Electoral district of Hawthorn
The electoral district of Hawthorn is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was first proclaimed in 1888[1] taking effect at the 1889 elections.
| Hawthorn Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
 Location of Hawthorn (dark green) in Greater Melbourne | |
| State | Victoria |
| Created | 1889 |
| MP | John Kennedy |
| Party | Labor Party |
| Electors | 44,828 (2018) |
| Area | 19 km2 (7.3 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Inner metropolitan |
| Coordinates | 37°50′S 145°03′E |
The electorate is located to the east of Melbourne and centres on the suburb of Hawthorn, after which it is named. It also includes parts of Camberwell, Burwood and Glen Iris.
It has usually been a safe seat for the Liberal Party and its predecessors, having been held by a number of leaders and senior ministers. With the exception of two occasions when Liberal MPs defected and sat as independents, it has only been held by non-Liberal MPs three times in its history: independent Leslie Hollins from 1940 to 1945, Labor-turned-Labor (Anti-Communist) MP Charles Murphy from 1952 to 1955, and since 2018, when Labor candidate John Kennedy won the seat for the first time in 63 years in a major upset.
Notable former members for Hawthorn include former premiers Sir William McPherson and Ted Baillieu, as well as Walter Jona, a minister in the Hamer government
Members for Hawthorn
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Taylor | Liberal | 1889–1894 | |
| Robert Murray Smith | Conservative | 1894–1900 | |
| Robert Barbour | Liberal | 1900–1901 | |
| Ministerialist | 1901–1902 | ||
| George Swinburne | Ministerialist | 1902–1907 | |
| Independent | 1907–1911 | ||
| Liberal | 1911–1913 | ||
| William Murray McPherson | Liberal | 1913–1916 | |
| Economy | 1916–1917 | ||
| Nationalist | 1917–1930 | ||
| John Gray | Nationalist | 1930–1931 | |
| United Australia | 1931–1939 | ||
| Les Tyack | United Australia | 1939–1940 | |
| Leslie Hollins | Independent | 1940–1945 | |
| Fred Edmunds | Liberal | 1945–1949 | |
| Independent | 1949–1950 | ||
| Les Tyack | Liberal | 1950–1952 | |
| Charles Murphy | Labor | 1952–1955 | |
| Labor (Anti-Communist) | 1955 | ||
| Jim Manson | Liberal | 1955–1958 | |
| Peter Garrisson | Liberal | 1958–1963 | |
| Independent | 1963–1964 | ||
| Walter Jona | Liberal | 1964–1985 | |
| Phil Gude | Liberal | 1985–1999 | |
| Ted Baillieu | Liberal | 1999–2014 | |
| John Pesutto | Liberal | 2014–2018 | |
| John Kennedy | Labor | 2018–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Pesutto | 17,231 | 43.89 | −10.60 | |
| Labor | John Kennedy | 12,646 | 32.21 | +8.04 | |
| Greens | Nicholas Bieber | 7,167 | 18.26 | −3.07 | |
| Sustainable Australia | Sophie Paterson | 960 | 2.45 | +2.45 | |
| Animal Justice | Catherine Wright | 885 | 2.25 | +2.25 | |
| Independent | Richard Grummet | 367 | 0.93 | +0.93 | |
| Total formal votes | 39,256 | 96.41 | +0.16 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,462 | 3.59 | −0.16 | ||
| Turnout | 40,718 | 90.83 | −2.12 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | John Kennedy | 19,793 | 50.42 | +9.01 | |
| Liberal | John Pesutto | 19,463 | 49.58 | −9.01 | |
| Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +9.01 | |||
References
- "The Electoral Act Amendment Act 1888" (PDF). Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- State Election 2018: Hawthorn District, VEC.
- "Re-Member". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 12 March 2014.