Electoral district of Clayton

Last updated

Clayton
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
State Victoria
Created1985
Abolished2014
Electors 33,843 (2010)
Area38 km2 (14.7 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan

The Electoral district of Clayton is a former electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. [1] It was named for the Melbourne suburb of Clayton, and also includes Clarinda, Notting Hill as well as parts of surrounding suburbs.

Contents

It was created by the redistribution that abolished malapportionment in the Victorian Legislative Assembly prior to the 1985 election, and was always a safe Labor seat. Clayton was abolished in 2014 following a redistribution of Victoria's electoral boundaries. Much of Clayton's territory is in the new district of Clarinda.

Members for Clayton

MemberPartyTerm
  Gerard Vaughan Labor 1985–1996
  Hong Lim Labor 1996–2014

Election results

2010 Victorian state election: Clayton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Hong Lim 15,84354.34-7.85
Liberal Justin Scott8,83330.29+6.54
Greens Matthew Billman2,7829.54+0.13
Democratic Labor Peter Bolling9763.35+3.35
Family First Darren Reid7232.48-0.90
Total formal votes29,15794.16-0.08
Informal votes1,8085.84+0.08
Turnout 30,96591.50-2.99
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Hong Lim 19,07165.31-4.96
Liberal Justin Scott10,12934.69+4.96
Labor hold Swing -4.96

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Electoral district of Ballarat East</span> Former state electoral district of Victoria, Australia

Ballarat East was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. Prior to its abolition, it was a 3,323 km² part-urban and part-rural electorate covering areas to the east of the regional centre of Ballarat. It included the Ballarat suburbs of Ballarat East, Bakery Hill, Golden Point, Eureka, Canadian, Mount Pleasant, Mount Clear, Mount Helen and Warrenheip, and the rural towns of Ballan, Buninyong, Bungaree, Creswick, Daylesford, Dunnstown, Hepburn Springs, Kyneton, Lal Lal, Malmsbury, Meredith and Steiglitz. The electorate had a population of 54,127 as of the 2006 census, with 40,578 enrolled electors at the 2010 state election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Electoral district of Bass</span> State electoral district of Victoria, Australia

The electoral district of Bass is one of the electoral districts of Victoria, Australia, for the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of 1,358 square kilometres (524 sq mi) south east of Melbourne, stretching from the satellite suburb of Clyde through rural areas to the coast at Inverloch and Phillip Island. It includes the suburbs and towns of Bass, Cape Paterson, Clyde, Corinella, Cowes, Grantville, Inverloch, Kilcunda, Koo Wee Rup, Lang Lang, Pearcedale, Rhyll, San Remo, Tooradin, Ventnor and Wonthaggi. It lies within the Eastern Victoria Region of the upper house, the Legislative Council.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Electoral district of South-West Coast</span> State electoral district of Victoria, Australia

The electoral district of South-West Coast is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was created prior to the 2002 election in order to replace the abolished seats of Portland and Warrnambool.

Derrimut was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was located in the western suburbs of Melbourne and contained the suburbs of Albion, Derrimut as well as parts of St Albans and Sunshine.

Seymour was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covered rural territory north of Melbourne, including the towns of Alexandra, Healesville, Kinglake, Marysville, Seymour and Yea.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Electoral district of Macedon</span> State electoral district of Victoria, Australia

The electoral district of Macedon is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was created in 2002, replacing the abolished electorate of Gisborne. It was won at that election by Joanne Duncan, the former member for Gisborne. She was re-elected in 2006 and 2010, and retired at the 2014 election, at which she was succeeded by Labor candidate Mary-Anne Thomas.

The Electoral district of Scoresby was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was first created after the district of Upper Yarra was abolished in 1945. George Knox was the last member for Upper Yarra and the first for Scoresby. The electorate was abolished after a redistribution in 1976, being replaced by the district of Wantirna. Geoff Hayes then became the first member for Wantirna. After the 2002 redistribution, the electorate was replaced, once again returning as the electoral district of Scoresby. The first member for Scoresby, Kim Wells, was also the last member for Wantirna. The seat was again abolished in 2014 and replaced by Rowville.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Electoral district of St Kilda</span> Former electoral district of Victoria, Australia

The Electoral district of St Kilda was one of the inaugural electoral districts of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, abolished on 2 October 1992.

Electoral district of Ormond was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Electoral district of Pakenham</span> State electoral district of Victoria, Australia

Electoral district of Pakenham is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It was recreated in the redistribution of electoral boundaries in 2021, and was re-contested at the 2022 Victorian state election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Electoral district of Glen Waverley</span> State electoral district in Victoria, Australia

The electoral district of Glen Waverley is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.

The Electoral district of Wantirna was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was first created after the Electoral district of Scoresby was abolished in 1976. Geoff Hayes was the last member for Scoresby in its first incarnation, and the first for Wantirna. After the 2002 redistribution, the electorate was replaced, once again returning as the Electoral district of Scoresby. The last member of Wantirna, Kim Wells was also the first member for Scoresby, in its second incarnation.

The Electoral district of Wangaratta was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was created in the redistribution of 1904, the Electoral district of Wangaratta and Rutherglen being abolished.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Electoral district of Mandurang</span> Former electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

The Electoral district of Mandurang was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (Australia), based in north central Victoria around, but not including, the town of Bendigo.

The Electoral district of Glen Iris was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.

The Electoral district of Midlands was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.

The Electoral district of Mernda was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. Mernda was created in the 1945 redistribution, created from the abolished Electoral district of Bulla and Dalhousie.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Electoral district of Ringwood (Victoria)</span> State electoral district of Victoria, Australia

The electoral district of Ringwood is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, located in the east of Melbourne. It was first proclaimed in 1958 and was abolished in 1992. Some of Ringwood was included in the new electoral district of Bayswater that year. Kay Setches, who was at the time the last member for Ringwood, contested and lost Bayswater at the 1992 election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Electoral district of Clarinda</span> State electoral district of Victoria, Australia

The electoral district of Clarinda is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was created for the 2014 state election and is represented by Meng Heang Tak for the Labor Party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Electoral district of Keysborough</span> Former state electoral district of Victoria, Australia

The electoral district of Keysborough was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was created in the redistribution of electoral boundaries in 2013, and came into effect at the 2014 state election.

References

  1. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 29 May 2014.