Division of Menzies

, the division's namesake The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 14 September 1984, and was first contested at the 1984 election. The division was named after Sir Robert Menzies, the longest serving Prime Minister of Australia, who represented the neighbouring division of Kooyong during his time in office. The Division had always been a fairly safe to safe Liberal seat since creation. It was first held by Neil Brown, a former minister who served in the Fraser government and who also served as deputy Liberal leader under John Howard from 1985 to 1987. Brown retired in 1991 and was replaced by Kevin Andrews, who held the seat for 31 years, from 1991 to 2022. Andrews was the Father of the House, with the longest continuous tenure of any then current MHR—although Warren Snowdon and Russell Broadbent were first elected earlier. Andrews lost party pre-selection to Keith Wolahan prior to the 2022 Australian federal election. In the election, the Liberal Party nearly lost the seat for the first time in its history, with Wolahan winning the seat with a 0.7% two-party preferred margin. The swing against the party was attributed to backlash against the Morrison Government by Chinese Australians. The 2024 redistribution and accompanying boundary changes erased the Liberal majority and made Menzies a notional Labor seat with a 0.4% margin. Wolahan needed a swing in his favour in order to be re-elected in the subsequent 2025 federal election. At the election, Wolahan was defeated by Labor candidate Gabriel Ng, who picked up a small swing in his favour amid the Liberals' collapse in urban seats. Ng is the first Labor member ever to win the seat. ==Boundaries==

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned. When the division was created in 1984, it replaced majority of the abolished Division of Diamond Valley, covering areas like Templestowe, Bulleen, Doncaster and Eltham. In 1989, it lost all areas north of Yarra River (such as Eltham) to the Division of Jagajaga, while it gained Ivanhoe East and Eaglemont to the west, and Donvale to the south-east. In 1994, the division was doubled in area when it gained areas to the east. It also lost the Ivanhoe East and Eaglemont areas (which were gained five years prior) and became co-extensive with the boundaries of the new City of Manningham. Since then until 2018, the division's boundaries remained roughly similar with only minor boundary changes in subsequent redistributions, and the division continued to share most or all of its boundaries with the City of Manningham boundaries. == Demographics ==

The Division of Menzies has a diverse population, with around 45% of its residents being born overseas. Half of the population speak a language other than English at home, with Chinese Australians making around 27% of the population. The seat has the third largest Chinese community of any electorate in all of Australia and the second largest in Victoria after neighbouring Chisholm. ==Members==