| Gippsland South Victoria—Legislative Assembly |
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| State or territory: | Victoria |
| Created: | 1859 |
| MP: | Peter Ryan |
| Party: | National Party of Australia |
| Electors: | 39,215 (2010) |
| Area: | 7,444 km² (2,874 sq mi) |
| Demographic: | Rural |
The Electoral district of Gippsland South is a Lower House electoral district of the Victorian Parliament. It is located within the Eastern Victoria Region of the Legislative Council .
Gippsland South includes the country Victorian towns of Foster, Korumburra, Leongatha, Mirboo North, Port Albert, Port Welshpool, Rosedale, Sale, Venus Bay and Yarram. Industries include agriculture, timber production and tourism. Natural features include Wilsons Promontory National Park, Corner Inlet, and a number of lakes and islands along the coast and border.
Apart from one term in 1980–1982, the electorate has been held by the National Party since 1973.
The current member is the Victorian Leader of the National Party and Deputy Premier of Victoria Peter Ryan, who has held the seat since 1992.
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| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angus McMillan | Unaligned | 1859–1860 | |
| George Hedley | Unaligned | 1859–1860 | |
| John Johnson | Unaligned | 1862–1864 | |
| Peter Snodgrass | Unaligned | 1864–1867 | |
| Thomas McCombie | Unaligned | 1867–1869 | |
| George Macartney | Unaligned | 1869–1871 | |
| Francis Mason | Unaligned | 1871–1877 | |
| George Macartney | Unaligned | 1877–1878 | |
| Francis Mason | Unaligned | 1878–1886 | |
| Arthur Groom | Unaligned | 1886–1889 | |
| Francis Mason | Unaligned | 1889–1902 | |
| Thomas Livingston | Ministerialist | 1902–1922 | |
| Commonwealth Liberal | |||
| Nationalist | |||
| Walter West | Nationalist | 1922–1927 | |
| Henry Bodman | Independent | 1927 | |
| Walter West | Nationalist | 1927–1929 | |
| Sir Herbert Hyland | Country | 1929–1970 | |
| James Taylor | Liberal | 1970–1973 | |
| Neil McInnes | National | 1973–1982 | |
| Liberal | |||
| Tom Wallace | National | 1982–1992 | |
| Peter Ryan | National | 1992–present | |
| Victorian state election, 2010: Gippsland South | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| National | Peter Ryan | 22,479 | 63.82 | +22.36 | |
| Labor | Steve Boyce | 6,647 | 18.87 | -3.37 | |
| Greens | Kate Jackson | 3,495 | 9.92 | +3.26 | |
| Country Alliance | John Hirt | 2,602 | 7.39 | +7.39 | |
| Total formal votes | 35,223 | 95.62 | +0.24 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,615 | 4.38 | -0.24 | ||
| Turnout | 36,838 | 93.94 | +0.30 | ||
| Two-candidate preferred result | |||||
| National | Peter Ryan | 25,573 | 72.59 | +6.86 | |
| Labor | Steve Boyce | 9,655 | 27.41 | -6.86 | |
| National hold | Swing | +6.86 | |||