--- title: "Hotham: members and political ads | Politics Computer" description: "Hotham: who holds the seat and what they're spending on Facebook and Instagram ads." url: "https://politics.computer/seats/federal/hotham" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Seats](https://politics.computer/seats/federal) Federal division, inner-metropolitan # Hotham In Victoria. ## Sitting member - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Clare_O'Neil_(2023).jpg?width=96)**Clare O'Neil** Labor, Hotham ](https://politics.computer/mp/clare-o-neil) About ## About Hotham Hotham is an inner-metropolitan federal electoral division in Victoria, located in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It is held by Clare O'Neil of the Australian Labor Party, and Labor has held the seat since 1980. Created 1969 Area Approximately 83 square kilometres Named after Sir Charles Hotham, Governor of Victoria 1854–55 Held by the same party since 1980 (Australian Labor Party) Sitting member Clare O'Neil, Australian Labor Party Previous members Don Chipp, Simon Crean Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division%5Fof%5FHotham), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026. ## Who's advertising MPs and candidates for Hotham whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent. We don't follow any candidate's page for Hotham yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach Hotham 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) - [Hawke](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/hawke) - [Holt](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/holt) - [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.