Electoral district of Ashwood
| Ashwood Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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_2022.svg) Location of Ashwood (dark green) in Greater Melbourne | |||||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||||
| Created | 2022 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Matt Fregon | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Suburb of Ashwood | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 51,209 (2022) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 29.44 km2 (11.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Urban | ||||||||||||||
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The electoral district of Ashwood is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Melbourne, Australia. It was created in the redistribution of electoral boundaries in 2021, and came into effect at the 2022 Victorian state election.[1]
Ashwood covers areas of the abolished districts of Burwood and Mount Waverley with its boundaries being Burke Road to the west, the Monash Freeway to the south, Burwood Highway and Toorak Road to the north, and Blackburn Road to the east. The seat contains the suburbs of Ashburton, Ashwood, Chadstone, Glen Iris, Mount Waverley, and parts of Burwood, Burwood East, and Camberwell.[2]
The abolished seats of Burwood and Mount Waverley were held by Labor MPs Will Fowles and Matt Fregon respectively.
Members for Ashwood
[edit]| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Matt Fregon | Labor | 2022–present | |
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Matt Fregon | 18,014 | 40.3 | −0.1 | |
| Liberal | Asher Judah | 16,618 | 37.2 | −7.1 | |
| Greens | Peter Morgan | 6,612 | 14.8 | +2.7 | |
| Animal Justice | Milton Griffiths | 880 | 2.0 | +0.5 | |
| Family First | Keith Geyer | 847 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
| Independent | Lynnette Saloumi | 704 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
| Freedom | Norman F. Baker | 568 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
| Independent | Michael Doyle | 467 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 44,710 | 96.6 | +0.7 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,565 | 3.4 | −0.7 | ||
| Turnout | 46,275 | 90.4 | –0.0 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Matt Fregon | 25,106 | 56.2 | +4.2 | |
| Liberal | Asher Judah | 19,604 | 43.8 | −4.2 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +4.2 | |||
See also
[edit]- Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
- List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
References
[edit]- ^ "Summary of Changes". Victorian Electoral Boundary Commission. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ "Map of Ashwood District" (PDF). Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission.
- ^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ Ashwood District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
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