Electoral district of Morwell

Morwell
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Morwell; Victoria—Legislative Assembly
	Location of Morwell (dark green) in Victoria
State	Victoria
Created	1955
MP	Russell Northe
Party	Independent
Electors	48,406 (2018)
Area	1,640 km2 (633.2 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

The electoral district of Morwell is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.^[1] It covers the regional centres of Morwell and Traralgon as well as the surrounding rural areas in the middle of Gippsland.

Created in 1955,^[1] it was held by the Liberals until the 1970 election, when it was won by Labor. They held the seat until the 2006 election, when the Nationals gained the seat. In 2017, Nationals MP Russell Northe resigned from the party, becoming an independent.

Members for Morwell[]

	Party	Term
Jim Balfour	Liberal	1955–1967
Archie Tanner	Liberal	1967–1970
Derek Amos	Labor	1970–1981
Valerie Callister	Labor	1981–1988
Keith Hamilton	Labor	1988–2002
Brendan Jenkins	Labor	2002–2006
Russell Northe	National	2006–2017
Russell Northe	Independent	2017–present

Election results[]

2018 Victorian state election: Morwell^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mark Richards	13,725	34.19	−1.40
	Independent	Russell Northe	7,851	19.56	+19.56
	Liberal	Dale Harriman	4,955	12.34	+12.34
	National	Sheridan Bond	4,283	10.67	−33.75
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Ricky Muir	2,856	7.11	+7.11
	Independent	Ray Burgess	2,388	5.95	+5.95
	Greens	Daniel Caffrey	1,460	3.64	−1.08
	Aussie Battler	Reece Diggins	892	2.22	+2.22
	Independent	Tracie Lund	841	2.10	−8.81
	Democratic Labour	Nathan Keen	654	1.63	+1.63
	Independent	Christine Sindt	237	0.59	+0.59
Total formal votes			40,142	92.12	−2.50
Informal votes			3,436	7.88	+2.50
Turnout			43,578	90.03	−3.38
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mark Richards	21,037	52.41	+4.21
	National	Sheridan Bond	19,105	47.59	−4.21
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Russell Northe	20,808	51.84	+51.84
	Labor	Mark Richards	19,334	48.16	−0.16
	Independent gain from National		Swing	N/A

External links[]

Electorate profile: Morwell District, Victorian Electoral Commission

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
^ State Election 2018: Morwell District, VEC.

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[parl-1] "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 29 May 2014.

[2] State Election 2018: Morwell District, VEC.

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