Division of Monash

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Monash
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Monash 2025.svg
Division of Monash
Interactive map of electorate boundaries from the 2025 federal election
Created2019
MP Mary Aldred
Party Liberal
Namesake Sir John Monash
Electors 116,527 (2025)
Area8,255 km2 (3,187.3 sq mi)
DemographicRural

The Division of Monash is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria, which was contested for the first time at the 2019 federal election.

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The division is located in western Gippsland including Phillip Island, and extends for the length of Victoria's eastern Bass Strait coastline. As of 2025, it covers the entire local government areas of Bass Coast Shire and South Gippsland Shire, the majority of Shire of Baw Baw, and a portion of City of Latrobe. It is the southernmost Electoral Division in continental Australia.

Geography

Federal electoral division boundaries in Australia are 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. [1]

When the division was created in 2018, it encompassed areas of West Gippsland and South Gippsland previously in the abolished Division of McMillan, with the exception of the suburb of Pakenham and the town of Yallourn North, which were instead gained by the Division of La Trobe and Division of Gippsland respectively. [2] The new division also gained areas from the Division of Flinders in the Bass Coast Shire and the southern part of Shire of Cardinia, such as Koo Wee Rup, Lang Lang and Phillip Island. In 2021, it lost all areas within the Shire of Cardinia such as Koo Wee Rup and Bunyip to the Division of La Trobe. It did not undergo any boundary changes in the 2024 redistribution. [3]

As of the 2024 redistribution, it covered the entire local government areas of Bass Coast Shire and South Gippsland Shire, and the majority of Shire of Baw Baw (except a tiny and unpopulated area near Yallourn North). It also included a small portion of City of Latrobe at Moe. [4] It includes the towns of Warragul, Moe, Wonthaggi, Leongatha and Foster. Overall it stretches from Mount Baw Baw and the Baw Baw National Park in the north to Wilsons Promontory, and the Wilsons Promontory National Park in the south, including Phillip Island.

History

Sir John Monash, the division's namesake John Monash 1.jpg
Sir John Monash, the division's namesake

Monash was created in the mandatory redistribution of divisions in Victoria by the Australian Electoral Commission in 2018. [5] It is named in honour of Sir John Monash, an Australian Allied military commander during World War I. It replaced the similarly-located Division of McMillan in 2018.

Prior to the 2022 federal election, the seat was notionally held by the Liberal Party of Australia on a margin of 6.9%, making it a fairly safe seat for the party. [6] It is now held on a margin of 2.9%, making it marginal. [7] The seat gained Phillip Island at the 2018 redistribution.

Members

ImageMemberPartyTermNotes
  Joint Standing Committee on the Parliamentary Library 2023 (Broadbent cropped).png Russell Broadbent
(1950–)		 Liberal 18 May 2019 –
14 November 2023		Previously held the Division of McMillan. Lost preselection and then lost seat
  Independent 14 November 2023 –
3 May 2025
  Liberal Placeholder.png Mary Aldred
(1983–)		 Liberal 3 May 2025 –
present		Incumbent

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2025 Australian federal election in Victoria § Monash.[ edit ]
2025 Australian federal election: Monash [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Mary Aldred 32,57931.78−6.01
Labor Tully Fletcher20,80420.29−5.31
Independent Deb Leonard17,52917.10+6.38
Independent Russell Broadbent 10,45010.19+10.19
One Nation Kuljeet Kaur Robinson8,1667.97+0.43
Greens Terence Steele5,0624.94−4.92
Legalise Cannabis David O'Reilly3,5213.43+3.43
Trumpet of Patriots Alex Wehbe2,6082.54+1.84
Family First Geoff Dethlefs1,8011.76+1.76
Total formal votes102,52094.18−1.14
Informal votes6,3305.82+1.14
Turnout 108,85093.46+4.65
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Mary Aldred 55,45154.09+1.19
Labor Tully Fletcher47,06945.91−1.19
Liberal hold Swing +1.19

References

  1. ↑ Muller, Damon (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "McMillan". Parliamentary Handbook. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  3. ↑ "Monash". Parliamentary Handbook. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  4. ↑ "Map of Commonwealth Electoral Division of Monash" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. October 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  5. ↑ "Names and boundaries of federal electoral divisions in Victoria decided". Australian Electoral Commission. 20 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Monash - Federal Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  7. ↑ "Monash, VIC – AEC Tally Room". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  8. ↑ Monash, Vic, 2025 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.
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