Electoral district of Benambra

Benambra Victoria—Legislative Assembly
State or territory:	Victoria
Created:	1877
MP:	Bill Tilley
Party:	Liberal Party of Australia
Electors:	37,242 (2010)
Area:	9,102 km² (3,514 sq mi)
Demographic:	Rural

The Electoral district of Benambra is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is located in north-east Victoria and includes the towns of Chiltern, Wodonga, Yackandandah, Beechworth, Tallangatta, and Corryong. It covers an area of 9 thousand square kilometres.

The district has been held by various conservative parties unbroken since 1877, with the Liberal Party taking the seat from the Nationals in 1976.

Members for Benambra

Member		Party	Term
	Peter Wright	Liberal	1877–1880
	Peter Wallace	Conservative	1880–1886
	Peter Wright	Liberal	1886–1889
	Albert Craven	Conservative	1889–1913
		Conservative Liberal
		Comm Liberal
	John Leckie	Comm Liberal	1913–1917
	Henry Beardmore	Economy	1917–1918
		Nationalist	1917–1931
		United Australia	1931–1932
	James Paton	Country	1932–1947
	Thomas Mitchell	Country	1947–1976
		National
	Lou Lieberman	Liberal	1976–1992
	Tony Plowman	Liberal	1992–2006
	Bill Tilley	Liberal	2006–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Benambra

Victorian state election, 2010: Benambra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Tilley	18,424	55.86	+17.24
	Labor	John Williams	7,537	22.85	-10.12
	Greens	Jennifer O'Connor	3,658	11.09	+4.38
	Country Alliance	Haden Macaulay	2,241	6.79	+6.79
	Family First	Robert Cavedon	1,125	3.41	+0.73
Total formal votes			32,985	95.80	−0.87
Informal votes			1,447	4.20	+0.87
Turnout			34,432	92.45	+0.17
Two-candidate preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Tilley	21,909	66.48	+8.77
	Labor	John Williams	11,045	33.52	-8.77
	Liberal hold		Swing	+8.77

External links

• Victorian Electoral Commission – Benambra District