Division of Balaclava

The Division of Balaclava was an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. It was set up for the first federal election in 1901. It was named for the suburb of Balaclava, which in turn was named for a battlefield of the Crimean War. It included the wealthy inner southern suburbs of Melbourne, including Brighton and Sandringham. It was abolished and replaced by the Division of Goldstein in 1984.

Balaclava Australian House of Representatives Division
Created	1901
Abolished	1984
Namesake	Balaclava

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Sir George Turner	Protectionist	1901–1904
		Free Trade	1904–1906
	Agar Wynne	Independent Protectionist	1906–1909
		Commonwealth Liberal	1909–1914
	William Watt	Commonwealth Liberal	1914–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1922
		Liberal Union	1922–1925
		Nationalist	1925–1929
	Thomas White	Nationalist	1929–1931
		United Australia	1931–1944
		Liberal	1944–1951
	Percy Joske	Liberal	1951–1960
	Ray Whittorn	Liberal	1960–1974
	Ian Macphee	Liberal	1974–1984

Thomas White, the Air and Civil Aviation Minister, resigned to become Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. This caused a by-election. Percy Joske resigned in 1960 to become Judge of the Commonwealth Industrial Court, which also caused a by-election.