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The Division of Dunkley is an Australian electoral division in the state of Victoria. The division is located south-east of Melbourne on the Mornington Peninsula. It covers an area of approximately 152 square kilometres (59 sq mi) from Seaford in the north to Mount Eliza in the south and Langwarrin South in the southeast. Following the 2024 Dunkley by-election, Jodie Belyea currently represents the seat.

List of Localities in Dunkley

Geography

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.

As a result of a periodical boundary redistribution, from the next Australian federal election, Dunkley’s boundaries will move north to include the suburbs of Carrum, Bonbeach, Patterson Lakes, Chelsea (part) and Chelsea Heights (part), while losing the southern part of Mount Eliza to neighbouring Flinders.

History

The division was created in 1984 and is named for Louisa Margaret Dunkley, a trade unionist and campaigner for equal pay for women.

It was held by the Liberal Party from 1996 to 2019, however a 2018 boundary redistribution that favoured Labor, along with Labor's increased statewide strength in Victoria resulted in Peta Murphy winning the seat for the Labor Party at the 2019 Australian federal election.

Members

Member	Party	Term	Notes
Bob Chynoweth (1941–)	Labor	1 December 1984 – 24 March 1990	Previously held the Division of Flinders. Lost seat
Frank Ford (1936–)	Liberal	24 March 1990 – 13 March 1993	Lost seat
Bob Chynoweth (1941–)	Labor	13 March 1993 – 2 March 1996	Lost seat
Bruce Billson (1966–)	Liberal	2 March 1996 – 9 May 2016	Served as minister under Howard and Abbott. Retired
Chris Crewther (1983–)	Liberal	2 July 2016 – 18 May 2019	Lost seat. Later elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Mornington in 2022
Peta Murphy (1973–2023)	Labor	18 May 2019 – 4 December 2023	Died in office
Jodie Belyea	Labor	2 March 2024 – present	Incumbent

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Dunkley This section is an excerpt from 2024 Dunkley by-election § Results.

2024 Dunkley by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jodie Belyea	37,418	41.07	+0.84
	Liberal	Nathan Conroy	35,746	39.23	+6.73
	Greens	Alex Breskin	5,798	6.36	−3.98
	Independent	Darren Bergwerf	4,315	4.74	+0.87
	Animal Justice	Bronwyn Currie	2,818	3.09	+0.99
	Libertarian	Chrysten Abraham	2,246	2.47	−0.04
	Victorian Socialists	Reem Yunis	1,529	1.68	+1.68
	Democrats	Heath McKenzie	1,242	1.36	+1.36
Total formal votes			91,112	95.86	+0.59
Informal votes			3,930	4.14	−0.59
Turnout			95,042	83.79	−6.27
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jodie Belyea	48,019	52.70	−3.57
	Liberal	Nathan Conroy	43,093	47.30	+3.57
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.57

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Primary vote results in Dunkley (Parties that did not get 5% of the vote are omitted) Liberal Labor Greens Australian Democrats Justice Palmer United/United Australia Party

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Two-candidate-preferred results in Dunkley

Notes

References

Muller, Damon (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
https://antonygreen.com.au/2024-federal-redistributions-final-boundaries-for-victoria-released/
"Profile of the electoral division of Dunkley (Vic)". Current federal electoral divisions. Australian Electoral Commission. 23 September 2013. Archived from the original on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
"Dunkley, VIC". AEC Tally Room. Australian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
"Dunkley By-election 2024 Results". ABC News. Archived from the original on 6 February 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.

External links

Division of Dunkley - Australian Electoral Commission

v t e Electoral divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in Victoria
Labor (25)	Aston Ballarat Bendigo Bruce Calwell Chisholm Cooper Corangamite Corio Dunkley Fraser Gellibrand Gorton Hawke Higgins Holt Hotham Isaacs Jagajaga Lalor Macnamara Maribyrnong McEwen Scullin Wills
Liberal (6)	Casey Deakin Flinders La Trobe Menzies Wannon
Nationals (3)	Gippsland Mallee Nicholls
Independent (4)	Goldstein Indi Kooyong Monash
Greens (1)	Melbourne
Abolished	Balaclava Batman Bourke Burke (1949–1955) Burke (1969–2004) Corinella (1901–1906) Corinella (1990–1996) Darebin Diamond Valley Echuca Fawkner Grampians Henty Higinbotham Hoddle Isaacs (1949–1969) Laanecoorie McMillan Melbourne Ports Mernda Moira Murray Northern Melbourne Scullin (1955–1969) Southern Melbourne Streeton Wimmera Yarra
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