Electoral district of Ashwood

The electoral district of Ashwood is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Melbourne, Australia. It was created in the redistribution of electoral boundaries in 2021, and came into effect at the 2022 Victorian state election.[1]

Ashwood
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Ashwood (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created2022
MPMatt Fregon
PartyLabor
NamesakeSuburb of Ashwood
Electors51,209 (2022)
Area29.44 km2 (11.4 sq mi)
DemographicUrban
Electorates around Ashwood:
Hawthorn Box Hill Glen Waverley
Malvern Ashwood Glen Waverley
Malvern Oakleigh Mulgrave

Ashwood covers areas of the abolished districts of Burwood and Mount Waverley with its boundaries being Burke Road to the west, the Monash Freeway to the south, Burwood Highway and Toorak Road to the north, and Blackburn Road to the east. The seat contains the suburbs of Ashburton, Ashwood, Chadstone, Glen Iris, Mount Waverley, and parts of Burwood, Burwood East, and Camberwell.[2]

The abolished seats of Burwood and Mount Waverley were held by Labor MPs Will Fowles and Matt Fregon respectively.

Members for Ashwood
MemberPartyTerm
  Matt Fregon Labor 2022–present

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Ashwood
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Ashwood.[edit]
2022 Victorian state election: Ashwood[3][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Matt Fregon 18,014 40.3 −0.1
Liberal Asher Judah 16,618 37.2 −7.1
Greens Peter Morgan 6,612 14.8 +2.7
Animal Justice Milton Griffiths 880 2.0 +0.5
Family First Keith Geyer 847 1.9 +1.9
Independent Lynnette Saloumi 704 1.6 +1.6
Freedom Norman F. Baker 568 1.3 +1.3
Independent Michael Doyle 467 1.0 +1.0
Total formal votes 44,710 96.6 +0.7
Informal votes 1,565 3.4 −0.7
Turnout 46,275 90.4 –0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Matt Fregon 25,106 56.2 +4.2
Liberal Asher Judah 19,604 43.8 −4.2
Labor hold Swing+4.2

See also

References
  1. "Summary of Changes". Victorian Electoral Boundary Commission. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  2. "Map of Ashwood District" (PDF). Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission.
  3. VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  4. Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  5. Ashwood District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 December 2022.


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