Electoral district of Burwood

For the former New South Wales state electorate, see Electoral district of Burwood (New South Wales).

Burwood Victoria—Legislative Assembly
State or territory:	Victoria
Created:	1955, 1976
Abolished:	1967
MP:	Graham Watt
Party:	Liberal Party of Australia
Electors:	38,951 (2010)
Area:	24 km² (9 sq mi)
Demographic:	Metropolitan

The electoral district of Burwood is an electorate for the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It is located approximately 13 kilometres east of Melbourne, and covers an area of 24 km². It includes the suburbs of Ashburton, Ashwood, Box Hill South, and parts of Burwood, Camberwell, Chadstone, Glen Iris, Victoria, Hartwell and Surrey Hills. The current Member for Burwood is Graham Watt of the Liberal Party of Australia.

Members for Burwood

First incarnation (1955–1967)
Member		Party	Term
	Jim MacDonald	Liberal Country	1955–1965
		Liberal	1965–1967
Second incarnation (1976–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Jeff Kennett	Liberal	1976–1999
	Bob Stensholt	Labor	1999–2010
	Graham Watt	Liberal	2010–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Burwood

Victorian state election, 2010: Burwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Graham Watt	17,500	49.70	+8.46
	Labor	Bob Stensholt	11,732	33.22	-8.77
	Greens	Emily Cowan	4,146	11.78	-0.81
	Sex Party	Eamon Cole-Flynn	751	2.13	+2.13
	Democratic Labor	Lucia De Summa	545	1.55	+1.55
	Family First	Iming Chan	536	1.52	-2.55
Total formal votes			35,210	96.66	-0.56
Informal votes			1,215	3.34	+0.56
Turnout			36,245	93.51	+0.54
Two-candidate preferred result
	Liberal	Graham Watt	19,710	55.86	+9.59
	Labor	Bob Stensholt	15,574	44.14	-9.59
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+9.59

References

• Electorate profile: Burwood, Victorian Electoral Commission