Stawell and Halls Gap will change federal seats under final boundary decisions released by the Australian Electoral Commission on Wednesday.
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From July 13, those parts of Northern Grampians will move from the federal electorate of Mallee to Wannon, which includes Ararat.
Under the changes, Stawell will move from having Nationals MP Andrew Broad as the presumed incumbent for the next federal election.
Stawell and many Northern Grampians Shire residents at Halls Gap and Mount Dryden will instead have Liberal MP and Social Services Minister Dan Tehan as their representative and incumbent candidate.
Part of Golden Plains Shire and more of the seat of Corangamite in Colac Otway Shire will also join Wannon, increasing the electoral roll by 14,918 voters.
Mallee will gain thousands of people from Loddon Shire, Central Goldfields and northern parts of Pyrenees Shire, including Avoca.
Electoral Commissioner Tom Rogers said the changes, prompted by Victoria gaining another seat in the federal House of Representatives, were the result of unanimous support for the Redistribution Committee’s proposed boundaries.
The committee made minor changes to the proposed boundaries first exhibited in April, but those changes concern electorates outside the Wimmera and Grampians regions.
The Commission discarded a Liberal Party suggestion last year to move Horsham into Wannon and abolish the north-central Victorian seat of Murray.
Mr Broad has previously said he would abide by the Commission’s final decision and would keep advocating for all areas of his electorate.
“You abide by the rules. My view is that you continue to serve the people who voted for me at the last election, and that includes Stawell and Halls Gap, whilst I am still their federal member up until the next election...if that’s how the boundaries work out,” he said in April.
“I’m still there to do the job for them. I’m not going to knock off and say ‘well, you can’t vote for me at the next election’.
“I’m not that sort of person. I’m still there to get the best outcomes for Stawell.”
Mr Tehan said last year that he would respect the commission’s decision.
“They are the independent umpire. I will go with their decision,” he said in December.
Central Goldfields Shire objected to being shifted from Wannon to Mallee due to the distance between Maryborough and Mr Broad’s main office in Mildura.