Electoral districts of Victoria

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Map of Victorian electoral districts coloured by result at the 2014 Victorian state election

Electoral districts of Victoria are the electoral districts, commonly referred to as "seats" or "electorates", into which the Australian State of Victoria is divided for the purpose of electing members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, one of the two houses of the Parliament of the State. The State is divided into 88 single-member districts. The Legislative Assembly has had 88 electorates since the 1985 election, increased from 81 previously.

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Electoral boundaries are redrawn from time to time, in a process called redivision. The last redivision took place in 2021, when the Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission reviewed Victoria's district boundaries. The boundaries arising from the 2013 redivision applied at the 2014 and the 2018 state elections. [1] Previous redivisions took place in 2005, 2001 and 1991. [2] A redivision is currently in progress and is expected to be completed by October 2021. [3]

Current districts

As of November 2022, there are 88 electoral districts.

(Note: some current electoral districts have been previously abolished and recreated; the below table lists the year of each district’s original inception.)

NameFormedElectoral regionSize (km2)Current MemberMember's Party
Albert Park 1889Southern Metropolitan21 Nina Taylor Labor
Ashwood 2022Southern Metropolitan29 Matt Fregon Labor
Bass 2002Eastern Victoria1,358 Jordan Crugnale Labor
Bayswater 1992North-Eastern Metropolitan39 Jackson Taylor Labor
Bellarine 1967Western Victoria356 Alison Marchant Labor
Benambra 1877Northern Victoria9,147 Bill Tilley Liberal
Bendigo East 1904Northern Victoria2,711 Jacinta Allan Labor
Bendigo West 1904Northern Victoria1,524 Maree Edwards Labor
Bentleigh 1967Southern Metropolitan25 Nick Staikos Labor
Berwick 1976South-Eastern Metropolitan99 Brad Battin Liberal
Box Hill 1945North-Eastern Metropolitan29 Paul Hamer Labor
Brighton 1856Southern Metropolitan20 James Newbury Liberal
Broadmeadows 1955Northern Metropolitan47 Kathleen Matthews-Ward Labor
Brunswick 1904Northern Metropolitan14 Tim Read Greens
Bulleen 1985North-Eastern Metropolitan39 Matthew Guy Liberal
Bundoora 1976North-Eastern Metropolitan35 Colin Brooks Labor
Carrum 1976South-Eastern Metropolitan87 Sonya Kilkenny Labor
Caulfield 1927Southern Metropolitan17 David Southwick Liberal
Clarinda 2014South-Eastern Metropolitan45 Meng Heang Tak Labor
Cranbourne 1992South-Eastern Metropolitan63 Pauline Richards Labor
Croydon 2014North-Eastern Metropolitan42 David Hodgett Liberal
Dandenong 1904South-Eastern Metropolitan58 Gabrielle Williams Labor
Eildon 2014Northern Victoria10,061 Cindy McLeish Liberal
Eltham 1992North-Eastern Metropolitan73 Vicki Ward Labor
Essendon 1904Northern Metropolitan24 Danny Pearson Labor
Eureka 2022Western Victoria3,915 Michaela Settle Labor
Euroa 2014Northern Victoria11,452 Annabelle Cleeland Nationals
Evelyn 1859Eastern Victoria255 Bridget Vallence Liberal
Footscray 1877Western Metropolitan23 Katie Hall Labor
Frankston 1967South-Eastern Metropolitan43 Paul Edbrooke Labor
Geelong 1856Western Victoria328 Christine Couzens Labor
Gippsland East 1889Eastern Victoria27,544 Tim Bull Nationals
Gippsland South 1859Eastern Victoria8,232 Danny O'Brien Nationals
Glen Waverley 1985North-Eastern Metropolitan36 John Mullahy Labor
Greenvale 2022Northern Metropolitan60 Iwan Walters Labor
Hastings 2002Eastern Victoria395 Paul Mercurio Labor
Hawthorn 1889Southern Metropolitan21 John Pesutto Liberal
Ivanhoe 1945North-Eastern Metropolitan31 Anthony Carbines Labor
Kalkallo 2022Northern Metropolitan262 Ros Spence Labor
Kew 1927Southern Metropolitan31 Jess Wilson Liberal
Kororoit 2002Western Metropolitan124 Luba Grigorovitch Labor
Lara 2002Western Victoria702 Ella George Labor
Laverton 2022Western Metropolitan87 Sarah Connolly Labor
Lowan 1889Western Victoria41,858 Emma Kealy Nationals
Macedon 2002Northern Victoria3,366 Mary-Anne Thomas Labor
Malvern 1945Southern Metropolitan20 Michael O'Brien Liberal
Melbourne 1856Northern Metropolitan25 Ellen Sandell Greens
Melton 1992Western Victoria332 Steve McGhie Labor
Mildura 1927Northern Victoria37,529 Jade Benham Nationals
Mill Park 1992North-Eastern Metropolitan42 Lily D'Ambrosio Labor
Monbulk 1967Eastern Victoria459 Daniela De Martino Labor
Mordialloc 1992South-Eastern Metropolitan56 Tim Richardson Labor
Mornington 1859Eastern Victoria155 Chris Crewther Liberal
Morwell 1955Eastern Victoria908 Martin Cameron Nationals
Mulgrave 1958South-Eastern Metropolitan36 Daniel Andrews Labor
Murray Plains 2014Northern Victoria11,921 Peter Walsh Nationals
Narracan 1967Eastern Victoria4,503 Wayne Farnham Liberal
Narre Warren North 2002South-Eastern Metropolitan70 Belinda Wilson Labor
Narre Warren South 2002South-Eastern Metropolitan40 Gary Maas Labor
Nepean 2002Eastern Victoria387 Sam Groth Liberal
Niddrie 1976Western Metropolitan39 Ben Carroll Labor
Northcote 1927Northern Metropolitan21 Kat Theophanous Labor
Oakleigh 1927Southern Metropolitan32 Steve Dimopoulos Labor
Ovens Valley 2014Northern Victoria10,558 Tim McCurdy Nationals
Pakenham 1992Eastern Victoria226 Emma Vulin Labor
Pascoe Vale 1955Northern Metropolitan21 Anthony Cianflone Labor
Point Cook 2022Western Metropolitan88 Mathew Hilakari Labor
Polwarth 1889Western Victoria8,860 Richard Riordan Liberal
Prahran 1889Southern Metropolitan11 Sam Hibbins Greens
Preston 1945Northern Metropolitan27 Nathan Lambert Labor
Richmond 1856Northern Metropolitan13 Gabrielle de Vietri Greens
Ringwood 1958North-Eastern Metropolitan35 Will Fowles Labor
Ripon 1945Western Victoria14,444 Martha Haylett Labor
Rowville 2014South-Eastern Metropolitan62 Kim Wells Liberal
Sandringham 1955Southern Metropolitan24 Brad Rowswell Liberal
Shepparton 1945Northern Victoria3,289 Kim O'Keeffe Nationals
South Barwon 1976Western Victoria361 Darren Cheeseman Labor
South-West Coast 2002Western Victoria6,576 Roma Britnell Liberal
St Albans 1985Western Metropolitan35 Natalie Suleyman Labor
Sunbury 2014Western Metropolitan340 Josh Bull Labor
Sydenham 2014Western Metropolitan96 Natalie Hutchins Labor
Tarneit 2002Western Metropolitan76 Dylan Wight Labor
Thomastown 1985Northern Metropolitan91 Bronwyn Halfpenny Labor
Warrandyte 1976North-Eastern Metropolitan107 Ryan Smith Liberal
Wendouree 2014Western Victoria64 Juliana Addison Labor
Werribee 1976Western Metropolitan339 Tim Pallas Labor
Williamstown 1856Western Metropolitan52 Melissa Horne Labor
Yan Yean 1992Northern Victoria611 Lauren Kathage Labor

2021 redistricting

Due to the redistricting process that takes place every eight years, there were nine seats that were abolished and nine new seats.

Abolished

New districts

Former districts

All districts with creation and abolition dates

DistrictCreatedAbolishedNotes
Abbotsford 19041927
Albert Park 1889current
Alberton 18561859absorbed into South Gipps Land 1859
Allandale 19041955created when Clunes and Allandale was split up
Altona 19922022
Anglesey 18561859Renamed to Dalhousie
18891904
Ararat 18591904
Ascot Vale 19551958
19761985
Ashwood 2022current
Avoca 18591889
Ballarat 19271955
Ballarat East 18591927
19922014
Ballarat North 19551992
Ballarat South 19551992
Ballarat West 18591927
19922014
Balwyn 19551992
Barwon 18771955
Bass 2002current
Bayswater 1992current
Belfast 18561889renamed to Port Fairy 1889
Bellarine 19671976
1985current
Benalla 19042014
Benalla and Yarrawonga 18891904
Benambra 1877current
Bendigo 19271985
Bendigo East 19041927
1985current
Bendigo West 19041927
1985current
Bennettswood 19672002
Bentleigh 1967current
Berwick 19762002
2022current
Bogong 18891904
Boroondara 18771889
19041945
Borung 18891927
19451955
Box Hill 1945current
Brighton 1856current
Broadmeadows 1955current
Brunswick 19041955
19761992
2002current
Brunswick East 19551976
Brunswick West 19551976
Bulla 19041927
Bulla and Dalhousie 19271945
Bulleen 1985current
Bundoora 1976current
Buninyong 20142022
Burwood 19551967
19762022
Camberwell 19451976
Carlton 18771958
Carlton South 18891904
Carrum 1976current
Castlemaine 18591904
Castlemaine and Kyneton 19271945
Castlemaine and Maldon 19041927
Castlemaine Boroughs 18561859
Caulfield 1927current
Caulfield East 19551958
Clarinda 2014current
Clayton 19852014
Clifton Hill 19271955
Clunes and Allandale 18891904
Coburg 19272002
Colac 18561859
Collingwood 18561958
Cranbourne 1992current
Creswick 18591904
Crowlands 18591877
Croydon 2014current
Dalhousie 18591889renamed from Anglesey
19041927
Dandenong 1904current
Dandenong and Berwick 18891904
Dandenong North 19852002
Daylesford 18891927
Deer Park 19671976
Delatite 18771904
Derrimut 19851992
20022014
Donald and Swan Hill 18891904
Doncaster 19762014
Doveton 19851992
Dromana 19672002
Dundas 18591976renamed from Dundas and Follett - same area
Dundas and Follett 18561859renamed Dundas in 1859
Dunolly 18891904
Eaglehawk 18891927
East Bourke 18561904
East Bourke Boroughs 18591904
East Melbourne 18591927
Eastern Suburbs 18891904
Eildon 2014current
Elsternwick 19451967
Eltham 1992current
Emerald Hill 18591904
Essendon 19041955
1958current
Essendon and Flemington 18891904
Eureka 2022current
Euroa 2014current
Evelyn 1859current
Evelyn and Mornington 18561859
Ferntree Gully 20022022
Fitzroy 18771927
19581967
Flemington 19041945
19551967
Footscray 18771904
1927current
Forest Hill 19762022
Frankston 19671985
1992current
Frankston East 19922002
Frankston North 19851992
Frankston South 19851992
Geelong 18561859
18771976
1985current
Geelong East 18591877
19761985
Geelong North 19672002
Geelong West 18591877
19551985
Gembrook 20022022
Gippsland 18561859
Gippsland Central 18891904
Gippsland East 1889current
Gippsland North 18591955known as North Gippsland 1859-1889
Gippsland South 1859currentknown as South Gippsland 1859-1889
Gippsland West 18891976
19852002
Gisborne 19672002
Glen Iris 19451955
19671976
Glen Waverley 19852002
2022current
Glenelg 19041927
Glenhuntly 19671985
Glenroy 19761985
Goulburn 19451955
Goulburn Valley 19041945
Grant 18771904
19271967
Greensborough 19671992
Greenvale 2022current
Grenville 18591927
Gunbower 18891945
Hampden 19041976
Hastings 2002current
Hawthorn 1889current
Heatherton 19671985
Heidelberg 19271945
Horsham 18891904
Ivanhoe 1945current
Jika Jika 19041927
Jolimont and West Richmond 18891904
Kalkallo 2022current
Kara Kara 18771927
19551976
Kara Kara and Borung 19271945
Keilor 19762014
Kew 1927current
Keysborough 20142022
Kilmore 18561877
Kilmore and Anglesey 18771889
Kilmore, Dalhousie and Lancefield 18891904
Kilsyth 20022014
Knox 19762002
Korong 18891927
19451955
Korong and Eaglehawk 19271945
Kororoit 2002current
Kyneton 18891904
Kyneton Boroughs 18561889
Lara 2002current
Laverton 2022current
Loddon 18561859
Lowan 18891945
1955current
Lyndhurst 20022014
Macedon 2002current
Maldon 18591904
Malvern 1945current
Mandurang 18591904
Maryborough 18591877
18891927
Maryborough and Daylesford 19271945
Maryborough and Talbot 18771889
Melbourne 18561859
1889current
Melbourne South 18891904
Melton 1992current
Mentone 19451992
Mernda 19451955
Midlands 19451985
Mildura 1927current
Mill Park 1992current
Mitcham 19672014
Moira 18771889
Monbulk 1967current
Moonee Ponds 19451976
Moorabbin 19551976
Mooroolbark 19922002
Mordialloc 1992current
Mornington 18591967
1985current
Morwell 1955current
Mount Waverley 20022022
Mulgrave 19581967
2002current
Murray 18561877a.k.a. The Murray
Murray Boroughs 18561877
Murray Plains 2014currentrenamed from Swan Hill
Murray Valley 19452014
Narracan 1967current
Narre Warren North 2002current
Narre Warren South 2002current
Nepean 2002current
Niddrie 1976current
Noble Park 19761985
Normanby 18561904
North Gippsland 18591889See Gippsland North
North Grant 18561859
North Grenville 18561859
North Melbourne 18591927
Northcote 1927current
Numurkah and Nathalia 18891904
Nunawading 19271945
Oakleigh 1927current
Ormond 19581967
Ouyen 19271945
Ovens 18561927a.k.a. The Ovens
Ovens Valley 2014current
Pakenham 19922002
2022current
Pascoe Vale 19551958
1985current
Point Cook 2022current
Polwarth 1889current
Polwarth and South Grenville 18591889
Polwarth, Ripon, Hampden and South Grenville 18561859
Port Fairy 18891927renamed from Belfast 1889
Port Fairy and Glenelg 19271945
Port Melbourne 18891958
Portland 18561904
19452002
Prahran 1889current
Preston 1945current
Public Officers 19041907
Railway Officers 19041907
Rainbow 19451955
Reservoir 19551992
Richmond 1856current
Ringwood 19581992
2014current
Ripon 19451955
1976current
Ripon and Hampden 18591904
Ripponlea 19551967
Rodney 18562014
Rowville 2014currentrenamed from Scoresby
Sandhurst 18561904
Sandhurst South 18891904
Sandridge 18591889
Sandringham 1955current
Scoresby 19451976
20022014renamed to Rowville
Seymour 19922014
Shepparton 19451955
1967current
Shepparton and Euroa 18891904
South Barwon 1976current
South Bourke 18561889
South Gippsland 18591889See Gippsland South
South Grant 18561877
South Melbourne 18561859
South West Coast 2002current
South Yarra 18891904
Springvale 19762002
St Albans 19851992
2014current
St Kilda 18561992
Stawell 18771904
Stawell and Ararat 19041945
Sunbury 2014current
Sunshine 19451955
19672002
Swan Hill 19042014renamed to Murray Plains
Sydenham 2014current
Syndal 19671992
Talbot 18561859
Talbot and Avoca 18891904
Tarneit 2002current
Thomastown 1985current
Toorak 18891967
Tullamarine 19922002
Upper Goulburn 19041945
Upper Yarra 19271945
Villiers and Heytesbury 18561904
Walhalla 19041945
Wangaratta 19041927
Wangaratta and Ovens 19271945
Wangaratta and Rutherglen 18891904
Wantirna 19762002
Waranga 19041945
Warrandyte 1976current
Warrenheip 18891927
Warrenheip and Grenville 19271945
Warrnambool 18561955
19672002
Wendouree 2014current
Werribee 19762002
2014current
West Bourke 18561904
West Melbourne 18591904a.k.a. Melbourne West
Westernport 19761985
Whittlesea 19851992
Williamstown 1856current
Wimmera 18561889
19922002
Windermere 18891904
Wonthaggi 19271955
Yan Yean 1992current
Yarraville 19581967
Yuroke 20022022

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References

  1. Report on the 2012-13 redivision of electoral boundaries Electoral Boundaries Commission
  2. "Past redivisions". Electoral Boundaries Commission. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015.
  3. 2020–21 State electoral boundary redivision

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