Electoral district of Ashwood

Ashwood Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Ashwood (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Created	2022
MP	Matt Fregon
Party	Labor
Namesake	Suburb of Ashwood
Electors	51,209 (2022)
Area	29.44 km2 (11.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Urban
Electorates around Ashwood: Hawthorn Box Hill Glen Waverley Malvern Ashwood Glen Waverley Malvern Oakleigh Mulgrave

The electoral district of Ashwood is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Melbourne, Australia. It was created in the redistribution of electoral boundaries in 2021, and came into effect at the 2022 Victorian state election. ^[1]

Ashwood covers areas of the abolished districts of Burwood and Mount Waverley with its boundaries being Burke Road to the west, the Monash Freeway to the south, Burwood Highway and Toorak Road to the north, and Blackburn Road to the east. The seat contains the suburbs of Ashburton, Ashwood, Chadstone, Glen Iris, Mount Waverley, and parts of Burwood, Burwood East, and Camberwell. ^[2]

The abolished seats of Burwood and Mount Waverley were held by Labor MPs Will Fowles and Matt Fregon respectively.

Members for Ashwood

Image		Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Matt Fregon	Labor	26 November 2022 – present	Previously member for Mount Waverley. Incumbent

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Ashwood

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Ashwood.[ edit ]

2022 Victorian state election: Ashwood ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Matt Fregon	18,014	40.3	−0.1
	Liberal	Asher Judah	16,618	37.2	−7.1
	Greens	Peter Morgan	6,612	14.8	+2.7
	Animal Justice	Milton Griffiths	880	2.0	+0.5
	Family First	Keith Geyer	847	1.9	+1.9
	Independent	Lynnette Saloumi	704	1.6	+1.6
	Freedom	Norman F. Baker	568	1.3	+1.3
	Independent	Michael Doyle	467	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			44,710	96.6	+0.7
Informal votes			1,565	3.4	−0.7
Turnout			46,275	90.4	–0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Matt Fregon	25,106	56.2	+4.2
	Liberal	Asher Judah	19,604	43.8	−4.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.2

See also

• Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
• List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Summary of Changes". Victorian Electoral Boundary Commission. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
2. "Map of Ashwood District" (PDF). Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
3. VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
4. Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
5. Ashwood District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 December 2022.