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Electoral district of Monbulk

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Monbulk
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Location of Monbulk (dark green) in Victoria
StateVictoria
Created1967
MPDaniela De Martino
PartyLabor Party
NamesakeMonbulk, Victoria
Electors43,324 (2018)
Area459 km2 (177.2 sq mi)
DemographicOuter metropolitan
Electorates around Monbulk:
Bayswater Evelyn Eildon
Rowville Monbulk Narracan
Narre Warren South
Berwick
Pakenham Narracan

The electoral district of Monbulk is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is situated in the Dandenong Ranges on the outskirts of Melbourne. It includes the towns of Monbulk, Olinda and Silvan as well as some outer suburbs such as Belgrave and Tecoma.

The Puffing Billy Railway forms part of the boundary of the electorate, other tourist attractions within the electorate include Mount Dandenong and the Dandenong Ranges National Park, Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve and the Silvan Reservoir.

For its first three decades, it was a bellwether seat held by the party of government. It was held by the Liberals from 1967 to 1982 before falling to Labor in the landslide that brought John Cain to power. The Liberals won it back in 1992 as Jeff Kennett won government. While they held onto it in 1999 when Kennett was defeated by Steve Bracks, current Labor member James Merlino won it in 2002 and has held it since. It appears to be trending toward Labor in recent years; Merlino held onto it in 2010 even as Labor lost government, and retained it on a healthy swing in 2014 when a redistribution made it notionally Liberal. Merlino is the former Deputy Premier of Victoria - the second Deputy Premier to hold this seat after Bill Borthwick.

Members for Monbulk

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Member Party Term
  Bill Borthwick Liberal 1967–1982
  Neil Pope Labor 1982–1992
  Steve McArthur Liberal 1992–2002
  James Merlino Labor 2002–2022
  Daniela De Martino Labor 2022–present

Election results

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2022 Victorian state election: Monbulk[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Daniela De Martino 15,071 36.1 −6.0
Liberal Gareth Ward 12,327 29.5 −8.1
Greens Michael Ormsby 6,255 15.0 −1.2
Independent Johanna Skelton 2,229 5.3 +5.3
Ind. (Australia One) Craig Cole 2,069 5.0 +5.0
Animal Justice Leah Folloni 1,739 4.2 +4.0
Family First David Higgins 1,197 2.9 +2.9
Freedom Veronica Barnes 910 2.2 +2.2
Total formal votes 41,797 95.3 +0.3
Informal votes 2,063 4.7 −0.3
Turnout 43,860 90.4 −4.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Daniela De Martino 24,056 57.6 +0.5
Liberal Gareth Ward 17,741 42.4 –0.5
Labor hold Swing +0.5

References

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  1. ^ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  2. ^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  3. ^ Monbulk District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
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