Electoral district of Bulleen

The electoral district of Bulleen is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of 39 square kilometres (15 sq mi) in eastern Melbourne, including the suburbs of Bulleen, Doncaster, Templestowe Lower, and part of Templestowe. It lies within the Eastern Metropolitan Region of the upper house, the Legislative Council.^[1]

Bulleen Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Bulleen (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Created	1985
MP	Matthew Guy
Party	Liberal Party
Namesake	Bulleen
Electors	44,110 (2018)
Area	39 km2 (15.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan

Bulleen was created in 1985, and has been a safe seat for the Liberal Party since its inception. It was won at its first election by David Perrin, the outgoing secretary of the Victorian Dairy Industry Authority.^[2] Perrin served four terms as member for the seat, and was an outspoken conservative backbencher during the Kennett government, opposing Kennett on drug reform, euthanasia, and gay and lesbian anti-discrimination laws. In 1999, Perrin lost Liberal preselection to former Kennett adviser Nicholas Kotsiras in a bitter contest which saw numerous claims of branch stacking.^[3][4][5]

Kotsiras subsequently also served four terms as member for Bulleen. He held many shadow portfolios in opposition between 2002 and 2010, and served as a minister in both the Baillieu and Napthine governments from 2010 to 2014. He held the roles of Minister for Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship from 2010 to 2014, and Minister for Energy and Resources from 2013 to 2014. In early 2014, Kotsiras announced that he would retire at the 2014 election, and resigned from the ministry in March.^[6][7]

Kotsiras was succeeded as member for Bulleen by then-Legislative Council member and Minister for Planning Matthew Guy, who successfully switched to the Legislative Assembly.^[8][9] Guy was elected Opposition Leader in December 2014 in the aftermath of the Liberal government's election defeat.^[10]

Members for Bulleen

Member		Party	Term
	David Perrin	Liberal	1985–1999
	Nicholas Kotsiras	Liberal	1999–2014
	Matthew Guy	Liberal	2014–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Bulleen

2022 Victorian state election: Bulleen^{[11][12][13][14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Matthew Guy	20,645	48.1	−3.6
	Labor	Ian Rogers	14,052	32.7	−4.1
	Greens	Kellie Stafford	4,576	10.7	−0.3
	Freedom	Voula Patrikios	1,172	2.7	+2.7
	Family First	Jason Stokes	1,014	2.4	+2.4
	Animal Justice	Elnaz Jafari	867	2.0	+1.6
	Independent	Sanjeev Sabhlok	419	1.0	+1.0
	Independent	David Vincent	214	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			42,959	94.9	+1.4
Informal votes			2,326	5.1	−1.4
Turnout			45,285	89.7	+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Matthew Guy	24,030	55.9	+0.4
	Labor	Ian Rogers	18,929	44.1	−0.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.4

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Bulleen.[edit]

Two-party-preferred vote results in Bulleen

References

1. "Bulleen District profile". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
2. "David John Perrin". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
3. Magazinik, Michael (12 November 1998). "Kennett's orders – prepare for early poll". The Australian.
4. Owen, Kristin (15 July 1999). "Lib HQ dips into poll stacking row". Herald-Sun.
5. Hannan, Ewin (13 August 1999). "Bush trips delay poll date". The Age.
6. "Nicholas Kotsiras". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
7. "Victoria Cabinet reshuffle: Napthine names new ministers". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
8. "Multicultural Affairs Minister Kotsiras to retire as Matthew Guy set to bid for seat". Herald-Sun. 12 January 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
9. "Bulleen – Victorian Election 2014". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
10. Smethurst, Annika (4 December 2014). "Matthew Guy defeats Michael O'Brien in Liberal leadership ballot". Herald-Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
11. Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
12. VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
13. Bulleen District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
14. Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.

External links

• Electorate profile: Bulleen, Victorian Electoral Commission