Electoral districts of Victoria

Electoral districts of Victoria are the electoral districts, commonly referred to as "seats" or "electorates", into which the Australian State of Victoria is divided for the purpose of electing members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, one of the two houses of the Parliament of the State. The State is divided into 88 single-member districts. The Legislative Assembly has had 88 electorates since the 1985 election, increased from 81 previously.

Map of Victorian electoral districts coloured by result at the 2014 Victorian state election

Electoral boundaries are redrawn from time to time, in a process called redivision. The last redivision took place in 2021, when the Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission reviewed Victoria's district boundaries. The boundaries arising from the 2013 redivision applied at the 2014 and the 2018 state elections.[1] Previous redivisions took place in 2005, 2001 and 1991.[2] A redivision is currently in progress and is expected to be completed by October 2021.[3]

Current districts

As of November 2022, there are 88 electoral districts.

(Note: some current electoral districts have been previously abolished and recreated; the below table lists the year of each district’s original inception.)

Name	Formed	Electoral region	Size (km²)	Current Member	Member's Party
Albert Park	1889	Southern Metropolitan	21	Nina Taylor	Labor
Ashwood	2022	Southern Metropolitan	29	Matt Fregon	Labor
Bass	2002	Eastern Victoria	1,358	Jordan Crugnale	Labor
Bayswater	1992	North-Eastern Metropolitan	39	Jackson Taylor	Labor
Bellarine	1967	Western Victoria	356	Alison Marchant	Labor
Benambra	1877	Northern Victoria	9,147	Bill Tilley	Liberal
Bendigo East	1904	Northern Victoria	2,711	Jacinta Allan	Labor
Bendigo West	1904	Northern Victoria	1,524	Maree Edwards	Labor
Bentleigh	1967	Southern Metropolitan	25	Nick Staikos	Labor
Berwick	1976	South-Eastern Metropolitan	99	Brad Battin	Liberal
Box Hill	1945	North-Eastern Metropolitan	29	Paul Hamer	Labor
Brighton	1856	Southern Metropolitan	20	James Newbury	Liberal
Broadmeadows	1955	Northern Metropolitan	47	Kathleen Matthews-Ward	Labor
Brunswick	1904	Northern Metropolitan	14	Tim Read	Greens
Bulleen	1985	North-Eastern Metropolitan	39	Matthew Guy	Liberal
Bundoora	1976	North-Eastern Metropolitan	35	Colin Brooks	Labor
Carrum	1976	South-Eastern Metropolitan	87	Sonya Kilkenny	Labor
Caulfield	1927	Southern Metropolitan	17	David Southwick	Liberal
Clarinda	2014	South-Eastern Metropolitan	45	Meng Heang Tak	Labor
Cranbourne	1992	South-Eastern Metropolitan	63	Pauline Richards	Labor
Croydon	2014	North-Eastern Metropolitan	42	David Hodgett	Liberal
Dandenong	1904	South-Eastern Metropolitan	58	Gabrielle Williams	Labor
Eildon	2014	Northern Victoria	10,061	Cindy McLeish	Liberal
Eltham	1992	North-Eastern Metropolitan	73	Vicki Ward	Labor
Essendon	1904	Northern Metropolitan	24	Danny Pearson	Labor
Eureka	2022	Western Victoria	3,915	Michaela Settle	Labor
Euroa	2014	Northern Victoria	11,452	Annabelle Cleeland	Nationals
Evelyn	1859	Eastern Victoria	255	Bridget Vallence	Liberal
Footscray	1877	Western Metropolitan	23	Katie Hall	Labor
Frankston	1967	South-Eastern Metropolitan	43	Paul Edbrooke	Labor
Geelong	1856	Western Victoria	328	Christine Couzens	Labor
Gippsland East	1889	Eastern Victoria	27,544	Tim Bull	Nationals
Gippsland South	1859	Eastern Victoria	8,232	Danny O'Brien	Nationals
Glen Waverley	1985	North-Eastern Metropolitan	36	John Mullahy	Labor
Greenvale	2022	Northern Metropolitan	60	Iwan Walters	Labor
Hastings	2002	Eastern Victoria	395	Paul Mercurio	Labor
Hawthorn	1889	Southern Metropolitan	21	John Pesutto	Liberal
Ivanhoe	1945	North-Eastern Metropolitan	31	Anthony Carbines	Labor
Kalkallo	2022	Northern Metropolitan	262	Ros Spence	Labor
Kew	1927	Southern Metropolitan	31	Jess Wilson	Liberal
Kororoit	2002	Western Metropolitan	124	Luba Grigorovitch	Labor
Lara	2002	Western Victoria	702	Ella George	Labor
Laverton	2022	Western Metropolitan	87	Sarah Connolly	Labor
Lowan	1889	Western Victoria	41,858	Emma Kealy	Nationals
Macedon	2002	Northern Victoria	3,366	Mary-Anne Thomas	Labor
Malvern	1945	Southern Metropolitan	20	Michael O'Brien	Liberal
Melbourne	1856	Northern Metropolitan	25	Ellen Sandell	Greens
Melton	1992	Western Victoria	332	Steve McGhie	Labor
Mildura	1927	Northern Victoria	37,529	Jade Benham	Nationals
Mill Park	1992	North-Eastern Metropolitan	42	Lily D'Ambrosio	Labor
Monbulk	1967	Eastern Victoria	459	Daniela De Martino	Labor
Mordialloc	1992	South-Eastern Metropolitan	56	Tim Richardson	Labor
Mornington	1859	Eastern Victoria	155	Chris Crewther	Liberal
Morwell	1955	Eastern Victoria	908	Martin Cameron	Nationals
Mulgrave	1958	South-Eastern Metropolitan	36	Daniel Andrews	Labor
Murray Plains	2014	Northern Victoria	11,921	Peter Walsh	Nationals
Narracan	1967	Eastern Victoria	4,503	Wayne Farnham	Liberal
Narre Warren North	2002	South-Eastern Metropolitan	70	Belinda Wilson	Labor
Narre Warren South	2002	South-Eastern Metropolitan	40	Gary Maas	Labor
Nepean	2002	Eastern Victoria	387	Sam Groth	Liberal
Niddrie	1976	Western Metropolitan	39	Ben Carroll	Labor
Northcote	1927	Northern Metropolitan	21	Kat Theophanous	Labor
Oakleigh	1927	Southern Metropolitan	32	Steve Dimopoulos	Labor
Ovens Valley	2014	Northern Victoria	10,558	Tim McCurdy	Nationals
Pakenham	1992	Eastern Victoria	226	Emma Vulin	Labor
Pascoe Vale	1955	Northern Metropolitan	21	Anthony Cianflone	Labor
Point Cook	2022	Western Metropolitan	88	Mathew Hilakari	Labor
Polwarth	1889	Western Victoria	8,860	Richard Riordan	Liberal
Prahran	1889	Southern Metropolitan	11	Sam Hibbins	Greens
Preston	1945	Northern Metropolitan	27	Nathan Lambert	Labor
Richmond	1856	Northern Metropolitan	13	Gabrielle de Vietri	Greens
Ringwood	1958	North-Eastern Metropolitan	35	Will Fowles	Independent Labor
Ripon	1945	Western Victoria	14,444	Martha Haylett	Labor
Rowville	2014	South-Eastern Metropolitan	62	Kim Wells	Liberal
Sandringham	1955	Southern Metropolitan	24	Brad Rowswell	Liberal
Shepparton	1945	Northern Victoria	3,289	Kim O'Keeffe	Nationals
South Barwon	1976	Western Victoria	361	Darren Cheeseman	Labor
South-West Coast	2002	Western Victoria	6,576	Roma Britnell	Liberal
St Albans	1985	Western Metropolitan	35	Natalie Suleyman	Labor
Sunbury	2014	Western Metropolitan	340	Josh Bull	Labor
Sydenham	2014	Western Metropolitan	96	Natalie Hutchins	Labor
Tarneit	2002	Western Metropolitan	76	Dylan Wight	Labor
Thomastown	1985	Northern Metropolitan	91	Bronwyn Halfpenny	Labor
Warrandyte	1976	North-Eastern Metropolitan	107	Nicole Werner	Liberal
Wendouree	2014	Western Victoria	64	Juliana Addison	Labor
Werribee	1976	Western Metropolitan	339	Tim Pallas	Labor
Williamstown	1856	Western Metropolitan	52	Melissa Horne	Labor
Yan Yean	1992	Northern Victoria	611	Lauren Kathage	Labor

2021 redistricting

Due to the redistricting process that takes place every eight years, there were nine seats that were abolished and nine new seats.

Abolished

New districts

Former districts

Historical Electoral Districts of Victoria
Districts 1856-1859
Districts 1859-1877
Map of country districts (2006–2014)
Map of greater Melbourne districts (2006–2014)

All districts with creation and abolition dates

District	Created	Abolished	Notes
Abbotsford	1904	1927
Albert Park	1889	current
Alberton	1856	1859	absorbed into South Gipps Land 1859
Allandale	1904	1955	created when Clunes and Allandale was split up
Altona	1992	2022
Anglesey	1856	1859	Renamed to Dalhousie
Anglesey	1889	1904
Ararat	1859	1904
Ascot Vale	1955	1958
Ascot Vale	1976	1985
Ashwood	2022	current
Avoca	1859	1889
Ballarat	1927	1955
Ballarat East	1859	1927
Ballarat East	1992	2014
Ballarat North	1955	1992
Ballarat South	1955	1992
Ballarat West	1859	1927
Ballarat West	1992	2014
Balwyn	1955	1992
Barwon	1877	1955
Bass	2002	current
Bayswater	1992	current
Belfast	1856	1889	renamed to Port Fairy 1889
Bellarine	1967	1976
Bellarine	1985	current
Benalla	1904	2014
Benalla and Yarrawonga	1889	1904
Benambra	1877	current
Bendigo	1927	1985
Bendigo East	1904	1927
Bendigo East	1985	current
Bendigo West	1904	1927
Bendigo West	1985	current
Bennettswood	1967	2002
Bentleigh	1967	current
Berwick	1976	2002
Berwick	2022	current
Bogong	1889	1904
Boroondara	1877	1889
Boroondara	1904	1945
Borung	1889	1927
Borung	1945	1955
Box Hill	1945	current
Brighton	1856	current
Broadmeadows	1955	current
Brunswick	1904	1955
	1976	1992
	2002	current
Brunswick East	1955	1976
Brunswick West	1955	1976
Bulla	1904	1927
Bulla and Dalhousie	1927	1945
Bulleen	1985	current
Bundoora	1976	current
Buninyong	2014	2022
Burwood	1955	1967
Burwood	1976	2022
Camberwell	1945	1976
Carlton	1877	1958
Carlton South	1889	1904
Carrum	1976	current
Castlemaine	1859	1904
Castlemaine and Kyneton	1927	1945
Castlemaine and Maldon	1904	1927
Castlemaine Boroughs	1856	1859
Caulfield	1927	current
Caulfield East	1955	1958
Clarinda	2014	current
Clayton	1985	2014
Clifton Hill	1927	1955
Clunes and Allandale	1889	1904
Coburg	1927	2002
Colac	1856	1859
Collingwood	1856	1958
Cranbourne	1992	current
Creswick	1859	1904
Crowlands	1859	1877
Croydon	2014	current
Dalhousie	1859	1889	renamed from Anglesey
Dalhousie	1904	1927
Dandenong	1904	current
Dandenong and Berwick	1889	1904
Dandenong North	1985	2002
Daylesford	1889	1927
Deer Park	1967	1976
Delatite	1877	1904
Derrimut	1985	1992
Derrimut	2002	2014
Donald and Swan Hill	1889	1904
Doncaster	1976	2014
Doveton	1985	1992
Dromana	1967	2002
Dundas	1859	1976	renamed from Dundas and Follett - same area
Dundas and Follett	1856	1859	renamed Dundas in 1859
Dunolly	1889	1904
Eaglehawk	1889	1927
East Bourke	1856	1904
East Bourke Boroughs	1859	1904
East Melbourne	1859	1927
Eastern Suburbs	1889	1904
Eildon	2014	current
Elsternwick	1945	1967
Eltham	1992	current
Emerald Hill	1859	1904
Essendon	1904	1955
Essendon	1958	current
Essendon and Flemington	1889	1904
Eureka	2022	current
Euroa	2014	current
Evelyn	1859	current
Evelyn and Mornington	1856	1859
Ferntree Gully	2002	2022
Fitzroy	1877	1927
Fitzroy	1958	1967
Flemington	1904	1945
Flemington	1955	1967
Footscray	1877	1904
Footscray	1927	current
Forest Hill	1976	2022
Frankston	1967	1985
Frankston	1992	current
Frankston East	1992	2002
Frankston North	1985	1992
Frankston South	1985	1992
Geelong	1856	1859
	1877	1976
	1985	current
Geelong East	1859	1877
Geelong East	1976	1985
Geelong North	1967	2002
Geelong West	1859	1877
Geelong West	1955	1985
Gembrook	2002	2022
Gippsland	1856	1859
Gippsland Central	1889	1904
Gippsland East	1889	current
Gippsland North	1859	1955	known as North Gippsland 1859-1889
Gippsland South	1859	current	known as South Gippsland 1859-1889
Gippsland West	1889	1976
Gippsland West	1985	2002
Gisborne	1967	2002
Glen Iris	1945	1955
Glen Iris	1967	1976
Glen Waverley	1985	2002
Glen Waverley	2022	current
Glenelg	1904	1927
Glenhuntly	1967	1985
Glenroy	1976	1985
Goulburn	1945	1955
Goulburn Valley	1904	1945
Grant	1877	1904
Grant	1927	1967
Greensborough	1967	1992
Greenvale	2022	current
Grenville	1859	1927
Gunbower	1889	1945
Hampden	1904	1976
Hastings	2002	current
Hawthorn	1889	current
Heatherton	1967	1985
Heidelberg	1927	1945
Horsham	1889	1904
Ivanhoe	1945	current
Jika Jika	1904	1927
Jolimont and West Richmond	1889	1904
Kalkallo	2022	current
Kara Kara	1877	1927
Kara Kara	1955	1976
Kara Kara and Borung	1927	1945
Keilor	1976	2014
Kew	1927	current
Keysborough	2014	2022
Kilmore	1856	1877
Kilmore and Anglesey	1877	1889
Kilmore, Dalhousie and Lancefield	1889	1904
Kilsyth	2002	2014
Knox	1976	2002
Korong	1889	1927
Korong	1945	1955
Korong and Eaglehawk	1927	1945
Kororoit	2002	current
Kyneton	1889	1904
Kyneton Boroughs	1856	1889
Lara	2002	current
Laverton	2022	current
Loddon	1856	1859
Lowan	1889	1945
Lowan	1955	current
Lyndhurst	2002	2014
Macedon	2002	current
Maldon	1859	1904
Malvern	1945	current
Mandurang	1859	1904
Maryborough	1859	1877
Maryborough	1889	1927
Maryborough and Daylesford	1927	1945
Maryborough and Talbot	1877	1889
Melbourne	1856	1859
Melbourne	1889	current
Melbourne South	1889	1904
Melton	1992	current
Mentone	1945	1992
Mernda	1945	1955
Midlands	1945	1985
Mildura	1927	current
Mill Park	1992	current
Mitcham	1967	2014
Moira	1877	1889
Monbulk	1967	current
Moonee Ponds	1945	1976
Moorabbin	1955	1976
Mooroolbark	1992	2002
Mordialloc	1992	current
Mornington	1859	1967
Mornington	1985	current
Morwell	1955	current
Mount Waverley	2002	2022
Mulgrave	1958	1967
Mulgrave	2002	current
Murray	1856	1877	a.k.a. The Murray
Murray Boroughs	1856	1877
Murray Plains	2014	current	renamed from Swan Hill
Murray Valley	1945	2014
Narracan	1967	current
Narre Warren North	2002	current
Narre Warren South	2002	current
Nepean	2002	current
Niddrie	1976	current
Noble Park	1976	1985
Normanby	1856	1904
North Gippsland	1859	1889	See Gippsland North
North Grant	1856	1859
North Grenville	1856	1859
North Melbourne	1859	1927
Northcote	1927	current
Numurkah and Nathalia	1889	1904
Nunawading	1927	1945
Oakleigh	1927	current
Ormond	1958	1967
Ouyen	1927	1945
Ovens	1856	1927	a.k.a. The Ovens
Ovens Valley	2014	current
Pakenham	1992	2002
Pakenham	2022	current
Pascoe Vale	1955	1958
Pascoe Vale	1985	current
Point Cook	2022	current
Polwarth	1889	current
Polwarth and South Grenville	1859	1889
Polwarth, Ripon, Hampden and South Grenville	1856	1859
Port Fairy	1889	1927	renamed from Belfast 1889
Port Fairy and Glenelg	1927	1945
Port Melbourne	1889	1958
Portland	1856	1904
Portland	1945	2002
Prahran	1889	current
Preston	1945	current
Public Officers	1904	1907
Railway Officers	1904	1907
Rainbow	1945	1955
Reservoir	1955	1992
Richmond	1856	current
Ringwood	1958	1992
Ringwood	2014	current
Ripon	1945	1955
Ripon	1976	current
Ripon and Hampden	1859	1904
Ripponlea	1955	1967
Rodney	1856	2014
Rowville	2014	current	renamed from Scoresby
Sandhurst	1856	1904
Sandhurst South	1889	1904
Sandridge	1859	1889
Sandringham	1955	current
Scoresby	1945	1976
Scoresby	2002	2014	renamed to Rowville
Seymour	1992	2014
Shepparton	1945	1955
Shepparton	1967	current
Shepparton and Euroa	1889	1904
South Barwon	1976	current
South Bourke	1856	1889
South Gippsland	1859	1889	See Gippsland South
South Grant	1856	1877
South Melbourne	1856	1859
South West Coast	2002	current
South Yarra	1889	1904
Springvale	1976	2002
St Albans	1985	1992
St Albans	2014	current
St Kilda	1856	1992
Stawell	1877	1904
Stawell and Ararat	1904	1945
Sunbury	2014	current
Sunshine	1945	1955
Sunshine	1967	2002
Swan Hill	1904	2014	renamed to Murray Plains
Sydenham	2014	current
Syndal	1967	1992
Talbot	1856	1859
Talbot and Avoca	1889	1904
Tarneit	2002	current
Thomastown	1985	current
Toorak	1889	1967
Tullamarine	1992	2002
Upper Goulburn	1904	1945
Upper Yarra	1927	1945
Villiers and Heytesbury	1856	1904
Walhalla	1904	1945
Wangaratta	1904	1927
Wangaratta and Ovens	1927	1945
Wangaratta and Rutherglen	1889	1904
Wantirna	1976	2002
Waranga	1904	1945
Warrandyte	1976	current
Warrenheip	1889	1927
Warrenheip and Grenville	1927	1945
Warrnambool	1856	1955
Warrnambool	1967	2002
Wendouree	2014	current
Werribee	1976	2002
Werribee	2014	current
West Bourke	1856	1904
West Melbourne	1859	1904	a.k.a. Melbourne West
Westernport	1976	1985
Whittlesea	1985	1992
Williamstown	1856	current
Wimmera	1856	1889
Wimmera	1992	2002
Windermere	1889	1904
Wonthaggi	1927	1955
Yan Yean	1992	current
Yarraville	1958	1967
Yuroke	2002	2022

References

Report on the 2012-13 redivision of electoral boundaries Electoral Boundaries Commission
"Past redivisions". Electoral Boundaries Commission. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015.
2020–21 State electoral boundary redivision

Other sources

Hansard, Parliament of Victoria

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[ebc-1] Report on the 2012-13 redivision of electoral boundaries Electoral Boundaries Commission

[pastrediv-2] "Past redivisions". Electoral Boundaries Commission. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015.

[3] 2020–21 State electoral boundary redivision

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