Electoral district of Brighton
Brighton Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
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![]() Location of Brighton (dark green) in Greater Melbourne | |
State | Victoria |
Created | 1856 |
MP | Louise Asher |
Party | Liberal Party |
Electors | 42,924 (2014) |
Area | 19 km2 (7.3 sq mi) |
Demographic | Metropolitan |
The electoral district of Brighton is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of 19 square kilometres (7.3 sq mi) in south-eastern Melbourne, including the suburbs of Brighton and Elwood, and parts of Brighton East and Hampton. It lies within the Southern Metropolitan Region of the upper house, the Legislative Council.[1]
It is one of only three electorates (along with Richmond and Williamstown) to have existed continuously since 1856. Brighton was defined in the Victoria Constitution Act, 1855, as: "Commencing on the Sea Coast at the South-west Angle of Section 25, Parish of Moorabbin, thence by a Line East to the South-east Angle of Section 55 ; on the East by a Line bearing North, being the Parish Boundary from the said Point to the North-east Angle of Section 63 ; on the North by the Road bearing West to the Sea Coast, and on the West by the Sea Coast to the commencing Point."[2]
Members for Brighton
Member | Party | Term | |
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Jonathan Binns Were | Unaligned | 1856–1857 | |
Charles Ebden | Unaligned | 1857–1861 | |
George Higinbotham | Unaligned | 1861-1861 | |
William Brodribb | Unaligned | 1861–1862 | |
George Higinbotham | Unaligned | 1862–1871 | |
Sir Thomas Bent | Unaligned | 1871–1894 | |
William Moule | Unaligned | 1894–1900 | |
Sir Thomas Bent | Unaligned | 1900–1909 | |
Oswald Snowball | Liberal | 1909–1928 | |
Nationalist | |||
Ian Macfarlan | Nationalist | 1928–1945 | |
United Australia | |||
Independent | |||
Raymond Tovell | Liberal | 1945–1955 | |
Electoral Reform League | |||
Sir John Rossiter | Liberal | 1955–1976 | |
Jeannette Patrick | Liberal | 1976–1985 | |
Alan Stockdale | Liberal | 1985–1999 | |
Louise Asher | Liberal | 1999–present |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Louise Asher | 21,145 | 55.5 | −3.0 | |
Labor | Louise Crawford | 8,973 | 23.6 | +3.5 | |
Greens | Margaret Beavis | 6,619 | 17.4 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Jane Touzeau | 1,350 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
Total formal votes | 38,087 | 96.4 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 1,425 | 3.6 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 39,512 | 92.1 | −0.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Louise Asher | 22,777 | 59.8 | −4.6 | |
Labor | Louise Crawford | 15,330 | 40.2 | +4.6 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.6 |
Historical maps
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District of Brighton 1856
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Location within Greater Melbourne area, 1859
External links
References
- ^ "Brighton District profile". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ "Victoria Constitution Act 1855" (PDF). Retrieved 11 June 2013.