Division of Dunkley

Dunkley Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Dunkley in Victoria, as of the 2022 federal election
Created	1984
MP	Vacant
Namesake	Louisa Margaret Dunkley
Electors	111,693 (2022)
Area	153 km2 (59.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer metropolitan

The Division of Dunkley is an Australian electoral division in the state of Victoria. The division is located south-east of Melbourne on the Mornington Peninsula. It covers an area of approximately 152 square kilometres (59 sq mi) from Seaford in the north to Mount Eliza in the south and Langwarrin South in the southeast. The division is currently unrepresented following the death of the incumbent, Peta Murphy, on 4 December 2023.

Geography

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.

History

The division was created in 1984 and is named for Louisa Margaret Dunkley, a trade unionist and campaigner for equal pay for women.

It was held by the Liberal Party from 1996 to 2019, however a 2018 boundary redistribution that favoured Labor, along with Labor's increased statewide strength in Victoria resulted in Peta Murphy winning the seat for the Labor Party at the 2019 Australian federal election.

Members

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Bob Chynoweth (1941–)	Labor	1 December 1984 – 24 March 1990	Previously held the Division of Flinders. Lost seat
		Frank Ford (1936–)	Liberal	24 March 1990 – 13 March 1993	Lost seat
		Bob Chynoweth (1941–)	Labor	13 March 1993 – 2 March 1996	Lost seat
		Bruce Billson (1966–)	Liberal	2 March 1996 – 9 May 2016	Served as minister under Howard and Abbott. Retired
		Chris Crewther (1983–)	Liberal	2 July 2016 – 18 May 2019	Lost seat. Later elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Mornington in 2022
		Peta Murphy (1973–2023)	Labor	18 May 2019 – 4 December 2023	Died in office.

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Dunkley

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Victoria § Dunkley.[edit]

2022 Australian federal election: Dunkley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peta Murphy	38,506	40.23	+1.71
	Liberal	Sharn Coombes	31,108	32.50	−7.38
	Greens	Liam O'Brien	9,898	10.34	+1.95
	United Australia	Adrian Irvine	4,846	5.06	+2.46
	Independent	Darren Bergwerf	3,698	3.86	+3.86
	One Nation	Scott Middlebrook	2,689	2.81	+2.81
	Liberal Democrats	Damian Willis	2,398	2.51	+2.51
	Animal Justice	Elizabeth Johnston	2,013	2.10	−0.96
	Federation	Kathryn Woods	566	0.59	+0.59
Total formal votes			95,722	95.27	+0.41
Informal votes			4,750	4.73	−0.41
Turnout			100,472	90.06	−2.30
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peta Murphy	53,865	56.27	+3.53
	Liberal	Sharn Coombes	41,857	43.73	−3.53
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.53

Alluvial diagram for preference flows in the seat of Dunkley in the 2022 federal election. Y indicates at what stage the winning candidate had over 50% of the votes and was declared the winner.

Primary vote results in Dunkley (Parties that did not get 5% of the vote are omitted)

  Liberal

  Labor

  Greens

  Australian Democrats

  Justice

  Palmer United/United Australia Party

Two-candidate-preferred results in Dunkley

External links

• Division of Dunkley - Australian Electoral Commission