| Monbulk Victoria—Legislative Assembly |
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|---|---|
| State or territory: | Victoria |
| Created: | 1967 |
| MP: | James Merlino |
| Party: | Australian Labor Party |
| Electors: | 37,887 (2010) |
| Area: | 223 km² (86 sq mi) |
| Demographic: | Outer metropolitan |
The Electoral district of Monbulk is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is situated in the Dandenong Ranges on the outskirts of Melbourne. It includes the towns of Monbulk, Olinda and Silvan as well as some outer suburbs such as Belgrave and Tecoma.
The Puffing Billy Railway forms part of the boundary of the electorate, other tourist attractions within the electorate include Mount Dandenong and the Dandenong Ranges National Park, Yellingbo State Forest and the Silvan Reservoir.
The seat usually considered to be marginal, having been held by Labor during the Cain and Kirner governments and by the Liberals during the Kennett government. Labor gained the seat at the 2002 election. The member for Monbulk is James Merlino.
Contents |
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Borthwick | Liberal | 1967–1982 | |
| Neil Pope | Labor | 1982–1992 | |
| Steve McArthur | Liberal | 1992–2002 | |
| James Merlino | Labor | 2002–present | |
| Victorian state election, 2010: Monbulk | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Matt Mills | 14,506 | 42.55 | +5.16 | |
| Labor | James Merlino | 12,318 | 36.14 | -4.47 | |
| Greens | Jo Tenner | 5,244 | 15.38 | -0.78 | |
| Democratic Labor | Elizabeth Coyne | 618 | 1.81 | +1.81 | |
| Family First | Rajeeva Gunasekera | 610 | 1.79 | -2.37 | |
| Country Alliance | Simon Picknell | 528 | 1.55 | +1.55 | |
| Independent | Lawrence Mobsby | 264 | 0.77 | +0.77 | |
| Total formal votes | 34,088 | 95.56 | -0.29 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,582 | 4.44 | +0.29 | ||
| Turnout | 35,670 | 94.15 | +0.18 | ||
| Two-candidate preferred result | |||||
| Labor | James Merlino | 17,762 | 52.08 | -4.45 | |
| Liberal | Matt Mills | 16,345 | 47.92 | +4.45 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | -4.45 | |||