Electoral district of Carrum

Carrum
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
State or territory: Victoria
Created: 1976
MP: Donna Bauer
Party: Liberal Party of Australia
Electors: 42,415 (2010)
Area: 32 km² (12 sq mi)
Demographic: Metropolitan

The Electoral district of Carrum is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It lies in the south eastern suburbs of Melbourne, covering Aspendale, Carrum, Chelsea, Edithvale and Patterson Lakes.

The seat was created in 1976 and traditionally has had a working class character and has been safe for the Australian Labor Party. However since the 1990s the area has been gentrifying and the seat was won by the Liberal Party against the trend at the 1996 election. However the seat was narrowly recovered by Labor due to the Anti-Kennett swing in 1999 and the 'Brackslide' of 2002 reverted the seat to its original safe Labor status. In 2010 Carrum was the safest Labor seat lost to the Liberal party, electing Donna Bauer to the Legislative Assembly.

Contents

Members for Carrum

Member Party Term
  Ian Cathie Labor 1976–1988
  Mal Sandon Labor 1988–1996
  David Lean Liberal 1996–1999
  Jenny Lindell Labor 1999–2010
  Donna Bauer Liberal 2010–present

Election results

Victorian state election, 2010: Carrum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Donna Bauer 17,539 46.37 +8.27
Labor Jenny Lindell 14,430 38.15 -9.77
Greens Henry Kelsall 3,593 9.50 +0.60
Family First John Churchwood 939 2.48 -1.10
Democratic Labor Ewa Losinski 873 2.31 +2.31
Independent Steven Garland 447 1.18 +1.18
Total formal votes 37,821 95.36 +0.08
Informal votes 1,840 4.64 -0.08
Turnout 39,661 93.51 +0.14
Two-candidate preferred result
Liberal Donna Bauer 19,765 52.21 +8.90
Labor Jenny Lindell 18,093 47.79 -8.90
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +8.90

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