Rowville
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Rowville (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created2014
MPKim Wells
PartyLiberal
Electors39,893 (2018)
Area62 km2 (23.9 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan

The electoral district of Rowville 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]

It largely covers the area of the abolished district of Scoresby, covering eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It includes the suburbs of Rowville, Lysterfield, Ferntree Gully, Scoresby and Knoxfield.[2]

The abolished seat of Scoresby was held by Liberal MP Kim Wells, who retained the new seat at the 2014 election.

Members

MemberPartyTerm
  Kim Wells Liberal 2014–present

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Rowville.[edit]
2022 Victorian state election: Rowville[3][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Kim Wells 17,600 40.6 −10.3
Labor Mannie Kaur Verma 14,283 32.9 −2.8
Independent Nicole Seymour 5,231 12.1 +12.1
Greens Angelica Di Camillo 3,055 7.0 −2.4
Family First Stephen Burgess 1,433 3.3 +3.3
Freedom Peterine Elizabeth Smulders 908 2.1 +2.1
Animal Justice Diane Glenane 859 2.0 +2.0
Total formal votes 43,369 95.4 +1.3
Informal votes 2,070 4.6 −1.3
Turnout 45,439 91.4 −1.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Kim Wells 23,274 53.7 −1.8
Labor Mannie Kaur Verma 20,095 46.3 +1.8
Liberal hold Swing−1.8

References

  1. ↑ "Summary of Changes". Victorian Electoral Boundary Commission. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Map of Rowville District". Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission.
  3. ↑ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  4. ↑ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  5. ↑ Rowville District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

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