Electoral district of Carrum
| Carrum Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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_2022.svg) Location of Carrum (dark green) in Greater Melbourne | |||||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||||
| Created | 1976 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Sonya Kilkenny | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Suburb of Carrum | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 48,726 (2018) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 87 km2 (33.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Outer metropolitan and semi-rural | ||||||||||||||
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The electoral district of Carrum is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.[1] It lies in the south eastern suburbs of Melbourne, covering Bangholme, Bonbeach, Carrum, Carrum Downs, Patterson Lakes, Sandhurst, Seaford and Skye.
The seat was created in 1976 and traditionally has had a working class character and has been safe for the Labor Party. However, since the 1990s the area has been gentrifying and the seat was won by the Liberal Party against the trend at the 1996 election. However, the seat was narrowly recovered by Labor due to the Anti-Kennett swing in 1999 and the 'Brackslide' of 2002 reverted the seat to its original safe Labor status.
The 2013 redistribution significantly reshaped the seat, with the seat losing Aspendale, Edithvale and parts of Chelsea to the seat of Mordialloc and gaining Carrum Downs and Sandhurst from the seat of Cranbourne.
In the 2014 Victorian State Election, Labor MP Sonya Kilkenny defeated the Liberal incumbent to regain the seat.
Members for Carrum[edit]
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Cathie | Labor | 1976–1988 | |
| Mal Sandon | Labor | 1988–1996 | |
| David Lean | Liberal | 1996–1999 | |
| Jenny Lindell | Labor | 1999–2010 | |
| Donna Bauer | Liberal | 2010–2014 | |
| Sonya Kilkenny | Labor | 2014–present | |
Election results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labor | Sonya Kilkenny | 21,586 | 49.9 | −3.1 | |
| Liberal | Bec Buchanan | 13,141 | 30.3 | −2.3 | |
| Greens | Jayde Lillico | 3,282 | 7.6 | +2.1 | |
| Freedom | Georgia Erevnidis | 1,750 | 4.0 | +4.0 | |
| Family First | Jeremy Cameron | 1,354 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
| Animal Justice | Taylor Macgregor Owen | 1,201 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
| Independent | Damian Willis | 986 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 43,294 | 95.2 | +1.1 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,183 | 4.8 | −1.1 | ||
| Turnout | 45,477 | 88.7 | −1.7 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Sonya Kilkenny | 25,871 | 59.8 | −2.2 | |
| Liberal | Bec Buchanan | 17,423 | 40.2 | +2.2 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | −2.2 | |||
Graphical summary[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 29 May 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.
- ^ Carrum District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.
External links[edit]
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