Electoral district of Clarinda

The electoral district of Clarinda is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was created for the 2014 state election^[1] and is represented by Meng Heang Tak for the Labor Party.

Clarinda Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Clarinda (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Created	2014
MP	Meng Heang Tak
Party	Labor
Namesake	Clarinda
Electors	44,462 (2018)
Area	45 km2 (17.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan

It largely covers the area of the abolished district of Clayton, covering south east suburbs in Melbourne. It includes all or parts of the suburbs of Clarinda, Clayton, Springvale, Heatherton, Mentone, Dingley Village and Cheltenham.^[2]

Members for Clarinda

Member		Party	Term
	Hong Lim	Labor	2014–2018
	Meng Heang Tak	Labor	2018–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Clarinda

2022 Victorian state election: Clarinda^[3][4][5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Meng Heang Tak	18,441	45.5	−9.1
	Liberal	Anthony Richardson	11,593	28.6	+1.0
	Greens	Jessamine Moffett	3,227	7.9	+0.9
	Independent	Caroline White	3,167	7.8	+7.8
	Family First	Karen Hastings	1,215	3.0	+3.0
	Independent	Hung Vo	1,122	2.8	+0.0
	Animal Justice	Sue Litchfield	1,005	2.5	+0.3
	Freedom	Steve Wolfe	794	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			40,564	94.2	+0.8
Informal votes			2,477	5.8	−0.8
Turnout			43,041	88.8	−0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Meng Heang Tak	24,416	60.2	−4.7
	Liberal	Anthony Richardson	16,148	39.8	+4.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.7

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

Graphical summary

Two-party-preferred vote results in Clarinda

References

1. "Summary of Changes". Victorian Electoral Boundary Commission. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
2. "Map of Clarinda District" (PDF). Victorian Electoral Boundary Commission.
3. Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
4. VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
5. Clarinda District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
6. Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.

External links

• District profile from the Victorian Electoral Commission

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