Division of Corio

Corio Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Corio in Victoria, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created	1901
MP	Richard Marles
Party	Labor
Namesake	Corio Bay
Electors	107,782 (2016)
Area	989 km2 (381.9 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial

The Division of Corio is an Australian electoral division in the state of Victoria. The division one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. Named for Corio Bay, it has always been based on the city of Geelong, although in the past it stretched as far east as the outer western suburbs of Melbourne.

The division comprises an area of 989 square kilometres (382 sq mi) from the western shores of Port Phillip Bay, stretching to the north of Geelong and inland and covering most of the Bellarine Peninsula. Besides Geelong, it includes Avalon, Bell Park, Bell Post Hill, Breakwater, Corio, Curlewis, Drysdale, East Geelong, North Geelong, South Geelong, Geelong West, Hamlyn Heights, Herne Hill, Lara, Lovely Banks, Manifold Heights, Moolap, Newcomb, Norlane, North Shore, Portarlington, St Albans Park, St Leonards, Rippleside and Whittington; and parts of Anakie, Batesford, Clifton Springs, Fyansford, Leopold, Newtown, and Thomson.