Electoral district of Box Hill
| Box Hill Victoria—Legislative Assembly |
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| State or territory: | Victoria |
| Created: | 1945 |
| MP: | Robert Clark |
| Party: | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Electors: | 38,898 (2010) |
| Area: | 22 km² (8 sq mi) |
| Demographic: | Metropolitan |
The Electoral district of Box Hill is an eastern metropolitan electorate approximately 12 kilometres east of Melbourne, Australia in Victoria's Legislative Assembly.
The Box Hill District covers an area of 22 square kilometres, including the suburbs of Box Hill, Box Hill North, Kerrimuir and Mont Albert and parts of the suburbs of Balwyn, Balwyn North, Canterbury and Surrey Hills.
The district boundaries include Koonung Creek in part of the north, Middleborough Road in the east, parts of Canterbury Road and Riversdale Road in the south, and Balwyn Road for part of the west.
It is part of the Eastern Metropolitan Region in the Legislative Council.
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[edit] Electoral boundary changes
The Electoral district of Doncaster was split off from Box Hill and created in 1976 due to population growth.
A redivision of electorate boundaries in 1991 abolished the Balwyn electorate and incorporated most of it into Box Hill. A large part of the Box Hill electorate (with 17,290 electors) was also transferred to the Electoral district of Mitcham. These changes took effect after the 1992 Victorian State election.
[edit] Members for Box Hill
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Gray | Labor | 1945–1947 | |
| Sir George Reid | Liberal | 1947–1952 | |
| Robert Gray | Labor | 1952–1955 | |
| Sir George Reid | Liberal | 1955–1973 | |
| Morris Williams | Liberal | 1973–1976 | |
| Donald Mackinnon | Liberal | 1976–1982 | |
| Margaret Ray | Labor | 1982–1992 | |
| Robert Clark | Liberal | 1992–present | |
[edit] Election results
| Victorian state election, 2010: Box Hill | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Robert Clark | 20,415 | 58.31 | +8.82 | |
| Labor | Peter Chandler | 8,978 | 25.64 | -7.11 | |
| Greens | Timothy Baxter | 4,952 | 14.14 | +0.03 | |
| Family First | Gary Ong | 666 | 1.90 | -0.76 | |
| Total formal votes | 35,011 | 96.81 | +0.13 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,155 | 3.19 | -0.13 | ||
| Turnout | 36,166 | 92.98 | +0.11 | ||
| Two-candidate preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Robert Clark | 22,346 | 63.80 | +8.58 | |
| Labor | Peter Chandler | 12,677 | 36.20 | -8.58 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +8.58 | |||
[edit] See also
- Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
- List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
