Summary
The electoral district of Nepean is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly covering the southernmost part of the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia. It is named after Point Nepean which is contained within the electorate.
| Nepean Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Location of Nepean (dark green) in Victoria | |||||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||||
| Created | 2002 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Sam Groth | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Liberal Party | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 49,653 (2018) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 387 km2 (149.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Mixed rural and urban | ||||||||||||||
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The seat was created prior to the 2002 Victorian state election as a replacement for Dromana. Like its predecessor, historically it had been a relatively safe seat for the Liberal Party, although Labor came within 0.2% of winning it in 2002. In 2018, however, it was swept up in the massive Labor wave that swept through eastern Melbourne, with Chris Brayne succeeding retiring longtime Liberal incumbent and former minister Martin Dixon. Brayne is only the second Labor member ever to win the seat in either of its incarnations.
The seat has the oldest median age of any electorate in the state.[1]
Members for Nepean edit
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Dixon | Liberal | 2002–2018 | |
| Chris Brayne | Labor | 2018–2022 | |
| Sam Groth | Liberal | 2022–present | |
Election results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Sam Groth | 19,614 | 48.1 | +4.0 | |
| Labor | Chris Brayne | 13,308 | 32.6 | −5.3 | |
| Greens | Esther Gleixner | 3,576 | 8.8 | −2.2 | |
| Freedom | Hank Leine | 980 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
| Animal Justice | Pamela Engelander | 720 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
| Family First | Janny Dijkman | 638 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
| Companions and Pets | Jay Miller | 526 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
| Independent | Elizabeth Woolcock | 495 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
| Independent | Charelle Ainslie | 449 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
| Democratic Labour | Cynthia Skruzny | 369 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
| Independent | Steve Anger | 91 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
| Total formal votes | 40,766 | 93.7 | −0.9 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,753 | 6.3 | +0.9 | ||
| Turnout | 43,519 | 88.9 | +3.9 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Sam Groth | 22,986 | 56.4 | +7.1 | |
| Labor | Chris Brayne | 17,780 | 43.6 | −7.1 | |
| Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +7.1 | |||
References edit
- ^ "2016 Census QuickStats: Nepean (Eastern Victoria)". www.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ Nepean District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.
External links edit
- Electorate profile: Nepean, Victorian Electoral Commission