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] The last redivision completed in October 2021, and all changes came into effect on 1 November 2022, when the writ for the 2022 State election was issued. [3] The redivision created 9 new districts, removed 9 districts, renamed one region, and adjusted most other boundaries. [4]

Current districts

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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 Eden Foster 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 Independent
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
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 Independent 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

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

Abolished

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New districts

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Former districts

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All districts with creation and abolition dates

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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
1889 1904
Ararat 1859 1904
Ascot Vale 1955 1958
1976 1985
Ashwood 2022 current
Avoca 1859 1889
Ballarat 1927 1955
Ballarat East 1859 1927
1992 2014
Ballarat North 1955 1992
Ballarat South 1955 1992
Ballarat West 1859 1927
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
1985 current
Benalla 1904 2014
Benalla and Yarrawonga 1889 1904
Benambra 1877 current
Bendigo 1927 1985
Bendigo East 1904 1927
1985 current
Bendigo West 1904 1927
1985 current
Bennettswood 1967 2002
Bentleigh 1967 current
Berwick 1976 2002
2022 current
Bogong 1889 1904
Boroondara 1877 1889
1904 1945
Borung 1889 1927
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
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
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
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
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
1958 1967
Flemington 1904 1945
1955 1967
Footscray 1877 1904
1927 current
Forest Hill 1976 2022
Frankston 1967 1985
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
1976 1985
Geelong North 1967 2002
Geelong West 1859 1877
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
1985 2002
Gisborne 1967 2002
Glen Iris 1945 1955
1967 1976
Glen Waverley 1985 2002
2022 current
Glenelg 1904 1927
Glenhuntly 1967 1985
Glenroy 1976 1985
Goulburn 1945 1955
Goulburn Valley 1904 1945
Grant 1877 1904
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
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
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
1955 current
Lyndhurst 2002 2014
Macedon 2002 current
Maldon 1859 1904
Malvern 1945 current
Mandurang 1859 1904
Maryborough 1859 1877
1889 1927
Maryborough and Daylesford 1927 1945
Maryborough and Talbot 1877 1889
Melbourne 1856 1859
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
1985 current
Morwell 1955 current
Mount Waverley 2002 2022
Mulgrave 1958 1967
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
2022 current
Pascoe Vale 1955 1958
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
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
2014 current
Ripon 1945 1955
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
2002 2014 renamed to Rowville
Seymour 1992 2014
Shepparton 1945 1955
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
2014 current
St Kilda 1856 1992
Stawell 1877 1904
Stawell and Ararat 1904 1945
Sunbury 2014 current
Sunshine 1945 1955
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
1967 2002
Wendouree 2014 current
Werribee 1976 2002
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
1992 2002
Windermere 1889 1904
Wonthaggi 1927 1955
Yan Yean 1992 current
Yarraville 1958 1967
Yuroke 2002 2022

References

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  1. ^ Report on the 2012-13 redivision of electoral boundaries Electoral Boundaries Commission
  2. ^ "Past redivisions". Electoral Boundaries Commission. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015.
  3. ^ "State boundary reviews".
  4. ^ "State boundary reviews". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 8 April 2024.

Other sources

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