Australian electorate
| Brighton Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
_2022.svg) Location of Brighton (dark green) in Greater Melbourne | |
| State | Victoria |
| Created | 1856 |
| MP | James Newbury |
| Party | Liberal |
| Namesake | Suburb of Brighton |
| Electors | 45,224 (2018) |
| Area | 20 km (7.7 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Metropolitan |
The electoral district of Brighton is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of 20 square kilometres (7.7 sq mi) in south-eastern Melbourne, including the suburbs of Brighton and Elwood, and parts of Brighton East and Hampton. It lies within the Southern Metropolitan Region of the upper house, the Legislative Council.
It is one of only three electorates (along with Richmond and Williamstown) to have existed continuously since 1856. Brighton was defined in the Victoria Constitution Act, 1855, as: "Commencing on the Sea Coast at the South-west Angle of Section 25, Parish of Moorabbin, thence by a Line East to the South-east Angle of Section 55 ; on the East by a Line bearing North, being the Parish Boundary from the said Point to the North-east Angle of Section 63 ; on the North by the Road bearing West to the Sea Coast, and on the West by the Sea Coast to the commencing Point."
Members for Brighton
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Binns Were | Unaligned | 1856–1857 | |
| Charles Ebden | Unaligned | 1857–1861 | |
| George Higinbotham | Unaligned | 1861-1861 | |
| William Brodribb | Unaligned | 1861–1862 | |
| George Higinbotham | Unaligned | 1862–1871 | |
| Sir Thomas Bent | Unaligned | 1871–1894 | |
| William Moule | Unaligned | 1894–1900 | |
| Sir Thomas Bent | Unaligned | 1900–1909 | |
| Oswald Snowball | Liberal | 1909–1917 | |
| Nationalist | 1917–1924 | ||
| Australian Liberal | 1924–1927 | ||
| Independent Nationalist | 1927–1928 | ||
| Ian Macfarlan | Nationalist | 1928–1931 | |
| United Australia | 1931–1937 | ||
| Independent | 1937–1943 | ||
| United Australia | 1943–1945 | ||
| Liberal | 1945 | ||
| Ray Tovell | Liberal | 1945–1955 | |
| Electoral Reform League | |||
| Sir John Rossiter | Liberal | 1955–1976 | |
| Jeannette Patrick | Liberal | 1976–1985 | |
| Alan Stockdale | Liberal | 1985–1999 | |
| Louise Asher | Liberal | 1999–2018 | |
| James Newbury | Liberal | 2018–present | |
Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Brighton This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Brighton.| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | James Newbury | 18,791 | 45.6 | +0.8 | |
| Labor | Louise Crawford | 10,164 | 24.7 | −7.4 | |
| Greens | Sarah Dekiere | 5,680 | 13.8 | −1.1 | |
| Independent | Felicity Frederico | 3,749 | 9.1 | +9.1 | |
| Independent | Sally Gibson | 941 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
| Animal Justice | Alicia Walker | 851 | 2.1 | −2.8 | |
| Family First | Nick Sciola | 558 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
| Ind. (Protector) | John Tiger Casley | 251 | 0.6 | −0.2 | |
| Independent | Allan L. Timms | 211 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 41,196 | 95.8 | +0.1 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,786 | 4.2 | −0.1 | ||
| Turnout | 42,982 | 89.1 | +1.5 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | James Newbury | 22,710 | 55.1 | +4.6 | |
| Labor | Louise Crawford | 18,486 | 44.9 | −4.6 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +4.6 | |||
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Historical maps
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District of Brighton 1856
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Location within Greater Melbourne area, 1859
External links
References
- "Brighton District profile". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- "Victoria Constitution Act 1855" (PDF). Retrieved 11 June 2013.
- 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.
- Green, Antony (23 December 2022). "VIC22 – Brighton – Analysis of Preferences". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- Brighton District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.
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