Electoral district of Nepean

This article is about the state electorate in Victoria. For other uses, see Nepean (disambiguation).

Nepean Victoria—Legislative Assembly
State or territory:	Victoria
Created:	2002
MP:	Martin Dixon
Party:	Liberal Party of Australia
Electors:	39,050 (2010)
Area:	389 km² (150 sq mi)
Demographic:	Mixed rural and urban

The Electoral district of Nepean is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly covering the southern most part of the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia. It is named after Point Nepean which is contained within the electorate.

The seat was created prior to the Victorian state election, 2002 after the seat of Dromana was renamed. Traditionally it has been a relatively safe seat for the Liberal Party, although it went within 0.2% of being won by the Labor Party at the 2002 election.

The seat has the oldest median age of any electorate in the state, as well as the lowest average income. [1][2]

The current member for Nepean is Martin Dixon.

Members for Nepean

Member		Party	Term
	Martin Dixon	Liberal	2002–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Nepean

Victorian state election, 2010: Nepean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Martin Dixon	20,700	59.74	+5.15
	Labor	John Lannan	9,333	26.94	-4.95
	Greens	Anton Vigenser	4,176	12.05	+1.22
	Country Alliance	Keith Lyon	439	1.27	+1.27
Total formal votes			34,648	95.87	+0.32
Informal votes			1,494	4.13	-0.32
Turnout			36,142	92.55	-0.32
Two-candidate preferred result
	Liberal	Martin Dixon	22,288	64.31	+4.93
	Labor	John Lannan	12,370	35.69	-4.93
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.93

External links

• Electorate profile: Nepean, Victorian Electoral Commission