Electoral district of Mulgrave (Victoria)
| Mulgrave Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Location of Mulgrave (dark green) in Greater Melbourne | |||||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1958–1967 2002–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Eden Foster | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Suburb of Mulgrave | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 40,588 (2018) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 36 km2 (13.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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The electoral district of Mulgrave is situated in the south-east of the Melbourne Metropolitan Region. The electorate contains the suburbs of Mulgrave and Noble Park North. It also contains parts of the suburbs of Dandenong North, Noble Park, Springvale and Wheelers Hill.
The seat previously existed from 1958 to 1967 as a safe Liberal seat. It was abolished in 1967 and replaced by Syndal.
Mulgrave was recreated in 2002 as a marginal Labor seat, replacing Dandenong North. Labor's Daniel Andrews easily won the seat amid that year's massive Labor landslide, and held it until his resignation in 2023. He was elected as leader of Victorian Labor following its shock defeat in 2010, and served as Premier from 2014 to 2023.
Members for Mulgrave
[edit]| First incarnation (1958–1967) | |||
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| Member | Party | Term | |
| Ray Wiltshire | Liberal and Country | 1958–1967 | |
| Liberal | |||
| Second incarnation (2002–present) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Daniel Andrews | Labor | 2002–2023 | |
| Eden Foster | Labor | 2023–present | |
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Eden Foster | 14,481 | 40.18 | −10.82 | |
| Liberal | Courtney Mann | 7,817 | 21.69 | +4.50 | |
| Independent | Ian Cook | 6,780 | 18.81 | +0.80 | |
| Greens | Rhonda Garad | 2,153 | 5.97 | +0.89 | |
| Victorian Socialists | Kelly Cvetkova | 1,315 | 3.65 | +3.65 | |
| Family First | Jane Foreman | 1,111 | 3.08 | +1.11 | |
| Libertarian | Ethelyn King | 1,046 | 2.90 | +2.90 | |
| Independent | Tina Theodossopoulou | 662 | 1.84 | +1.04 | |
| Animal Justice | Bronwyn Currie | 403 | 1.12 | +1.12 | |
| Sustainable Australia | Celeste Ackerly | 276 | 0.77 | +0.77 | |
| Total formal votes | 36,044 | 94.46 | +3.13 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,112 | 5.54 | −3.13 | ||
| Turnout | 38,156 | 80.94 | −7.46 | ||
| Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
| Labor | Eden Foster | 19,704 | 54.67 | −5.53 | |
| Liberal | Courtney Mann | 16,340 | 45.33 | +5.53 | |
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Eden Foster | 20,363 | 56.49 | −4.34 | |
| Independent | Ian Cook | 15,681 | 43.51 | +4.34 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | −4.34 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "Results - Mulgrave by-election 2023". ABC News.
- ^ "Mulgrave District by-election results". Victorian Electoral Commission.
- "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
External links
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