Electoral district of Croydon (Victoria)

For other electoral districts, see Electoral district of Croydon.
Croydon
VictoriaLegislative Assembly

Location of Croydon (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State Victoria
Created 2014
MP David Hodgett
Party Liberal
Electors 40,730 (2014)
Area 33 km2 (12.7 sq mi)
Demographic Metropolitan

The Electoral district of Croydon is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was created in the redistribution of electoral boundaries in 2013, and came into effect at the 2014 state election.[1]

It largely covers the area of the abolished district of Kilsyth, covering outer eastern suburbs in Melbourne. It includes the suburbs of Croydon, Mooroolbark, Ringwood North, Kilsyth and Bayswater North.[2]

The abolished seat of Kilsyth is held by Liberal MP David Hodgett. Croydon is estimated to be a safe Liberal seat with a margin of 12.2%.[3]

Members

MemberPartyTerm
  David Hodgett Liberal 2014–present

Election results

Victorian state election, 2014: Croydon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Hodgett 19,797 53.7 −1.8
Labor Lesley Fielding 11,352 30.8 +1.9
Greens Jill Wild 3,273 8.9 +0.1
Christians Mike Brown 1,033 2.8 +2.8
Country Alliance Sarah Barclay 869 2.4 +2.4
Independent Joel Martin 539 1.5 +1.5
Total formal votes 36,863 95.6 −0.2
Informal votes 1,699 4.4 +0.2
Turnout 38,562 94.7 +2.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal David Hodgett 22,005 59.3 −2.9
Labor Lesley Fielding 15,108 40.7 +2.9
Liberal hold Swing −2.9

References

  1. "Summary of Changes". Victorian Electoral Boundary Commission. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  2. "Map of Croydon District". Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission.
  3. Green, Antony. "2013 Victorian Redistribution Analysis of Electoral Boundaries". ABC.

External links

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