Electoral district of Hawthorn

Hawthorn Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Hawthorn (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Created	1889
MP	John Pesutto
Party	Liberal Party of Australia
Electors	42,149 (2014)
Area	19 km^2 (7.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner metropolitan
Coordinates	37°50′S 145°03′E / 37.833°S 145.050°ECoordinates: 37°50′S 145°03′E / 37.833°S 145.050°E

The Electoral district of Hawthorn is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was first proclaimed in 1888^[1] taking effect at the 1889 elections. It has usually been a safe seat for the Liberal Party and its predecessors, who have held it for all but eight years in its history (from 1940 to 1945 and 1952 to 1955).

The electorate is located to the east of Melbourne and centres on the suburb of Hawthorn, after which it is named. It also includes parts of Camberwell, Burwood and Glen Iris.

Notable former members for Hawthorn include former Premiers William Murray McPherson and Ted Baillieu and Hamer government minister Walter Jona.

Members for Hawthorn

Member		Party	Term
	Charles Taylor	Liberal	1889–1894
	Robert Smith	Conservative	1894–1900
	Robert Barbour	Liberal	1900–1901
		Ministerialist	1901–1902
	George Swinburne	Ministerialist	1902–1907
		Independent	1907–1911
		Liberal	1911–1913
	William Murray McPherson	Liberal	1913–1916
		Economy	1916–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1930
	John Gray	Nationalist	1930–1931
		United Australia	1931–1939
	Les Tyack	United Australia	1939–1940
	Leslie Hollins	Independent	1940–1945
	Fred Edmunds	Liberal	1945–1949
		Independent	1949–1950
	Les Tyack	Liberal	1950–1952
	Charles Murphy	Labor	1952–1955
		Labor (Anti-Communist)	1955–1955
	Jim Manson	Liberal	1955–1958
	Peter Garrisson	Liberal	1958–1963
		Independent	1963–1964
	Walter Jona	Liberal	1964–1985
	Phil Gude	Liberal	1985–1999
	Ted Baillieu	Liberal	1999–2014
	John Pesutto	Liberal	2014–present

Election results

Victorian state election, 2014: Hawthorn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Pesutto	20,551	54.5	−6.3
	Labor	John McNally	9,117	24.2	+3.1
	Greens	Tim Hartnett	8,042	21.3	+4.5
Total formal votes			37,710	96.2	−0.8
Informal votes			1,470	3.8	+0.8
Turnout			39,180	93.0	+1.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Pesutto	22,041	58.6	−8.0
	Labor	John McNally	15,577	41.4	+8.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−8.0

References

1. "The Electoral Act Amendment Act 1888" (PDF). Retrieved 11 March 2014.

• "Re-Member". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 12 March 2014.

External links

• Electorate profile: Hawthorn District, Victorian Electoral Commission