Electoral district of Rodney

Rodney Victoria—Legislative Assembly
State or territory:	Victoria
Created:	1856
MP:	Paul Weller
Party:	National Party of Australia
Electors:	36,437 (2010)
Area:	7,808 km² (3,015 sq mi)
Demographic:	Rural

The Electoral district of Rodney is a Victorian Legislative Assembly electorate in Northern Victoria.

The Rodney District covers an area of 7,808 square kilometres, including the towns of Echuca, Rochester, Nathalia, Cohuna, Heathcote, Gunbower, Kyabram, Rushworth and Stanhope.

The district boundaries include the Murray River in the north.

It is part of the Northern Victoria Region in the Legislative Council.

Electoral history

The district dates to 1856. It has been held by the Victorian Farmers Union/Country/National Party since 1917. John Allan, who was the first Country Party Member for the district, became Australia's first Country Party Premier in 1924.

In the 2006 election, Paul Weller won the seat for the National Party of Australia with a margin of 4.39% against the Liberals. The Liberal Party did not run in this electorate in the 2010 election, leaving the Nationals with a much higher lead against the other parties.

Members for Rodney

Member		Party	Term
	John Baragwanath	Unaligned	1856–1857
	John Everard	Liberal	1858–1859
	Moses Gray	Liberal	1860–1862
	John MacGregor	Unaligned	1862–1874
	Simon Fraser	Unaligned	1874–1883
	Duncan Gillies	Unaligned	1877–1889
	James Shackell	Conservative	1883–1892
	William Webb	Unaligned	1889–1897
	Timothy Murphy	Liberal	1892–1894
	Andrew White	Unaligned	1894–1897
	John Mason	Liberal	1897–1902
	John Morrissey	Liberal	1897–1904
	Samuel Lancaster	Conservative	1902–1904
	Hugh McKenzie	Independent	1904–1917
		Commonwealth Liberal
		Nationalist
	John Allan	Country	1917–1936
	William Dunstone	Country	1936–1944
	Richard Brose	Country	1944–1964
	Russell McDonald	Country	1964–1973
	Eddie Hann	Country	1973–1975
		National Country	1975–1982
		National	1982–1989
	Noel Maughan	National	1989–2006
	Paul Weller	National	2006–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Rodney

Victorian state election, 2010: Rodney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Paul Weller	20,524	62.71	+22.55
	Labor	Vanessa Langford	5,290	16.16	-1.97
	Country Alliance	Gino D'Angelo	3,697	11.30	+11.30
	Family First	Serena Moore	1,872	5.72	+2.33
	Greens	Ian Christoe	1,348	4.12	+0.92
Total formal votes			32,731	95.59	+0.82
Informal votes			1,509	4.41	-0.82
Turnout			34,240	93.97	-0.34
Two-candidate preferred result
	National	Paul Weller	24,947	76.16	+21.96
	Labor	Vanessa Langford	7,809	23.84	+23.84
	National hold		Swing	+21.96

See also

• Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
• List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

External links

• Electorate profile: Rodney District, Victorian Electoral Commission