Electoral district of Box Hill

Box Hill Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Box Hill (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Created	1945
MP	Robert Clark
Party	Liberal Party of Australia
Electors	43,389 (2014)
Area	25 km^2 (9.7 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan

The Electoral district of Box Hill is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of 25 square kilometres (9.7 sq mi) in eastern Melbourne, and includes the suburbs of Blackburn, Box Hill, Box Hill North, Mont Albert and Mont Albert North, and parts of Canterbury, Forest Hill, Nunawading and Surrey Hills. It lies within the Eastern Metropolitan Region in the upper house, the Legislative Council.^[1]

Electoral boundary changes

The Electoral district of Doncaster was split off from Box Hill and created in 1976 due to population growth.

A redivision 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 after the 1992 Victorian State election.

For the 2014 election, the boundaries of Box Hill have moved eastwards. Balwyn North has been moved to the electorate of Kew and part of Surrey Hills have been moved to Burwood and Hawthorn. The former electorate of Mitcham has been abolished so Blackburn, Nunawading and part of Forest Hill have been moved into Box Hill. The Liberal margin in Box Hill is estimated to fall from 13.8% to an estimated 9.4%.

Members for Box Hill

Member		Party	Term
	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–present

Election results

Victorian state election, 2014: Box Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Clark	19,944	51.1	−2.4
	Labor	Stefanie Perri	11,964	30.7	+1.8
	Greens	Bill Pemberton	5,649	14.5	+0.3
	Christians	Frank Reale	978	2.5	+2.5
	Independent	Geoffrey Stokie	470	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			39,005	96.2	−0.5
Informal votes			1,520	3.8	+0.5
Turnout			40,525	93.4	−0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Robert Clark	21,744	55.7	−3.7
	Labor	Stefanie Perri	17,298	44.3	+3.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.7

External links

• Electorate profile: Box Hill District, Victorian Electoral Commission

References

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