Division of Aston

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Aston
Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory: Victoria
Created: 1984
MP: Chris Pearce
Party: Liberal
Namesake: Tilly Aston
Electors: 91,776
Area: 96 km² (37.1 sq mi)
Demographic: Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Aston is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1984 and is named for Tilly Aston, a blind writer and teacher who helped found the Library of the Victorian Association of Braille Writers in 1894. It is located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, including suburbs such as Knox, Scoresby, Vermont and Wantirna. A classic "mortgage belt" seat, it was held by the Australian Labor Party until 1990, but since then it has become increasingly safe for the Liberal Party. The seat has been declared by the AEC and Chris Pearce has been re-elected.

[edit] Members

Member Party Term
  John Saunderson Labor 1984—1990
  Peter Nugent Liberal 1990—2001
  Chris Pearce Liberal 2001—present

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Aston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Chris Pearce 43,519 50.71 -7.84
Labor Gerry Raleigh 33,332 38.84 +7.67
Greens Adam Pepper 4,492 5.23 +0.37
Family First Peter Lake 2,978 3.47 +0.66
Democrats Rachal Aza 1,246 1.45 +0.22
Citizens Electoral Council Doug Mitchell 245 0.29 -0.39
Total formal votes 85,812 97.06 +1.26
Informal votes 2,601 2.94 -1.26
Turnout 88,413 96.35 +0.34
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Liberal Chris Pearce 47,243 55.05 -8.10
Labor Gerry Raleigh 38,569 44.95 +8.10
Liberal hold Swing -8.10
Australian federal election, 2004: Aston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Chris Pearce 47,686 58.55 +7.89
Labor Paul Morgan 25,384 31.17 -6.03
Greens Michael Abson 3,957 4.86 +1.32
Family First Peter Nathan 2,290 2.81 +2.81
Democrats Nahum Ayliffe 998 1.23 -5.77
No GST Nevil Brewer 573 0.70 +0.70
Citizens Electoral Council Doug Mitchell 557 0.68 +0.35
Total formal votes 81,445 95.80 -0.96
Informal votes 3,570 4.20 +0.96
Turnout 85,015 96.01 -0.43
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Liberal Chris Pearce 51,436 63.15 +7.13
Labor Paul Morgan 30,009 36.85 -7.13
Liberal hold Swing +7.13
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