Electoral district of Monbulk

Monbulk
Victoria—Legislative Assembly

Location of Monbulk (dark green) in Victoria
State Victoria
Created 1967
MP James Merlino
Party Australian Labor Party
Electors 41,906 (2014)
Area 265 km2 (102.3 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 Nature Conservation Reserve 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.

Members for Monbulk

MemberPartyTerm
  Bill Borthwick Liberal 1967–1982
  Neil Pope Labor 1982–1992
  Steve McArthur Liberal 1992–2002
  James Merlino Labor 2002–present

Election results

Victorian state election, 2014: Monbulk[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Mark Verschuur 15,063 40.1 −4.6
Labor James Merlino 14,096 37.5 +3.4
Greens Michael Clarke 5,029 13.4 −1.6
Animal Justice Jennifer McAdam 1,079 2.9 +2.9
Family First Amelia Mason 786 2.1 −0.0
Democratic Labour Ron Prendergast 433 1.2 −0.4
Rise Up Australia Ana Rojas 427 1.1 +1.1
Independent Jordan Crook 342 0.9 +0.9
Country Alliance Craig Jenkin 293 0.8 −0.2
Total formal votes 37,548 94.8 −0.7
Informal votes 2,044 5.2 +0.7
Turnout 39,592 94.5 −1.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor James Merlino 20,643 55.0 +6.1
Liberal Mark Verschuur 16,905 45.0 −6.1
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +6.1

References

  1. ↑ State Election 2014: Monbulk District, VEC.

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