Electoral district of Bayswater

The electoral district of Bayswater is one of the electoral districts of Victoria, Australia, for the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of 40 square kilometres (15 sq mi) in outer eastern Melbourne, and includes the suburbs of Bayswater, Heathmont, Kilsyth South and The Basin, and parts of Bayswater North, Boronia, Ringwood and Wantirna. It lies within the Eastern Metropolitan Region of the upper house, the Legislative Council.[1]

For the former Western Australian state district, see Electoral district of Bayswater (Western Australia).

Bayswater
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Bayswater (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created1992
MPJackson Taylor
PartyLabor
Electors44,047 (2018)
Area40 km2 (15.4 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates37°50′S 145°16′E

Bayswater was created as a notionally marginal Labor seat in a redistribution for the 1992 state election. It replaced the abolished electorate of Ringwood, which had been held by Labor MP and Kirner government Minister for Community Services Kay Setches since 1982. The area had been traditionally Liberal prior to Setches' election; she had been the first Labor member to hold Ringwood.[2][3] Setches contested Bayswater at the election, but was resoundingly defeated by Liberal candidate and personnel consultant Gordon Ashley in the Liberal landslide victory that year, one of several ministers to lose their seats.[4]

Ashley was easily re-elected at the 1996 election and 1999 election, but was unexpectedly defeated by Labor candidate Peter Lockwood in the Labor landslide victory at the 2002 election.[5][6] Lockwood only lasted one term before being defeated by Liberal Heidi Victoria in 2006.[7] Victoria served as Minister for the Arts, Minister for Women's Affairs and Minister for Consumer Affairs in the Napthine Ministry from 2013 to 2014.[8] The seat was won back by Labor somewhat unexpectedly in the 2018 Victorian state election, with Jackson Taylor serving as the current Labor MP for the district.

Members for Bayswater
MemberPartyTerm
  Gordon Ashley Liberal 1992–2002
  Peter Lockwood Labor 2002–2006
  Heidi Victoria Liberal 2006–2018
  Jackson Taylor Labor 2018–present

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Bayswater
2018 Victorian state election: Bayswater[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Heidi Victoria 17,650 46.29 −3.00
Labor Jackson Taylor 15,548 40.78 +6.90
Greens Asher Cookson 3,228 8.47 −0.33
Animal Justice Nathan Schram 1,700 4.46 +1.02
Total formal votes 38,126 94.70 −0.23
Informal votes 2,135 5.30 +0.23
Turnout 40,261 91.40 −2.70
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jackson Taylor 19,211 50.39 +5.01
Liberal Heidi Victoria 18,915 49.61 −5.01
Labor gain from Liberal Swing+5.01

References
  1. "Bayswater District profile". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  2. Lamont, Leonie (8 September 1992). "Tough times put Setches in the hot election seat". The Age.
  3. "Setches, Kay Patricia". Re-member. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  4. Cafarella, Jane (7 October 2002). "Farewell to minister of courage". Australian Financial Review.
  5. "Ashley, Gordon Wetzel". Re-member. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  6. Pheasant, Bill (2 December 2002). "ALP comes swinging into Liberal heartland". Australian Financial Review.
  7. "Lockwood, Peter". Re-member. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  8. "Hon Heidi Victoria". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  9. State Election 2018: Bayswater, VEC.
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