Electoral district of Ovens Valley

The electoral district of Ovens Valley is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was created in the redistribution of electoral boundaries in 2013, and came into effect at the 2014 state election.^[1]

Ovens Valley Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Ovens Valley (dark green) in Victoria
State	Victoria
Created	2014
MP	Tim McCurdy
Party	National Party
Namesake	Ovens River
Electors	43,200 (2018)
Area	10,558 km2 (4,076.5 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural
Electorates around Ovens Valley: Shepparton New South Wales Benambra Euroa Ovens Valley Benambra Eildon Gippsland East Gippsland East

It largely covers areas from the abolished district of Murray Valley, centering on the city of Wangaratta. It includes the towns of Yarrawonga, Cobram, and other towns in the local government areas of Moira, Wangaratta, and Alpine.^[2]

The abolished seat of Murray Valley was held by Nationals MP Tim McCurdy, who retained the new seat at the 2014 election.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Tim McCurdy	National	2014–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Ovens Valley

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Tim McCurdy	21,057	52.1	+10.4
	Labor	Zuvele Leschen	8,369	20.7	+0.0
	Greens	Zoe Kromar	3,625	9.0	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Fidge	2,995	7.4	+7.4
	Freedom	Mark Bugge	1,932	4.8	+4.8
	Family First	Anna Wise	1,403	3.5	+3.5
	Animal Justice	Aisha Slater	1,009	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			40,382	95.1	+0.4
Informal votes			2,114	4.9	−0.4
Turnout			42,496	88.3	−2.1
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Tim McCurdy	27,395	67.8	+5.7
	Labor	Zuvele Leschen	12,987	32.2	−5.7
	National hold		Swing	+5.7

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

References

1. "Summary of Changes". Victorian Electoral Boundary Commission. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
2. "Map of Ovens Valley District". Victorian Electoral Boundaries 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. Ovens Valley 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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