Mount Waverley
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Mount Waverley (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created2002
Abolished2022
MPMatt Fregon
PartyAustralian Labor Party
Electors38,937 (2018)
Area26 km2 (10.0 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan

The electoral district of Mount Waverley was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was located in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne and contained the suburbs of Glen Waverley and Mount Waverley.

The seat was created prior to the 2002 election replacing the normally safe Liberal seat of Glen Waverley. When created, Mount Waverley had a notional Liberal margin of 9.1% but it was won by Labor's Maxine Morand at the 2002 election in a swing of 11.4%. It was one of four seats won by Labor on Green preferences after trailing the Liberals on the primary vote results. Liberal candidate Michael Gidley won the seat at the 2010 state election with a swing of 7.4%.[1] Gidley held the seat until being defeated by Labor's Matt Fregon at the 2018 state election.

The seat was abolished by the Electoral Boundaries Commission ahead of the 2022 election and split into the electoral districts of Glen Waverley and Ashwood.[2]

Members for Mount Waverley

MemberPartyTerm
  Maxine Morand Labor 2002–2010
  Michael Gidley Liberal 2010–2018
  Matt Fregon Labor 2018–2022

Election results

2018 Victorian state election: Mount Waverley[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Michael Gidley 15,495 46.03 −5.12
Labor Matt Fregon 14,722 43.74 +7.00
Greens Justin McCarthy 3,444 10.23 +0.67
Total formal votes 33,661 94.94 −1.25
Informal votes 1,795 5.06 +1.25
Turnout 35,456 91.06 −2.23
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Matt Fregon 17,453 51.85 +6.44
Liberal Michael Gidley 16,208 48.15 −6.44
Labor gain from Liberal Swing+6.44

References

  1. ↑ "Victoria Votes 2010". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  2. ↑ Green, Antony. "New Victorian State Electoral Boundaries Finalised – Antony Green's Election Blog". Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  3. ↑ State Election 2018: Mount Waverley District, VEC.


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