Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Division of Chisholm is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1949 and is named for Caroline Chisholm, a social worker and promoter of women's immigration. It is located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, and includes the suburbs of Box Hill, Burwood, Mount Waverley, Ashwood, Chadstone, and parts of Oakleigh and Clayton. Until the 1980s it was a safe Liberal seat based on Camberwell, but since then boundary changes have moved it south-east, taking in more Labor-voting suburbs and making the seat marginal. The first member for Chisholm, Sir Wilfrid Kent Hughes, was one of Australia's most distinguished soldiers, who held the seat until his death on 31 July 1970.Chisholm has been held since 1998 by Anna Burke, who served as the 28th Speaker of the House of Representatives.. }
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- Division_of_Chisholm abstract "The Division of Chisholm is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1949 and is named for Caroline Chisholm, a social worker and promoter of women's immigration. It is located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, and includes the suburbs of Box Hill, Burwood, Mount Waverley, Ashwood, Chadstone, and parts of Oakleigh and Clayton. Until the 1980s it was a safe Liberal seat based on Camberwell, but since then boundary changes have moved it south-east, taking in more Labor-voting suburbs and making the seat marginal. The first member for Chisholm, Sir Wilfrid Kent Hughes, was one of Australia's most distinguished soldiers, who held the seat until his death on 31 July 1970.Chisholm has been held since 1998 by Anna Burke, who served as the 28th Speaker of the House of Representatives.".