Division of Aston

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Aston
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Aston 2019.png
Division of Aston in Victoria, as of the 2019 federal election.
Created1984
MPAlan Tudge
PartyLiberal
NamesakeTilly Aston
Electors110,377 (2019)
Area113 km2 (43.6 sq mi)
DemographicOuter Metropolitan

The Division of Aston is an Australian Federal Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. The division is located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, including Bayswater, Boronia, Ferntree Gully, Knoxfield, Rowville, Scoresby, The Basin, Wantirna and Wantirna South; and parts of Lysterfield, Sassafras and Upper Ferntree Gully.

History[]

Tilly Aston, the division's namesake

The division was created in 1984 and is named after Tilly Aston, a blind writer and teacher who helped found the Library of the Victorian Association of Braille Writers in 1894.

The current Member for Aston, since the 2010 federal election, is Alan Tudge, a member of the Liberal Party of Australia who currently serves as a minister in the Morrison Government.

A classic "mortgage belt" seat, it was held by the Australian Labor Party until 1990, but since then it has become increasingly safe for the Liberal Party.

Members[]

Image Member Party Term Notes
  No image.svg John Saunderson
(1948–) 		Labor 1 December 1984 –
24 March 1990 		Previously held the Division of Deakin. Lost seat
  No image.svg Peter Nugent
(1938–2001) 		Liberal 24 March 1990 –
24 April 2001 		Died in office
  Chris Pearce.jpg Chris Pearce
(1963–) 		Liberal 14 July 2001 –
19 July 2010 		Retired
  Alan Tudge 2018.png Alan Tudge
(1971–) 		Liberal 21 August 2010 –
present 		Served as minister under Turnbull. Incumbent. Currently a minister under Morrison

Election results[]

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Aston
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 Australian federal election in Victoria § Aston.[]
2019 Australian federal election: Aston[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alan Tudge 54,744 54.69 +5.24
Labor Kadira Pethiyagoda 29,839 29.81 −1.17
Greens Asher Cookson 8,867 8.86 −0.14
United Australia Matthew Sirianni-Duffy 3,611 3.61 +3.61
Democratic Labour Anna Kennedy 3,029 3.03 +3.03
Total formal votes 100,090 96.32 +0.52
Informal votes 3,829 3.68 −0.52
Turnout 103,919 94.18 −0.69
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alan Tudge 60,180 60.13 +2.72
Labor Kadira Pethiyagoda 39,910 39.87 −2.72
Liberal hold Swing +2.72
Graph of Primary Vote Results in Aston (Parties that never got 5% of the vote are omitted)
Graph of Two Candidate Preferred Results in Aston

References[]

  1. ^ Aston, VIC, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.

External links[]

Coordinates: 37°53′31″S 145°14′24″E / 37.892°S 145.240°E / -37.892; 145.240

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