Electoral district of Seymour

Former state electoral district of Victoria, Australia

Australian electorate

Seymour Victoria—Legislative Assembly
State	Victoria
Created	1992
Abolished	2014
Electors	41,103 (2010)
Area	6,022 km (2,325.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

Seymour was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covered rural territory north of Melbourne, including the towns of Alexandra, Healesville, Kinglake, Marysville, Seymour and Yea.

It was created at the redistribution prior to the 1992 election where it was comfortably won by the Liberal's Marie Tehan who represented the comparable Legislative Council seat of Central Highlands Province from 1987 to 1992.

The seat recorded a 6.8% swing to the Labor Party at the 1996 election before being narrowly and surprisingly won by Labor's Ben Hardman due to the anti-Kennett rural backlash at 1999 election. Hardman extended his majority to 9.5% at the 2002 election and was re-elected at the 2006 election, but he was defeated by Liberal candidate Cindy McLeish at the 2010 election.

Seymour was abolished prior to the 2014 state election. Its former territory was divided between the new districts of Eildon and Euroa, as well as the pre-existing district of Yan Yean.

Members for Seymour

	Party	Term
Marie Tehan	Liberal	1992–1999
Ben Hardman	Labor	1999–2010
Cindy McLeish	Liberal	2010–2014

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Seymour

2010 Victorian state election: Seymour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cindy McLeish	12,992	35.63	−2.80
	Labor	Ben Hardman	12,813	35.14	−11.28
	Independent	Jan Beer	3,738	10.25	+10.25
	Greens	Huw Slater	3,230	8.86	−0.47
	Country Alliance	Adam Taurian	1,587	4.35	+4.35
	National	Anthony Rolando	1,391	3.81	+3.81
	Family First	Robert Guerra	711	1.95	−1.38
Total formal votes			36,462	94.91	−1.21
Informal votes			1,955	5.09	+1.21
Turnout			38,417	93.47	−0.55
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Cindy McLeish	18,728	51.25	+8.07
	Labor	Ben Hardman	17,811	48.75	−8.07
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+8.07

External links

Electorate profile: Seymour District, Victorian Electoral Commission

References

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

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