Electoral district of Keysborough

Keysborough
VictoriaLegislative Assembly

Location of Keysborough (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State Victoria
Created 2014
MP Martin Pakula
Party Labor
Electors 42,381 (2014)
Area 47 km2 (18.1 sq mi)
Demographic Metropolitan

The Electoral district of Keysborough 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]

It largely covers the area of the abolished district of Lyndhurst, covering southeast suburbs of Melbourne. It includes the suburbs of Springvale South, Noble Park, Keysborough, and Dingley Village.[2]

The abolished seat of Lyndhurst was held by Labor MP Martin Pakula as of the 2013 by-election. Pakula won the new seat with a swing to Labor.

Members

MemberPartyTerm
  Martin Pakula Labor 2014–present

Election results

Victorian state election, 2014: Keysborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Martin Pakula 19,664 53.1 +2.0
Liberal Adrianne Fleming 11,803 31.8 −0.9
Greens Susan Fyfield 2,124 5.7 −0.4
Independent Hung Vo 2,000 5.4 +2.0
Rise Up Australia Andrew Cunningham 1,088 2.9 +2.9
Independent Michael Carty 386 1.0 +1.0
Total formal votes 37,094 93.9 +0.8
Informal votes 2,393 6.1 −0.8
Turnout 39,487 93.2 +1.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Martin Pakula 23,013 61.9 +2.4
Liberal Adrianne Fleming 14,164 38.1 −2.4
Labor hold Swing +2.4

References

  1. "Summary of Changes". Victorian Electoral Boundary Commission. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  2. "Map of Keysborough District". Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission.

External links

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