| Shepparton Victoria—Legislative Assembly |
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|---|---|
| State or territory: | Victoria |
| Created: | 1945, 1967 |
| Abolished: | 1955 |
| MP: | Jeanette Powell |
| Party: | National Party of Australia |
| Electors: | 38,136 (2010) |
| Area: | 1,802 km² (696 sq mi) |
| Demographic: | Rural |
The Electoral district of Shepparton is a rural Lower House electoral district of the Victorian Parliament. It is located within the Northern Victoria Region of the Legislative Council.
Shepparton includes the country towns of Dookie, Kialla West, Mooroopna, Shepparton, Tallygaroopna and Tatura. It is a rich agricultural area with orchards, vineyards and dairy farms. Much of the electorate is an important irrigation area served by water from the Main East Goulburn Channel. The rest of the land is used for pasture, fodder crops and cattle and sheep grazing.
Shepparton has held been held by the National/Country Party since it was created in 1945, although it was abolished for a twelve-year period between 1955 and 1967.
The current member is the National Party's Jeanette Powell, who has held the seat since 2002.
Contents |
| First incarnation (1945–1955) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| John McDonald | Country | 1945–1955 | |
| Second incarnation (1967–present) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Peter Ross-Edwards | Country | 1967–1975 | |
| National Country | 1975–1982 | ||
| National | 1982–1991 | ||
| Don Kilgour | National | 1991–2002 | |
| Jeanette Powell | National | 2002–present | |
| Victorian state election, 2010: Shepparton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| National | Jeanette Powell | 17,609 | 52.9 | +4.5 | |
| Country Alliance | Dennis Patterson | 6,826 | 20.5 | +20.5 | |
| Labor | Anthony Fullarton | 5,245 | 15.8 | -3.2 | |
| Greens | Lachlan Slade | 1,631 | 4.9 | +0.2 | |
| Independent | Paul Wickham | 958 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
| Family First | Malcolm Moore | 769 | 2.3 | +0.3 | |
| Independent | Shannon Smith | 232 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
| Total formal votes | 33,270 | 94.4 | -0.6 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,955 | 5.6 | +0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 35,225 | 92.4 | -1.1 | ||
| Two-candidate preferred result | |||||
| National | Jeanette Powell | 20,041 | 60.2 | -14.4 | |
| Country Alliance | Dennis Patterson | 13,329 | 39.8 | +39.8 | |
| National hold | Swing | -14.4 | |||