Electoral district of Eildon

Eildon
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Eildon; Victoria—Legislative Assembly
	Location of Eildon (dark green) in Victoria
State	Victoria
Created	2014
MP	Cindy McLeish
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Town of Eildon
Electors	44,881 (2018)
Area	10,061 km2 (3,884.6 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural
	Electorates around Eildon:

Last updated December 31, 2023

The electoral district of Eildon is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was created in the redistribution of electoral boundaries in 2013, which came into effect at the 2014 state election ^[1] and is a member of the Northern Victoria Region.^[2]

It is a new district created due to the abolition of the districts of Seymour and Benalla, taking in area to the south of these districts toward the outer north-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It includes the towns of Alexandra, Eildon, Healesville, Jamieson, Kinglake, Marysville, Mansfield, Powelltown, Warburton, Yea and other towns in the Mansfield, Murrindindi, Yarra Ranges and Nillumbik local government areas.^[3]

The abolished seat of Seymour was held by Liberal MP Cindy McLeish, who retained the new seat at the 2014 election.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Cindy McLeish	Liberal	2014–present

Election results

2022 Victorian state election: Eildon^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cindy McLeish	20,119	47.4	+0.7
	Labor	Jane Judd	12,284	29.0	−7.9
	Greens	Wil Mikelsons	4,753	11.2	+0.4
	Family First	Tim Lacey	1,437	3.4	+3.4
	Freedom	Joshua Rusic	1,426	3.4	+3.4
	Animal Justice	Chloe Bond	1,340	3.2	+3.2
	Ind. (Fusion)	Kammy Cordner Hunt	581	1.4	+1.4
	Ind. (Aligned Australia)	Robert Thornton	459	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			42,399	94.8	+0.1
Informal votes			2,343	5.2	−0.1
Turnout			44,742	89.3	−1.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Cindy McLeish	24,162	57.0	+5.9
	Labor	Jane Judd	18,237	43.0	−5.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.9

Graphical summary

Two-party-preferred vote results in Eildon

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This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Eildon in Victorian state elections.

References

↑ "Summary of Changes". Victorian Electoral Boundary Commission. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
↑ "Northern Victoria Region". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
↑ "Map of Eildon District". Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission.
↑ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
↑ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
↑ Eildon District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
↑ Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.

External links

District profile from the Victorian Electoral Commission

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[1] "Summary of Changes". Victorian Electoral Boundary Commission. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.

[2] "Northern Victoria Region". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 11 April 2023.

[3] "Map of Eildon District". Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission.

[Results_of_the_2022_Victorian_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_2021_2PP_swings-4] Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.

[Results_of_the_2022_Victorian_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_2021_Redistribution-5] VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.

[6] Eildon District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 December 2022.

[Results_of_the_2022_Victorian_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_2023_Full_Distributions-7] Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.

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