Electoral district of Mordialloc

The electoral district of Mordialloc is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly[1] including the suburbs of Braeside, Mordialloc, Aspendale, Aspendale Gardens, Edithvale, Chelsea, Chelsea Heights and Parkdale; and parts of Cheltenham and Mentone. The current member is Tim Richardson.

Mordialloc
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Mordialloc (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created1992
MPTim Richardson
PartyLabor
Electors46,041 (2018)
Area38 km2 (14.7 sq mi)
DemographicOuter metropolitan

Mordialloc is part of the Melbourne Sandbelt and is considered a Bellwether electorate.[2] Its previous members include Liberal representatives Lorraine Wreford and Geoff Leigh (politician) and Labor member Janice Munt.

Members
MemberPartyTerm
  Geoff Leigh Liberal 1992–2002
  Janice Munt Labor 2002–2010
  Lorraine Wreford Liberal 2010–2014
  Tim Richardson Labor 2014–present

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Mordialloc
2018 Victorian state election: Mordialloc[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tim Richardson 19,991 50.15 +11.46
Liberal Geoff Gledhill 12,535 31.45 −12.37
Greens Hamish Taylor 3,135 7.87 −0.04
Animal Justice Bronwyn Currie 1,117 2.80 +2.80
Justice Peter Sullivan 1,102 2.76 +2.76
Independent Robyn Nolan 859 2.16 +2.16
Democratic Labour Peter Phillips 643 1.61 −0.67
Transport Matters Amit Verma 221 0.55 +0.55
Independent Phil Reid 167 0.42 +0.42
Independent Stephen Watson 89 0.22 +0.22
Total formal votes 39,859 93.93 +0.38
Informal votes 2,574 6.07 −0.38
Turnout 42,433 92.16 −1.85
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tim Richardson 25,159 62.90 +10.87
Liberal Geoff Gledhill 14,838 37.10 −10.87
Labor hold Swing+10.87

References
  1. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  2. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-24/victorian-election-result-shows-labor-win/10551902
  3. State Election 2018: Mordialloc District, VEC.


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