Electoral district of Kew

Kew Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Kew (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Created	1927
MP	Tim Smith
Party	Liberal Party of Australia
Namesake	Suburb of Kew
Electors	43,898 (2014)
Area	28 km^2 (10.8 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan

The Electoral district of Kew is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. Located in eastern Melbourne, a few kilometres from the city centre, it is centred on the suburb of Kew. It also contains parts of Balwyn and Canterbury.

The seat was created in 1927 and has been a safe seat for the Liberal Party and its predecessors. The most notable former member is Dick Hamer, who was Premier of Victoria from 1972 until 1981. From 1927 to 1981, it was held by only three members, all of whom eventually became Deputy Premiers—Wilfrid Kent Hughes, Arthur Rylah and Hamer.

The current member is Tim Smith.

The seat is located almost entirely within the blue-ribbon federal Liberal seat of Kooyong.

Members for Kew

Member		Party	Term
	Wilfrid Kent Hughes	Nationalist	1927–1931
		United Australia	1931–1945
		Liberal / LCP	1945–1949
	Arthur Rylah	LCP / Liberal	1949–1971
	Dick Hamer	Liberal	1971–1981
	Prue Sibree	Liberal	1981–1988
	Jan Wade	Liberal	1988–1999
	Andrew McIntosh	Liberal	1999–2014
	Tim Smith	Liberal	2014–present

Election results

Victorian state election, 2014: Kew
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tim Smith	22,552	57.2	−3.4
	Labor	James Gaffey	10,448	26.5	+3.2
	Greens	Lynn Frankes	6,433	16.3	+1.9
Total formal votes			39,433	95.9	−0.8
Informal votes			1,691	4.1	+0.8
Turnout			41,124	93.7	+1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tim Smith	23,899	60.6	−5.0
	Labor	James Gaffey	15,510	39.4	+5.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.0

External links

• Electorate profile: Kew District, Victorian Electoral Commission