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Electoral district of Sandringham

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Sandringham
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Location of Sandringham (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created1955
MPMurray Thompson
PartyLiberal
Electors41,456 (2014)
Area24 km2 (9.3 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan

The Electoral district of Sandringham is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.[1] It consists of the Melbourne bayside suburbs of Beaumaris, Black Rock and Sandringham, and parts of Cheltenham, Hampton, Highett, and Mentone.

Members for Sandringham

Member Party Term
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal Murray Porter LCP 1955–1970
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal Liberal
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal Max Crellin Liberal 1970–1982
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor Graham Ihlein Labor 1982–1985
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal David Lea Liberal 1985–1992
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal Murray Thompson Liberal 1992–present

Election results

Victorian state election, 2014: Sandringham[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Murray Thompson 19,264 51.6 −9.0
Labor Christina Zigouras 9,103 24.4 +2.4
Greens Adam McBeth 5,144 13.8 −2.0
Independent Clarke Martin 3,840 10.3 +10.3
Total formal votes 37,351 96.5 +0.3
Informal votes 1,369 3.5 −0.3
Turnout 38,720 93.4 +3.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Murray Thompson 21,393 57.3 −8.2
Labor Christina Zigouras 15,920 42.7 +8.2
Liberal hold Swing −8.2

References

  1. ^ "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  2. ^ State Election 2014: Sandringham District, VEC.