Electoral district of Shepparton

Shepparton Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Shepparton (dark green) in Victoria
State	Victoria
Dates current	1945–1955 1967–present
MP	Kim O'Keeffe
Party	National
Namesake	Shepparton
Electors	48,765 (2018)
Area	3,289 km2 (1,269.9 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial and rural
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The electoral district of Shepparton is a rural Lower House electoral district of the Victorian Parliament. It is located within the Northern Victoria Region of the Legislative Council.

The electoral district of Shepparton covers an area of 3,289 square kilometres. ^[1]

Shepparton includes the country towns of Ardmona, Barmah, Congupna, Dookie, Katunga, Kialla, Mooroopna, Nathalia, Picola, Shepparton, Strathmerton, Tallygaroopna, Tatura and Toolamba. ^[1] The district also includes the Barmah National Park.

It is a rich agricultural area with orchards, vineyards and dairy farms. Much of the electorate is an important irrigation area served by water from the Main East Goulburn Channel. The rest of the land is used for pasture, fodder crops and cattle and sheep grazing.

Shepparton was held by the National/Country Party from its creation in 1945 until 2014, although it was abolished for a twelve-year period between 1955 and 1967. ^[2] The current member is National Kim O'Keeffe, who was elected at the 2022 state election, ^[3] defeating Independent Suzanna Sheed, who was elected in the 2014 election. ^[4]

Members for Shepparton

First incarnation (1945–1955)

Image		Member	Party	Term	Notes
		John McDonald (1898–1977)	Country	10 November 1945 – 28 May 1955	Former member for Goulburn Valley. Premier of Victoria from June 1950 until December 1952 (excluding several days in October 1952). Retired after seat abolished

Second incarnation (1967–present)

Image		Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Peter Ross-Edwards (1922–2012)	Country	29 April 1967 – 24 July 1975	Leader of the Victorian Country Party/National Party from 1970 until 1988. Resigned [5]
			National	24 July 1975 – 20 August 1991
		Don Kilgour (1946–)	National	19 October 1991 – 30 November 2002	Won by-election. [6] Retired
		Jeanette Powell (1949–)	National	30 November 2002 – 29 November 2014	Former MLC for North-Eastern Province. Retired
		Suzanna Sheed (1954–)	Independent	29 November 2014 – 26 November 2022	Lost seat [7]
		Kim O'Keeffe	National	26 November 2022 – present	Incumbent

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Shepparton

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

2022 Victorian state election: Shepparton ^{[8] [9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Kim O'Keeffe	13,242	32.06	+19.03
	Independent	Suzanna Sheed	12,146	29.41	−8.99
	Liberal	Cheryl Hammer	8,491	20.56	−6.00
	Labor	Liam Cowan	3,285	7.95	−3.61
	Greens	Ian Christoe	1,056	2.56	+0.14
	Democratic Labour	Sueie McGrath	882	2.14	+2.14
	Family First	Alison White	877	2.12	+2.12
	Freedom	Diane M. Teasdale	807	1.95	+1.95
	Animal Justice	Katherine Taylor	515	1.25	+1.25
Total formal votes			41,301	93.94	−0.58
Informal votes			2,663	6.06	+0.58
Turnout			43,964	86.21	−3.37
Notional two-party-preferred count
	National	Kim O'Keeffe	30,704	74.34	+74.34
	Labor	Liam Cowan	10,597	25.66	−12.62
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Kim O'Keeffe	23,455	56.79	+56.79
	Independent	Suzanna Sheed	17,846	43.21	−12.09
	National gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

References

1. "Shepparton District profile". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 February 2015.^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
2. "Victoria Government Gazette" (PDF). Australasian Legal Information Institute. 4 August 1966. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
3. Green, Antony. "Shepparton (Key Seat) - VIC Election 2022". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
4. "State Election 2014: Shepparton District". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
5. "National Party likely to hold seat". The Canberra Times. 19 October 1991. p. 4. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
6. "Nats retain Vic seat". The Canberra Times. 23 October 1991. p. 7. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
7. Ore, Adeshola (4 December 2022). "'The surprise element is gone': how Victoria's Nationals won voters back from independents". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 20 September 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
8. Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
9. VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
10. Shepparton District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

External links

• Electorate profile: Shepparton District, Victorian Electoral Commission

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