Electoral district of Ovens Valley

Ovens Valley
VictoriaLegislative 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 km2 (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

MemberPartyTerm
  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

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