Electoral district of Nepean

This article is about the state electorate in Victoria. For the former state electorate in NSW, see Electoral district of Nepean (New South Wales). For the former federal electorate, see Division of Nepean. For the Canadian federal electoral district, see Nepean (federal electoral district). For the Ontario provincial electoral district, see Nepean (provincial electoral district).

Nepean Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Nepean (dark green) in Victoria
State	Victoria
Created	2002
MP	Sam Groth
Party	Liberal Party
Namesake	Point Nepean
Electors	49,653 (2018)
Area	387 km2 (149.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Mixed rural and urban
Electorates around Nepean: Port Phillip Mornington Hastings Nepean Bass Strait Bass Strait Bass Strait

The electoral district of Nepean is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly covering the southernmost part of the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia. It is named after Point Nepean which is contained within the electorate.

The seat was created prior to the 2002 Victorian state election as a replacement for Dromana. Like its predecessor, historically it had been a relatively safe seat for the Liberal Party, although Labor came within 0.2% of winning it in 2002. In 2018, however, it was swept up in the massive Labor wave that swept through eastern Melbourne, with Chris Brayne succeeding retiring longtime Liberal incumbent and former minister Martin Dixon. Brayne is only the second Labor member ever to win the seat in either of its incarnations.

The seat has the oldest median age of any electorate in the state. ^[1]

Members for Nepean

Member		Party	Term
	Martin Dixon	Liberal	2002–2018
	Chris Brayne	Labor	2018–2022
	Sam Groth	Liberal	2022–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Nepean

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

2022 Victorian state election: Nepean ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sam Groth	19,614	48.1	+4.0
	Labor	Chris Brayne	13,308	32.6	−5.3
	Greens	Esther Gleixner	3,576	8.8	−2.2
	Freedom	Hank Leine	980	2.4	+2.4
	Animal Justice	Pamela Engelander	720	1.8	+1.8
	Family First	Janny Dijkman	638	1.6	+1.6
	Companions and Pets	Jay Miller	526	1.3	+1.3
	Independent	Elizabeth Woolcock	495	1.2	+1.2
	Independent	Charelle Ainslie	449	1.1	+1.1
	Democratic Labour	Cynthia Skruzny	369	0.9	+0.9
	Independent	Steve Anger	91	0.2	+0.2
Total formal votes			40,766	93.7	−0.9
Informal votes			2,753	6.3	+0.9
Turnout			43,519	88.9	+3.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Sam Groth	22,986	56.4	+7.1
	Labor	Chris Brayne	17,780	43.6	−7.1
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+7.1

References

1. "2016 Census QuickStats: Nepean (Eastern Victoria)". www.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Archived from the original on 8 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
2. Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
3. VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
4. Nepean District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
5. Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.

External links

• Electorate profile: Nepean, Victorian Electoral Commission