, the division's namesake The division is named in honour of
Malcolm Fraser, who served as
Prime Minister of Australia from
1975 to 1983. Fraser had represented the Victorian federal seat of
Wannon from
1955 to
1983. The division of Fraser was created in 2018 after the
Australian Electoral Commission oversaw a mandatory
redistribution of
divisions in Victoria. Fraser was a new seat created to fill Victoria's allotment of 38 divisions, one higher than the number to which the state was previously entitled. It was formed from parts of its neighbouring seats of
Calwell,
Gorton,
Gellibrand and
Maribyrnong. In the
2021 redistribution, Fraser was significantly adjusted, moving towards the middle and inner west of Melbourne from the outer suburbs; losing the suburbs of
Keilor Downs,
Sydenham and several others north of Taylors Road and Green Gully Road to the Division of Gorton, swapping them for parts of
Deer Park and
Derrimut; and shifting east to acquire the inner west suburbs of Footscray, West Footscray, Kingsville, Seddon and parts of Yarraville from the Division of Gellibrand, and gaining Maidstone and the suburb of Maribyrnong from the Division of Maribyrnong. The seat was notionally held by the
Labor Party on a margin of 20.6%, which made it a very safe seat for the party. Then-
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten had reportedly considered moving to Fraser in the 2019 election but chose to remain in his seat of
Maribyrnong until his resignation in 2025. ==Members==