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.
The electoral district of Burwood was an electorate for the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was located approximately 13 kilometres east of Melbourne,and covered an area of 25 km2. The seat included the suburbs of Ashburton,Ashwood,Box Hill South,Burwood,Chadstone,and parts of Camberwell,Canterbury,Glen Iris,and Surrey Hills. It was created in 1955 as part of the expansion of the Legislative Assembly,and abolished in 1967,replaced by Glen Iris. Burwood was recreated in 1976,replacing Glen Iris.
Will Fowles is an Australian politician. He has been a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2018,initially representing the seat of Burwood in Melbourne's Eastern suburbs. Ahead of the 2022 Victorian state election,the seat of Burwood was abolished by Victoria's Electoral Boundaries Commission,leading Fowles to stand for the seat of Ringwood,where he resides with his family.
Donna Jane Hope (Bauer) (born 4 October 1970) is an Australian politician who represented the Liberal Party as the member for Carrum in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2010 to 2014,having previously served as the Deputy Mayor of the City of Kingston.
Elizabeth Miller is a former Australian politician who was elected in the 2010 Victorian state election for the Electoral district of Bentleigh,defeating the then incumbent Labor MP Rob Hudson. She served as the MP for Bentleigh for four years before losing the seat in 2014 to Nick Staikos of the Labor Party.
Neil Andrew Warwick Angus is a former Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly,representing the electoral district of Forest Hill. He was elected in 2010,and reelected in the 2014 and 2018 elections,before being defeated at the 2022 Victorian state election. While in Parliament,Angus variously held the shadow portfolios of Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs,Consumer Affairs,and Assistant Treasurer.
Local government in the Australian state of Victoria consists of 79 local government areas (LGAs). Also referred to as municipalities,Victorian LGAs are classified as cities (34),shires (38),rural cities (6) and boroughs (1). In general,an urban or suburban LGA is called a city and is governed by a City Council,while a rural LGA covering a larger rural area is usually called a shire and is governed by a Shire Council. Local councils have the same administrative functions and similar political structures,regardless of their classification.
This is a list of candidates for the 2014 Victorian state election. The election was held on 29 November 2014.
Sonya Kilkenny is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2014,representing the Electoral district of Carrum.
Timothy Colin Smith is an Australian former politician,who served as the member for Kew from 2014 to 2022 in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. He is a member of the Liberal Party.
Louise Eileen Staley is an Australian politician. She was elected as Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in November 2014,representing the Legislative Assembly seat of Ripon until her defeat in 2022.
Rachel Carling-Jenkins is an Australian politician. She was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 2014 to 2018,representing Western Metropolitan Region for the Democratic Labour Party (2014-2017),Australian Conservatives (2017-2018) and as an independent (2018). She did not recontest her Legislative Council seat at the 2018 election,instead unsuccessfully contesting the Legislative Assembly seat of Werribee.
The 2018 Victorian state election was held on Saturday,24 November 2018 to elect the 59th Parliament of Victoria. All 88 seats in the Legislative Assembly and all 40 seats in the Legislative Council were up for election. The first-term incumbent Labor government,led by Premier Daniel Andrews,won a second four-year term,defeating the Liberal/National Coalition opposition,led by Opposition Leader Matthew Guy in a landslide victory. Minor party the Greens led by Samantha Ratnam also contested the election.
Robert Stanley was an Australian politician representing the electoral districts of Horsham and Lowan in the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the Commonwealth Liberal Party.
Clifford Hayes is a former Australian politician. He was a Sustainable Australia member of the Victorian Legislative Council between 2018 and 2022,representing Southern Metropolitan Region. He was not re-elected at the 2022 state election.
The 2022 Victorian state election was held on Saturday,26 November 2022 to elect the 60th Parliament of Victoria. All 88 seats in the Legislative Assembly and all 40 seats in the Legislative Council were up for election at the time the writs were issued,however the election in the district of Narracan was deferred due to the death of a candidate.
John Mullahy is an Australian politician. He has been a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2022,and is the first Labor Member to represent Glen Waverley District.
Ann-Marie Hermans is an Australian politician affiliated with the Liberal Party and is a member of the Victorian Legislative Council,representing the South Eastern Metropolitan Region since November 2022. Upon her election to the Legislative Council,she was appointed as the Shadow Minister for Emergency Services and Shadow Minister for WorkCover and the TAC within the Pesutto shadow cabinet. Before joining the Liberals,she ran for Family First at the 2006 Victorian state election.
Renee Heath is an Australian politician who is a current member for Eastern Victoria Region in the Victorian Legislative Council. She is a member of the Liberal Party and was preselected for the 2022 state election,defeating Cathrine Burnett-Wake as the first person on the Liberal Party's group voting ticket for the Eastern Victoria Region.
Nicole Ta-Ei Werner is an Australian politician. She was elected as the member for Warrandyte in the Victorian Legislative Assembly at a by-election in 2023.
