Electoral district of Bentleigh

Bentleigh Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Bentleigh (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Created	1967
MP	Nick Staikos
Party	Labor
Electors	40,981 (2014)
Area	21 km^2 (8.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan
Coordinates	37°55′S 145°03′E / 37.917°S 145.050°ECoordinates: 37°55′S 145°03′E / 37.917°S 145.050°E

The Electoral district of Bentleigh is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of 21 square kilometres (8.1 sq mi) in southern Melbourne, including the suburbs of Bentleigh, Hampton East, McKinnon, and Moorabbin, and parts of Bentleigh East, Brighton East and Ormond. It also includes the Moorabbin campus of the Monash Medical Centre. It lies within the Southern Metropolitan Region of the upper house, the Legislative Council.^[1]

Bentleigh has usually been seen as a key marginal seat, lying at the 'point of the pendulum' needed to change government. It was Liberal held from its creation in 1967 until the 1979 election where the Liberals nearly lost their majority for the first time in just under three decades. Labor then held the seat until the Kennett landslide of 1992. Following this, the seat was narrowly held by Inga Peulich until she was tipped out of office by Rob Hudson in the 2002 election. In the 2010 election the seat returned to the Liberal party with Elizabeth Miller narrowly defeating Rob Hudson. She was ousted by Labor candidate Nick Staikos at the 2014 election.

Members for Bentleigh

Member		Party	Term
	Bob Suggett	Liberal	1967–1979
	Gordon Hockley	Labor	1979–1988
	Ann Barker	Labor	1988–1992
	Inga Peulich	Liberal	1992–2002
	Rob Hudson	Labor	2002–2010
	Elizabeth Miller	Liberal	2010–2014
	Nick Staikos	Labor	2014–present

Election results

Victorian state election, 2014: Bentleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Elizabeth Miller	16,669	45.9	−1.4
	Labor	Nick Staikos	14,025	38.6	+0.1
	Greens	Sean Mulcahy	3,842	10.6	−0.4
	Sex Party	Ross McCawley	688	1.9	+1.9
	Family First	David Clark	451	1.2	+0.2
	Independent	Chandra Ojha	271	0.7	+0.7
	People Power Victoria	Sofia Telemzouguer	260	0.7	+0.7
	Rise Up Australia	Kelley Moldovan	124	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			36,330	94.8	−0.9
Informal votes			2,010	5.2	+0.9
Turnout			38,340	93.6	+2.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Nick Staikos	18,449	50.8	+1.7
	Liberal	Elizabeth Miller	17,881	49.2	−1.7
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+1.7

External links

• Electorate profile: Bentleigh District, Victorian Electoral Commission

References

1. "Bentleigh District profile". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 December 2014.