| Sandringham Victoria—Legislative Assembly |
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|---|---|
| State or territory: | Victoria |
| Created: | 1955 |
| MP: | Murray Thompson |
| Party: | Liberal |
| Electors: | 37,827 (2010) |
| Area: | 23 km² (9 sq mi) |
| Demographic: | Metropolitan |
The Electoral district of Sandringham is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It consists of the Melbourne bayside suburbs of Beaumaris, Black Rock and Sandringham, and parts of Cheltenham, Hampton, Highett, and Mentone.
Contents |
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Murray Porter | Liberal | 1955–1970 | |
| Liberal Country | |||
| Max Crellin | Liberal | 1970–1982 | |
| Graham Ihlein | Labor | 1982–1985 | |
| David Lea | Liberal | 1985–1992 | |
| Murray Thompson | Liberal | 1992–present | |
| Victorian state election, 2010: Sandringham | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Murray Thompson | 20,704 | 60.90 | +8.27 | |
| Labor | Robbie Nyaguy | 7,313 | 21.51 | -7.85 | |
| Greens | Derek Wilson | 5,430 | 15.97 | +3.23 | |
| Family First | Malcolm Reid | 548 | 1.61 | -0.51 | |
| Total formal votes | 33,995 | 96.28 | -0.68 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,314 | 3.72 | +0.68 | ||
| Turnout | 35,309 | 93.34 | -0.08 | ||
| Two-candidate preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Murray Thompson | 22,417 | 65.93 | +7.25 | |
| Labor | Robbie Nyaguy | 11,584 | 34.07 | -7.25 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +7.25 | |||