The Division of Higgins is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria for the Australian House of Representatives. The division covers 41 km2 (16 sq mi) in Melbourne's inner south-eastern suburbs. The main suburbs include Armadale,Ashburton,Carnegie,Glen Iris,Kooyong,Malvern,Malvern East,Murrumbeena,Prahran and Toorak;along with parts of Camberwell,Ormond and South Yarra. Though historically a safe conservative seat,Higgins was won by the Liberal Party by a margin of just 3.9 percent over the Labor Party at the 2019 election,the closest result in the seat’s history. It then flipped to Labor in the 2022 election.
William Richard Shorten is an Australian politician and former trade unionist serving as the current Minister for Government Services and Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme since 2022. Previously,Shorten was leader of the opposition and leader of the Labor Party (ALP) from 2013 to 2019. A member of parliament (MP) for the division of Maribyrnong since 2007,Shorten also held several ministerial portfolios in the Gillard and Rudd governments from 2010 to 2013.
The Victorian Greens,officially known as the Australian Greens Victoria,is the Victorian state member party of the Australian Greens,a green political party in Australia.
Richmond is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It is currently a 13 km2 electorate in the inner east of Melbourne,encompassing the suburbs of Richmond,Cremorne,Burnley,Abbotsford,Collingwood,Clifton Hill,North Fitzroy and Fitzroy. Historically a very safe seat for the Labor Party,Richmond has in recent elections become increasingly marginal against the Greens,who eventually won the seat at the 2022 Victorian state election.
Prahran is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It was created by the Electoral Act Amendment Act 1888,taking effect at the 1889 elections. The electorate is the state’s smallest by area,covering a little under 11 km2 in the inner south-east of Melbourne. It includes the suburbs of South Yarra,Prahran and Windsor,as well as parts of Southbank,St Kilda and St Kilda East.
Darren Jeffrey Chester is an Australian politician. He has been a member of the House of Representatives for Gippsland in Victoria,representing the Nationals since 2008. Chester had served as the Minister for Veterans' Affairs and the Minister for Defence Personnel between March 2018 and July 2021 in the Turnbull and Morrison governments. He was also Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Centenary of ANZAC until May 2019.
Leonie Therese Burke,née Hemingway is a former Australian politician. She was the Liberal member for Prahran in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2002.
Clement Arundel Newton-Brown is a former Australian politician and entrepreneur who served as the member for Prahran in the Victorian Legislative Assembly.
The 2014 Victorian state election,held on Saturday,29 November 2014,was for the 58th Parliament of Victoria. All 88 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly and 40 seats in the Victorian Legislative Council were up for election. The incumbent centre-right Coalition minority government,led by Liberal Party leader and Premier Denis Napthine and National Party leader and Deputy Premier Peter Ryan,was defeated by the centre-left Labor Party opposition,led by Daniel Andrews. The Greens won two lower house seats,their first Legislative Assembly seats in a Victorian state election,whilst increasing their share of upper house seats. The new Andrews Ministry was sworn in on 4 December 2014.
This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Prahran in Victorian state elections.
The 1945 Victorian state election was held on 10 November 1945 to elect all 65 members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.
Samuel Peter Hibbins is an Australian politician who served as the member for Prahran in the Victorian Legislative Assembly between 2014 and 2024. He served as the co-deputy leader of the Victorian Greens from April 2024 until resigning from the party to sit as an independent in November 2024.
Brad Rowswell is an Australian politician and the current Shadow Treasurer of Victoria. He has been a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2018,representing the seat of Sandringham.
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.
The 2025 Australian federal election will be held on or before 17 May 2025 to elect members of the 48th Parliament of Australia. 150 seats in the House of Representatives and likely 40 of the 76 seats in the Senate will be contested. It is expected that at this election,the Labor government of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will be seeking re-election to a second term in office,opposed by the Liberal/National Coalition under Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton,minor parties such as the Greens,and independents.
The 2026 Victorian state election is expected to be held on 28 November 2026 to elect the 61st Parliament of Victoria. All 88 seats in the Legislative Assembly and all 40 seats in the Legislative Council will be up for election,presuming there are no new electorates added in a redistribution.
A by-election for the electorate of Prahran in the Victorian Legislative Assembly is scheduled to be held on 8 February 2025 following the resignation of incumbent member Sam Hibbins,which occurred on 23 November 2024.
The 1949 Prahran state by-election was held on 22 January 1949 to elect the member for Prahran in the Victorian Legislative Assembly,following the death of Labor Party MP Bill Quirk.
The 1945 Prahran state by-election was held on 18 August 1945 to elect the member for Prahran in the Victorian Legislative Assembly,following the death of Liberal Party MP John Ellis. It was held on the same day as a New South Wales state by-election in Blacktown and a federal by-election in Fremantle.
The 1951 Prahran state by-election was held on 16 June 1951 to elect the member for Prahran in the Victorian Legislative Assembly,following the resignation of Labor Party MP Frank Crean. Crean resigned to contest the federal election on 28 April 1951,where he was elected as the member for Melbourne Ports.
