Division of Flinders
| Flinders Australian House of Representatives Division | |||||||||||||||
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| Created | 1901 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Zoe McKenzie | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Liberal | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Matthew Flinders | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 127,620 (2025) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 887 km2 (342.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Semi-rural | ||||||||||||||
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The Division of Flinders is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division is one of the original 65 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named after Matthew Flinders, the first man to circumnavigate Australia, and the person credited with giving Australia its name.
Originally a country seat south and east of Melbourne, Flinders is now based on the outer southern suburbs on the Mornington Peninsula, including Dromana, Hastings and Portsea. Even though Melbourne's suburban growth has long since spilled onto the peninsula, Flinders is still counted as a rural seat.