Electoral district of Murray Plains
| Murray Plains Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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_2022.svg) Location of Murray Plains (dark green) in Victoria | |||||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||||
| Created | 2014 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Peter Walsh | ||||||||||||||
| Party | The Nationals | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Murray River | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 46,924 (2018) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 11,921 km2 (4,602.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Rural | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°46′S 143°50′E / 35.767°S 143.833°E | ||||||||||||||
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The electoral district of Murray Plains 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]
The district was created due to the abolition of the districts of Swan Hill and Rodney.[2] It is centred on the Murray River cities of Swan Hill and Echuca, including the towns of Kerang, Lake Boga, Cohuna and Rochester. It covers the Swan Hill, Gannawarra, Loddon and Campaspe local government areas.[3]
Murray Plains was contested in the 2014 election by the sitting National Party MP for the abolished district of Swan Hill, Peter Walsh, who retained the seat, and was re-elected in 2018.
Members
[edit]| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Walsh | National | 2014–present | |
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Peter Walsh | 24,831 | 61.8 | +1.4 | |
| Labor | Damien Hurrell | 7,543 | 18.8 | −0.6 | |
| Family First | Cameron Macpherson | 2,575 | 6.4 | +6.4 | |
| Freedom | Katia Bish | 1,752 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
| Greens | John Brownstein | 1,560 | 3.9 | −0.4 | |
| Ind. (Fusion) | Andrea Otto | 1,022 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
| Animal Justice | Glenys Leung | 908 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 40,181 | 93.8 | −0.7 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,647 | 6.2 | +0.7 | ||
| Turnout | 42,828 | 88.1 | −2.4 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| National | Peter Walsh | 29,483 | 73.4 | −0.5 | |
| Labor | Damien Hurrell | 10,698 | 26.6 | +0.5 | |
| National hold | Swing | −0.5 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "Summary of Changes". Victorian Electoral Boundary Commission. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- ^ Green, Antony (2014). "Antony Green's Analysis of the 2013 Redistribution". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ "Map of Murray Plains District". Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission.
- ^ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ Murray Plains District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.
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