India series, Brendan O'Connor retains very safe seat in Melbourne's west. These are the same as the candidates who were to stand at the cancelled 2017 by-election, except for an Official Monster Raving Loony Party candidate and another independent, who did not stand at the general election. [2], From 1983-2017, Sir Gerald Kaufman, Father of the House of Commons, represented the constituency. Gorton covers 540 square kilometres in Melbourne's outer western suburbs, much of the physical area of the electorate taken up by the residual farming land that divides Melton from the metropolitan area. [6] The revised boundaries were first used at the 1950 general election. The name commemorates former Liberal Prime Minister John Gorton, who served in the Senate from 1949 to 1968 before transferring to the House of Representatives as MP for Higgins, replacing the missing (presumed deceased) Harold Holt both as MP and as Prime Minister. Boundary of Manchester Gorton in Greater Manchester in 2010. Electorate: 74,681 (December 2010) Major settlements: Belle Vue, Gorton, Levenshulme: Current constituency; Created: 1918: Member of Parliament: Afzal Khan (Labour) Number of members: One: South East Lancashire Gorton; Former County constituency for the House of Commons: 1885–1918; Number of members: one: Created from: South East Lancashire: Manchester Gorton is a constituency … Under the terms of the Parliament Act 1911 a General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. Manchester Gorton is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Labour's Afzal Khan, who was elected at the 2017 general election. Sir John Grey Gorton GCMG AC CH, 1911-2002. He worked as a researcher for the Municipal Employees Union while he was at university, where he studied Arts/Law. The Act introduced the term "borough constituency", with Manchester Gorton Borough Constituency now consisting of four wards of the city: Gorton North, Gorton South, Levenshulme and Openshaw. He's put it to good use, Marise Payne criticises China's disqualification of Hong Kong pro-democracy politicians, 'I pity you': Rape survivor confronts attacker in SA court, Cash accused of posting 'demeaning' messages about Liberal staffer on WhatsApp group, 800 million Chinese shoppers stayed awake overnight to snap up 'over $1b' in Australian goods despite trade tensions, Postcode data reveals areas taking hardest financial hit from pandemic, Grace Tame fought for the right to speak out about her sexual abuse. The redistribution reflected the boundary changes of 1890, with Gorton becoming a division of the parliamentary borough of Manchester. The constituency comprised an area bounded on the west by the city of Manchester and to the east and south by the county boundary with Cheshire. Turton has an extensive media background, currently working as a freelance director as well as technical support officer at La Trobe University where he manages studio facilities and demonstrates to students. Here are those that claim to be COVID-free, How Lila completed Years 10, 11 and 12 in just 19 months after multiple family tragedies, Terry bought a WWII bunker as part of a property. wyndham brimbank moorabool melton hobsons bay greater geelong hume macedon ranges hume cairnlea hopetoun park exford tarneit parwan ardeer laverton albanvale He has lived in Melbourne's west for the past 15 years with his wife and two young daughters. Follow our live coverage of the US election aftermath, Follow our live coverage for the latest news on the coronavirus pandemic, Brendan O'Connor (ALP) since 2004, having also representing this area under the district's former name of Burke 2001-04. ), The removal of rural areas when the seat was re-named Gorton is clearly shown by the break in the Gorton line at the 2001 election. Changes in vote compared with notional figures for 1992 election following boundary changes. After suffering a dramatic loss of seats on the re-election of his government in 1969, Gorton's leadership came under question and he was deposed as leader in 1971, treating a tied vote of confidence in his leadership as being a defeat. The electorate includes Melton in the west, plus the outer western suburbs of Caroline Springs, Burnside, Hillside, Fraser Rise, Taylors Hill, Alban Vale and Deer Park. Please refer to the Parliament of Australia website. (Victories by a party of government are indicated by thick coloured underlining. Where the electorate of Burke used to extend north into central Victoria, Gorton is an entirely suburban division, covering just 5% of its old area, down from 3,117 to 166 square kilometres. The Labor margin slips from 19.5% to a still ultra-safe 18.5%. Denton and Haughton, which together had formed Denton Urban District in 1894, were transferred to the Mossley Division of Lancashire.[6][7]. This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Gorton in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 2004 until the present. In 1890 Manchester's municipal boundaries were extended to include Gorton and Openshaw, … This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. Gorton left the Liberal Party in 1975 after Malcolm Fraser became leader, and after a quixotic tilt at an ACT Senate seat as an Independent in 1975, generally kept out of public life until his death in May 2002. Aged 57, O'Connor was born in Ireland, his parents migrating when he was six. Mr Hatch crossed the floor of the House of Commons to sit with the Liberals, around February 1905.[15]. For supporting information, see Party codes, demographic ratings and seat status. Maps showing all electoral divisions.