Electoral district of Brighton

Brighton Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Brighton (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Created	1856
MP	Louise Asher
Party	Liberal Party of Australia
Electors	42,924 (2014)
Area	19 km^2 (7.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan

The Electoral district of Brighton is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of 19 square kilometres (7.3 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.^[1]

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."^[2]

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	1909–1928
		Nationalist
	Ian Macfarlan	Nationalist	1928–1945
		United Australia
		Independent
	Raymond 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–present

Election results

Victorian state election, 2014: Brighton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Louise Asher	21,145	55.5	−3.0
	Labor	Louise Crawford	8,973	23.6	+3.5
	Greens	Margaret Beavis	6,619	17.4	+0.1
	Independent	Jane Touzeau	1,350	3.5	+3.5
Total formal votes			38,087	96.4	−0.1
Informal votes			1,425	3.6	+0.1
Turnout			39,512	92.1	−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Louise Asher	22,777	59.8	−4.6
	Labor	Louise Crawford	15,330	40.2	+4.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.6

Historical maps

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  District of Brighton 1856

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  Location within Greater Melbourne area, 1859

External links

• Electorate profile: Brighton District, Victorian Electoral Commission

References

1. "Brighton District profile". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
2. "Victoria Constitution Act 1855" (PDF). Retrieved 11 June 2013.