Division of Fawkner

{{short description|Former Australian federal electoral division}}

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{{Infobox Australian electorate | federal = yes

|name = Fawkner

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|state = vic

|created = 1906

|abolished = 1969

|namesake = John Pascoe Fawkner

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The Division of Fawkner was an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1906 as a replacement for Southern Melbourne, and was abolished itself in 1969.{{Cite web |last=corporateName=Australian Electoral Commission; address=10 Mort Street |first=Canberra ACT 2600; contact=13 23 26 |title=Electoral division names no longer in use |url=https://www.aec.gov.au/electorates/abolished.htm |access-date=2023-10-20 |website=Australian Electoral Commission |language=en-AU}} It was named for John Pascoe Fawkner, one of the founders of Melbourne. It was located in the inner southern suburbs of Melbourne, including at various times Prahran, South Yarra, St Kilda and Toorak. It was usually a safe conservative seat, but was occasionally won by the Australian Labor Party.

The seat is best known as the starting point for the career of future Prime Minister Harold Holt, who held the seat from 1935{{Cite news |date=1935-07-18 |title=FAWKNER BY-ELECTION |work=Argus |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11749059 |access-date=2023-10-20}} until 1949, when he followed most of its wealthier portion into Higgins.