Electoral district of Sandringham

Sandringham
VictoriaLegislative Assembly

Location of Sandringham (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State Victoria
Created 1955
MP Murray Thompson
Party Liberal
Electors 41,456 (2014)
Area 24 km2 (9.3 sq mi)
Demographic Metropolitan

The Electoral district of Sandringham is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.[1] It consists of the Melbourne bayside suburbs of Beaumaris, Black Rock and Sandringham, and parts of Cheltenham, Hampton, Highett, and Mentone.

Members for Sandringham

MemberPartyTerm
  Murray Porter LCP 1955–1970
  Liberal
  Max Crellin Liberal 1970–1982
  Graham Ihlein Labor 1982–1985
  David Lea Liberal 1985–1992
  Murray Thompson Liberal 1992–present

Election results

Victorian state election, 2014: Sandringham[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Murray Thompson 19,264 51.6 −9.0
Labor Christina Zigouras 9,103 24.4 +2.4
Greens Adam McBeth 5,144 13.8 −2.0
Independent Clarke Martin 3,840 10.3 +10.3
Total formal votes 37,351 96.5 +0.3
Informal votes 1,369 3.5 −0.3
Turnout 38,720 93.4 +3.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Murray Thompson 21,393 57.3 −8.2
Labor Christina Zigouras 15,920 42.7 +8.2
Liberal hold Swing −8.2

External links

References

  1. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  2. State Election 2014: Sandringham District, VEC.


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