 In federal politics, the House of Representatives seats - the Division of Corio and Division of Corangamite cover the Geelong region.Corio roughly covers the northern half of Geelong and has been a safe Australian Labor Party since the 1970s, but was previously the seat of Richard Casey, a leading conservative Cabinet member in the 1930s and later Governor-General, as well as Hubert Opperman, a former cycling champion and a prominent minister in the 1960s.It was also the seat of Gordon Scholes, who was Speaker during the Whitlam government.