Sandringham
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Sandringham (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created1955
MPBrad Rowswell
PartyLiberal
Electors45,020 (2018)
Area24 km2 (9.3 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan

The electoral district of Sandringham is one of the electoral districts of Victoria, Australia, for the Victorian Legislative Assembly.[1] It consists of the Melbourne bayside suburbs of Beaumaris, Black Rock and Sandringham, and parts of Cheltenham, Hampton, Highett, and Mentone.

Since the seat was created in 1955, it has been held by the Liberal Party, except for the period 1982-5 when it was held by the Labor Party. The seat is currently held by Brad Rowswell of the Liberal Party with a margin of 5.1%. The Liberal Party experienced a swing towards it at the 2022 Victorian state election.

Members for Sandringham

MemberPartyTerm
  Murray Porter LCP 1955–1970
  Liberal
  Max Crellin Liberal 1970–1982
  Graham Ihlein Labor 1982–1985
  David Lea Liberal 1985–1992
  Murray Thompson Liberal 1992–2018
  Brad Rowswell Liberal 2018–present

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Sandringham.[edit]
2022 Victorian state election: Sandringham[2][3][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Brad Rowswell 18,783 46.4 +3.8
Labor Bettina Prescott 10,426 25.7 −7.4
Greens Alysia Regan 5,949 14.7 +6.5
Independent Clarke Martin 2,800 6.9 -1.6
Animal Justice Barbara Eppingstall 976 2.4 −0.8
Democratic Labour Karla Zmegac 749 1.9 −1.0
Family First Jill Chalmers 714 1.8 +1.8
Independent Rodney Campbell 115 0.3 +0.3
Total formal votes 40,510 96.0 +0.8
Informal votes 1,701 4.0 −0.8
Turnout 42,211 91.2 +2.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Brad Rowswell 22,294 55.0 +4.6
Labor Bettina Prescott 18,216 45.0 −4.6
Liberal hold Swing+4.6

References

  1. ↑ "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  2. ↑ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  3. ↑ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  4. ↑ Sandringham District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  5. ↑ Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.


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