The Division of Menzies is an Australian Electoral Division in the state

States and territories of Australia

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 of Victoria

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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

Member		Party	Term
	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

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