--- title: "Hawke: members and political ads | Politics Computer" description: "Hawke: who holds the seat and what they're spending on Facebook and Instagram ads." url: "https://politics.computer/seats/federal/hawke" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Seats](https://politics.computer/seats/federal) Federal division, provincial # Hawke In Victoria. ## Sitting member - [ **Sam Rae** Labor, Hawke ](https://politics.computer/mp/sam-rae) About ## About Hawke Hawke is a provincial federal electoral division in Victoria, west and north-west of Melbourne, centred on Bacchus Marsh, Ballan, Melton and Sunbury. It is held by Sam Rae of the Australian Labor Party. The seat was named in honour of Bob Hawke and was first contested at the 2022 federal election. Named after Bob Hawke, Labor Prime Minister First contested 2022 Australian federal election Chamber House of Representatives Sitting member Sam Rae, Australian Labor Party Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division%5Fof%5FHawke), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026. ## Who's advertising MPs and candidates for Hawke whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent. We don't follow any candidate's page for Hawke yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach Hawke are on the [spending](https://politics.computer/who) page. ## Other divisions in Victoria - [Aston](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/aston) - [Ballarat](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/ballarat) - [Bendigo](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/bendigo) - [Bruce](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/bruce) - [Calwell](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/calwell) - [Casey](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/casey) - [Chisholm](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/chisholm) - [Cooper](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/cooper) - [Corangamite](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/corangamite) - [Corio](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/corio) - [Deakin](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/deakin) - [Dunkley](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/dunkley) - [Flinders](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/flinders) - [Fraser](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/fraser) - [Gellibrand](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/gellibrand) - [Gippsland](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/gippsland) - [Goldstein](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/goldstein) - [Gorton](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/gorton) - [Holt](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/holt) - [Hotham](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/hotham) - [Indi](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/indi) - [Isaacs](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/isaacs) - [Jagajaga](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/jagajaga) - [Kooyong](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/kooyong) --- [Politics Computer](https://politics.computer/) A free reference for Australian politics. Seats and members from the parliaments, votes from Hansard, ads and spend from Meta's Ad Library, checked every Sunday, last on 11 Nov 2026\. Meta reports spend as a range for each ad, so every total here is a range too. Explore [Seats](https://politics.computer/seats) [Federal divisions](https://politics.computer/seats/federal) [Politicians](https://politics.computer/mps) [Senators](https://politics.computer/mps/senate) [Parties](https://politics.computer/parties) Victoria 2026 [The race](https://politics.computer/victoria) [Promises](https://politics.computer/promises) [Which party matches you?](https://politics.computer/quiz) Data [Every ad](https://politics.computer/ads) [Who's spending](https://politics.computer/who) [How MPs voted](https://politics.computer/votes) [Search](https://politics.computer/search) [How this works](https://politics.computer/about) [API and MCP](https://politics.computer/developers) For AI agents: [site guide (llms.txt)](https://politics.computer/llms.txt), [sitemap](https://politics.computer/sitemap.xml), [developer guide](https://politics.computer/developers.md). Every page is available as Markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown` or add `.md` to the path.