Electoral district of Sandringham

Sandringham Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Sandringham (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Created	1955
MP	Brad Rowswell
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Sandringham
Electors	45,020 (2018)
Area	24 km2 (9.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan

The electoral district of Sandringham is one of the electoral districts of Victoria, Australia, for the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ^[1] It consists of the Melbourne bayside suburbs of Beaumaris, Black Rock and Sandringham, and parts of Cheltenham, Hampton, Highett, and Mentone.

Since the seat was created in 1955, it has been held by the Liberal Party, except for the period 1982-5 when it was held by the Labor Party. The seat is currently held by Brad Rowswell of the Liberal Party with a margin of 5.1%. The Liberal Party experienced a swing towards it at the 2022 Victorian state election.

Members for Sandringham

Current Member for Sandringham Brad Rowswell

Office of Brad Rowswell on Bay Road Sandringham

Member		Party	Term
	Murray Porter	LCP	1955–1970
		Liberal
	Max Crellin	Liberal	1970–1982
	Graham Ihlein	Labor	1982–1985
	David Lea	Liberal	1985–1992
	Murray Thompson	Liberal	1992–2018
	Brad Rowswell	Liberal	2018–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Sandringham

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brad Rowswell	18,783	46.4	+3.8
	Labor	Bettina Prescott	10,426	25.7	−7.4
	Greens	Alysia Regan	5,949	14.7	+6.5
	Independent	Clarke Martin	2,800	6.9	−1.6
	Animal Justice	Barbara Eppingstall	976	2.4	−0.8
	Democratic Labour	Karla Zmegac	749	1.9	−1.0
	Family First	Jill Chalmers	714	1.8	+1.8
	Independent	Rodney Campbell	115	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			40,510	96.0	+0.8
Informal votes			1,701	4.0	−0.8
Turnout			42,211	91.2	+2.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Brad Rowswell	22,294	55.0	+4.6
	Labor	Bettina Prescott	18,216	45.0	−4.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.6

References

1. "Find a Member". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
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. Sandringham 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: Sandringham District, Victorian Electoral Commission