Electoral district of Murray Plains

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Murray Plains
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Electoral district of Murray Plains (Victoria) 2022.svg
Location of Murray Plains (dark green) in Victoria
State Victoria
Created2014
MP Peter Walsh
Party The Nationals
Electors 46,924 (2018)
Area11,921 km2 (4,602.7 sq mi)
DemographicRural
Coordinates 35°46′S143°50′E / 35.767°S 143.833°E / -35.767; 143.833 Coordinates: 35°46′S143°50′E / 35.767°S 143.833°E / -35.767; 143.833

The electoral district of Murray Plains is 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. [1]

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The district was created due to the abolition of the districts of Swan Hill and Rodney. [2] It is centred on the Murray River cities of Swan Hill and Echuca, including the towns of Kerang, Lake Boga, Cohuna and Rochester. It covers the Swan Hill, Gannawarra, Loddon and Campaspe local government areas. [3]

Murray Plains was contested in the 2014 election by the sitting National Party MP for the abolished district of Swan Hill, Peter Walsh, who retained the seat, and was re-elected in 2018.

Members

MemberPartyTerm
  Peter Walsh National 2014–present

Election results

2022 Victorian state election: Murray Plains [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Peter Walsh 22,40863.0+2.6
Labor Damien Hurrell6,57118.5−0.9
Family First Cameron Macpherson2,1876.2+6.2
Freedom Katia Bish1,5714.4+4.4
Greens John Brownstein1,2013.4−0.9
Independent Andrea Otto8842.5+2.5
Animal Justice Glenys Leung7652.1+2.1
Total formal votes35,58794.1−0.5
Informal votes2,2365.9+0.5
Turnout 37,82377.8−11.6
Two-party-preferred result
National Peter Walsh 26,20773.7−0.3
Labor Damien Hurrell9,36226.3+0.3
National hold Swing −0.3
Results are not final. Last updated at 10:45 on 29 November 2022.

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References

  1. "Summary of Changes". Victorian Electoral Boundary Commission. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  2. Green, Antony (2014). "Antony Green's Analysis of the 2013 Redistribution". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  3. "Map of Murray Plains District". Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission.
  4. Murray Plains District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.