Australian electorate
| Box Hill Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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_2022.svg) Location of Box Hill (dark green) in Greater Melbourne | |||||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||||
| Created | 1945 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Paul Hamer | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Suburb of Box Hill | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 48,260 (2022) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 29 km (11.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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The electoral district of Box Hill is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, covering an area of 29 square kilometres (11 sq mi) in eastern Melbourne. It contains the suburbs of Box Hill, Box Hill North, Box Hill South, Mont Albert, Mont Albert North, most of Blackburn, Blackburn North, and Blackburn South, and parts of Balwyn North, Burwood, Burwood East, and Surrey Hills.
It lies within the Eastern Metropolitan Region in the upper house, the Legislative Council.
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 | |
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| 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 This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Box Hill.| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labor | Paul Hamer | 18,340 | 41.3 | +0.4 | |
| Liberal | Nicole Werner | 15,593 | 35.2 | −8.9 | |
| Greens | Joanne Shan | 6,267 | 14.1 | +0.7 | |
| Democratic Labour | Paul Dean | 1,083 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
| Animal Justice | Sebastian Folloni | 824 | 1.9 | +1.2 | |
| Family First | Gary Ong | 809 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
| Freedom | Alicia Riera | 541 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
| Independent | Wayne Tseng | 464 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
| Independent | Cameron Liston | 436 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 44,357 | 96.4 | +0.8 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,635 | 3.6 | −0.8 | ||
| Turnout | 45,992 | 90.5 | +2.3 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Paul Hamer | 25,383 | 57.2 | +4.1 | |
| Liberal | Nicole Werner | 18,973 | 42.8 | −4.1 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +4.1 | |||
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References
- "Box Hill District profile". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- Box Hill District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
External links
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