Electoral district of Hastings

For the former New South Wales state electorate, see Electoral district of Hastings (New South Wales).

For other uses, see Hastings (disambiguation).

Hastings Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Hastings (dark green) in Victoria
State	Victoria
Created	2002
MP	Paul Mercurio
Party	Labor
Namesake	Hastings
Electors	51,388 (2018)
Area	395 km2 (152.5 sq mi)
Demographic	Mixed rural and urban fringe
Electorates around Hastings: Frankston Carrum Cranbourne Bass Mornington Hastings Western Port Nepean Western Port Western Port

The electoral district of Hastings is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was created prior to the 2002 election due to population increases in Melbourne's outer south east. It covers Hastings, Tyabb, Somerville, Bittern and part of Langwarrin. French Island is also included within the electoral boundary.

The seat is currently held by former actor and TV presenter Paul Mercurio for the Australian Labor Party.

Members for Hastings

Member		Party	Term
	Rosy Buchanan	Labor	2002–2006
	Neale Burgess	Liberal	2006–2022
	Paul Mercurio	Labor	2022–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Hastings

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

2022 Victorian state election: Hastings ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Briony Hutton	16,415	39.8	−5.0
	Labor	Paul Mercurio	15,361	37.3	−1.4
	Greens	Paul Saunders	4,118	10.0	−0.2
	Animal Justice	Tyson Jack	1,736	4.2	−1.9
	Freedom	Janet Felicity Benson	1,235	3.0	+3.0
	Family First	Tom Sabo	1,001	2.4	+2.4
	Democratic Labour	Camille De Wit	833	2.0	+2.0
	Independent	Robert Whitehill	533	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			41,232	94.6	+0.2
Informal votes			2,369	5.4	−0.2
Turnout			43,601	89.6	+1.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Mercurio	21,174	51.4	+1.3
	Liberal	Briony Hutton	20,058	48.6	−1.3
	Labor notional  hold		Swing	+1.3

References

1. Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
2. VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
3. Hastings District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

External links

• Electorate profile: Hastings, Victorian Electoral Commission