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The electoral district of Mornington is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. The electorate can be described as outer metropolitan and rural, including animal farming, grape production and wineries.[1] The district is 155 square kilometres in area.[2]
| Mornington Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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_2022.svg) Location of Mornington (dark green) in Victoria | |||||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1859–1967 1985–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Chris Crewther | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Liberal | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Mornington | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 47,184 (2018) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 155 km2 (59.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Outer metropolitan and rural fringe | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°15′S 145°04′E | ||||||||||||||
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It was first created in 1859 when the Electoral district of Evelyn and Mornington was abolished and split in two.[3] The district of Mornington initially included the entire Mornington Peninsula, Phillip Island and French Island.[3] Currently it includes Mornington, Mount Eliza, Mount Martha and Tuerong, and parts of Baxter and Moorooduc.[2]
Mornington has been held by the Liberal Party since it was re-created in 1985. Since 2022, the member for Mornington is Chris Crewther, who previously held the overlapping federal seat of Dunkley from 2016 to 2019.
| First incarnation (1859–1967) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| William Lyall | Unaligned | 1859–1861 | |
| Henry Samuel Chapman | Unaligned | 1861–1862 | |
| Sir James McCulloch | Unaligned | 1862–1872 | |
| James Purves | Unaligned | 1872–1880 | |
| James Gibb | Unaligned | 1880–1886 | |
| Louis Smith | Unaligned | 1886–1894 | |
| Alfred Downward | Unaligned | 1894–1929 | |
| Herbert Downward | Country | 1929–1932 | |
| Alfred Kirton | United Australia | 1932–1947 | |
| Country | |||
| William Leggatt | Liberal | 1947–1956 | |
| Roberts Dunstan | Liberal | 1956–1967 | |
| Second incarnation (1985–present) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Robin Cooper | Liberal | 1985–2006 | |
| David Morris | Liberal | 2006–2022 | |
| Chris Crewther | Liberal | 2022–present | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Chris Crewther | 17,910 | 42.58 | −8.01 | |
| Independent | Kate Lardner | 9,432 | 22.42 | +22.42 | |
| Labor | Georgia Fowler | 9,246 | 21.98 | −12.30 | |
| Greens | Harry Sinclair | 2,677 | 6.38 | −3.42 | |
| Freedom | Paul Pettitt | 1,041 | 2.47 | +2.47 | |
| Animal Justice | Leonie Schween | 740 | 1.76 | −3.57 | |
| Independent | Jane Agirtan | 641 | 1.52 | +1.52 | |
| Family First | Ross Hayward | 375 | 0.89 | +0.89 | |
| Total formal votes | 42,062 | 95.85 | +0.38 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,823 | 4.15 | −0.38 | ||
| Turnout | 43,885 | 91.34 | −0.64 | ||
| Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
| Liberal | Chris Crewther | 24,514 | 58.28 | +3.28 | |
| Labor | Georgia Fowler | 17,548 | 41.72 | −3.28 | |
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Chris Crewther | 21,326 | 50.70 | −4.30 | |
| Independent | Kate Lardner | 20,736 | 49.30 | +49.30 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
