Electoral district of Ovens Valley

Ovens Valley Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Ovens Valley (dark green) in Victoria
State	Victoria
Created	2014
MP	Tim McCurdy
Party	National Party of Australia
Electors	41,110 (2014)
Area	9,628 km^2 (3,717.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

The Electoral district of Ovens Valley 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 areas from the abolished district of Murray Valley, centering on the city of Wangaratta. It includes the towns of Yarrawonga, Cobram, and other towns in the local government areas of Moira, Wangaratta, and Alpine.^[2]

Ovens Valley is estimated to be a safe National Party seat with a margin of 19.2%.^[3]

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Tim McCurdy	National	2014–present

Election results

Victorian state election, 2014: Ovens Valley[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Tim McCurdy	20,394	55.5	−0.5
	Labor	Gail Cholosznecki	8,147	22.2	+2.5
	Greens	Jamie McCaffrey	3,694	10.0	+3.7
	Country Alliance	Julian Fidge	3,442	9.4	+3.6
	Independent	Ray Dyer	1,099	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			36,776	95.5	+0.3
Informal votes			1,730	4.5	−0.3
Turnout			38,506	93.7	+4.3
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Tim McCurdy	24,502	66.6	−2.7
	Labor	Gail Cholosznecki	12,305	33.4	+2.7
	National hold		Swing	−2.7

References

1. "Summary of Changes". Victorian Electoral Boundary Commission. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
2. "Map of Ovens Valley District". Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission.
3. Green, Antony. "2013 Victorian Redistribution Analysis of Electoral Boundaries". ABC.
4. State Election 2014: Ovens Valley District, VEC.

External links

• District profile from the Victorian Electoral Commission