Electoral district of Box Hill

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Box Hill
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
VIC Box Hill District 2014.png
Location of Box Hill (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created1945
MPPaul Hamer
PartyAustralian Labor Party
Electors43,983 (2018)
Area25 km2 (9.7 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan

The electoral district of Box Hill is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of 25 square kilometres (9.7 sq mi) in eastern Melbourne, and includes the suburbs of Blackburn, Box Hill, Box Hill North, Mont Albert and Mont Albert North, Balwyn, Canterbury, Forest Hill, Nunawading and Surrey Hills. It lies within the Eastern Metropolitan Region in the upper house, the Legislative Council.[1]

Electoral boundary changes[]

The electoral district of Doncaster was split off from Box Hill and created in 1976 due to population growth.

A redistribution of electorate boundaries in 1991 abolished the Balwyn electorate and incorporated most of it into Box Hill. A large part of the Box Hill electorate (with 17,290 electors) was also transferred to Mitcham. These changes took effect at the 1992 Victorian state election.

For the 2014 election, the boundaries of Box Hill moved eastwards. Balwyn North was moved to the electorate of Kew and part of Surrey Hills were moved to Burwood and Hawthorn. The former electorate of Mitcham was abolished so Blackburn, Nunawading and part of Forest Hill were moved into Box Hill. The Liberal margin in Box Hill was estimated to fall from 13.8 percentage points to an estimated 9.4.

Members for Box Hill[]

Member Party Term
  Bob Gray Labor 1945–1947
  George Reid Liberal 1947–1952
  Bob Gray Labor 1952–1955
  (Sir) George Reid Liberal 1955–1973
  Morris Williams Liberal 1973–1976
  Donald Mackinnon Liberal 1976–1982
  Margaret Ray Labor 1982–1992
  Robert Clark Liberal 1992–2018
  Paul Hamer Labor 2018–present

Election results[]

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Box Hill
2018 Victorian state election: Box Hill[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Clark 17,352 45.25 −5.89
Labor Paul Hamer 15,360 40.05 +9.38
Greens Sophia Sun 5,639 14.70 +0.22
Total formal votes 38,351 95.40 −0.85
Informal votes 1,850 4.60 +0.85
Turnout 40,201 91.40 −2.00
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Paul Hamer 19,982 52.10 +7.80
Liberal Robert Clark 18,369 47.90 −7.80
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +7.80

References[]

  1. ^ "Box Hill District profile". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  2. ^ State Election 2018: Box Hill District, VEC.

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