Electoral districts of Victoria
Electoral districts of Victoria are the electoral districts, commonly referred to as "seats" or "electorates", into which the Australian State of Victoria is divided for the purpose of electing members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, one of the two houses of the Parliament of the State. The State is divided into 88 single-member districts. The Legislative Assembly has had 88 electorates since the 1985 election, increased from 81 previously.
Electoral boundaries are redrawn from time to time, in a process called redivision. The last redivision took place in 2021, when the Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission reviewed Victoria's district boundaries. The boundaries arising from the 2013 redivision applied at the 2014 and the 2018 state elections.[1] Previous redivisions took place in 2005, 2001 and 1991.[2] The last redivision completed in October 2021, and all changes came into effect on 1 November 2022, when the writ for the 2022 State election was issued. [3] The redivision created 9 new districts, removed 9 districts, renamed one region, and adjusted most other boundaries. [4]
Current districts
[edit]As of November 2022, there are 88 electoral districts.
(Note: some current electoral districts have been previously abolished and recreated; the below table lists the year of each district’s original inception.)
Name | Formed | Electoral region | Size (km2) | Current Member | Member's Party |
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Albert Park | 1889 | Southern Metropolitan | 21 | Nina Taylor | Labor |
Ashwood | 2022 | Southern Metropolitan | 29 | Matt Fregon | Labor |
Bass | 2002 | Eastern Victoria | 1,358 | Jordan Crugnale | Labor |
Bayswater | 1992 | North-Eastern Metropolitan | 39 | Jackson Taylor | Labor |
Bellarine | 1967 | Western Victoria | 356 | Alison Marchant | Labor |
Benambra | 1877 | Northern Victoria | 9,147 | Bill Tilley | Liberal |
Bendigo East | 1904 | Northern Victoria | 2,711 | Jacinta Allan | Labor |
Bendigo West | 1904 | Northern Victoria | 1,524 | Maree Edwards | Labor |
Bentleigh | 1967 | Southern Metropolitan | 25 | Nick Staikos | Labor |
Berwick | 1976 | South-Eastern Metropolitan | 99 | Brad Battin | Liberal |
Box Hill | 1945 | North-Eastern Metropolitan | 29 | Paul Hamer | Labor |
Brighton | 1856 | Southern Metropolitan | 20 | James Newbury | Liberal |
Broadmeadows | 1955 | Northern Metropolitan | 47 | Kathleen Matthews-Ward | Labor |
Brunswick | 1904 | Northern Metropolitan | 14 | Tim Read | Greens |
Bulleen | 1985 | North-Eastern Metropolitan | 39 | Matthew Guy | Liberal |
Bundoora | 1976 | North-Eastern Metropolitan | 35 | Colin Brooks | Labor |
Carrum | 1976 | South-Eastern Metropolitan | 87 | Sonya Kilkenny | Labor |
Caulfield | 1927 | Southern Metropolitan | 17 | David Southwick | Liberal |
Clarinda | 2014 | South-Eastern Metropolitan | 45 | Meng Heang Tak | Labor |
Cranbourne | 1992 | South-Eastern Metropolitan | 63 | Pauline Richards | Labor |
Croydon | 2014 | North-Eastern Metropolitan | 42 | David Hodgett | Liberal |
Dandenong | 1904 | South-Eastern Metropolitan | 58 | Gabrielle Williams | Labor |
Eildon | 2014 | Northern Victoria | 10,061 | Cindy McLeish | Liberal |
Eltham | 1992 | North-Eastern Metropolitan | 73 | Vicki Ward | Labor |
Essendon | 1904 | Northern Metropolitan | 24 | Danny Pearson | Labor |
Eureka | 2022 | Western Victoria | 3,915 | Michaela Settle | Labor |
Euroa | 2014 | Northern Victoria | 11,452 | Annabelle Cleeland | Nationals |
Evelyn | 1859 | Eastern Victoria | 255 | Bridget Vallence | Liberal |
Footscray | 1877 | Western Metropolitan | 23 | Katie Hall | Labor |
Frankston | 1967 | South-Eastern Metropolitan | 43 | Paul Edbrooke | Labor |
Geelong | 1856 | Western Victoria | 328 | Christine Couzens | Labor |
Gippsland East | 1889 | Eastern Victoria | 27,544 | Tim Bull | Nationals |
Gippsland South | 1859 | Eastern Victoria | 8,232 | Danny O'Brien | Nationals |
Glen Waverley | 1985 | North-Eastern Metropolitan | 36 | John Mullahy | Labor |
Greenvale | 2022 | Northern Metropolitan | 60 | Iwan Walters | Labor |
Hastings | 2002 | Eastern Victoria | 395 | Paul Mercurio | Labor |
Hawthorn | 1889 | Southern Metropolitan | 21 | John Pesutto | Liberal |
Ivanhoe | 1945 | North-Eastern Metropolitan | 31 | Anthony Carbines | Labor |
Kalkallo | 2022 | Northern Metropolitan | 262 | Ros Spence | Labor |
Kew | 1927 | Southern Metropolitan | 31 | Jess Wilson | Liberal |
Kororoit | 2002 | Western Metropolitan | 124 | Luba Grigorovitch | Labor |
Lara | 2002 | Western Victoria | 702 | Ella George | Labor |
Laverton | 2022 | Western Metropolitan | 87 | Sarah Connolly | Labor |
Lowan | 1889 | Western Victoria | 41,858 | Emma Kealy | Nationals |
Macedon | 2002 | Northern Victoria | 3,366 | Mary-Anne Thomas | Labor |
Malvern | 1945 | Southern Metropolitan | 20 | Michael O'Brien | Liberal |
Melbourne | 1856 | Northern Metropolitan | 25 | Ellen Sandell | Greens |
Melton | 1992 | Western Victoria | 332 | Steve McGhie | Labor |
Mildura | 1927 | Northern Victoria | 37,529 | Jade Benham | Nationals |
Mill Park | 1992 | North-Eastern Metropolitan | 42 | Lily D'Ambrosio | Labor |
Monbulk | 1967 | Eastern Victoria | 459 | Daniela De Martino | Labor |
Mordialloc | 1992 | South-Eastern Metropolitan | 56 | Tim Richardson | Labor |
Mornington | 1859 | Eastern Victoria | 155 | Chris Crewther | Liberal |
Morwell | 1955 | Eastern Victoria | 908 | Martin Cameron | Nationals |
Mulgrave | 1958 | South-Eastern Metropolitan | 36 | Daniel Andrews | Labor |
Murray Plains | 2014 | Northern Victoria | 11,921 | Peter Walsh | Nationals |
Narracan | 1967 | Eastern Victoria | 4,503 | Wayne Farnham | Liberal |
Narre Warren North | 2002 | South-Eastern Metropolitan | 70 | Belinda Wilson | Labor |
Narre Warren South | 2002 | South-Eastern Metropolitan | 40 | Gary Maas | Labor |
Nepean | 2002 | Eastern Victoria | 387 | Sam Groth | Liberal |
Niddrie | 1976 | Western Metropolitan | 39 | Ben Carroll | Labor |
Northcote | 1927 | Northern Metropolitan | 21 | Kat Theophanous | Labor |
Oakleigh | 1927 | Southern Metropolitan | 32 | Steve Dimopoulos | Labor |
Ovens Valley | 2014 | Northern Victoria | 10,558 | Tim McCurdy | Nationals |
Pakenham | 1992 | Eastern Victoria | 226 | Emma Vulin | Labor |
Pascoe Vale | 1955 | Northern Metropolitan | 21 | Anthony Cianflone | Labor |
Point Cook | 2022 | Western Metropolitan | 88 | Mathew Hilakari | Labor |
Polwarth | 1889 | Western Victoria | 8,860 | Richard Riordan | Liberal |
Prahran | 1889 | Southern Metropolitan | 11 | Sam Hibbins | Greens |
Preston | 1945 | Northern Metropolitan | 27 | Nathan Lambert | Labor |
Richmond | 1856 | Northern Metropolitan | 13 | Gabrielle de Vietri | Greens |
Ringwood | 1958 | North-Eastern Metropolitan | 35 | Will Fowles | Independent Labor |
Ripon | 1945 | Western Victoria | 14,444 | Martha Haylett | Labor |
Rowville | 2014 | South-Eastern Metropolitan | 62 | Kim Wells | Liberal |
Sandringham | 1955 | Southern Metropolitan | 24 | Brad Rowswell | Liberal |
Shepparton | 1945 | Northern Victoria | 3,289 | Kim O'Keeffe | Nationals |
South Barwon | 1976 | Western Victoria | 361 | Darren Cheeseman | Independent Labor |
South-West Coast | 2002 | Western Victoria | 6,576 | Roma Britnell | Liberal |
St Albans | 1985 | Western Metropolitan | 35 | Natalie Suleyman | Labor |
Sunbury | 2014 | Western Metropolitan | 340 | Josh Bull | Labor |
Sydenham | 2014 | Western Metropolitan | 96 | Natalie Hutchins | Labor |
Tarneit | 2002 | Western Metropolitan | 76 | Dylan Wight | Labor |
Thomastown | 1985 | Northern Metropolitan | 91 | Bronwyn Halfpenny | Labor |
Warrandyte | 1976 | North-Eastern Metropolitan | 107 | Nicole Werner | Liberal |
Wendouree | 2014 | Western Victoria | 64 | Juliana Addison | Labor |
Werribee | 1976 | Western Metropolitan | 339 | Tim Pallas | Labor |
Williamstown | 1856 | Western Metropolitan | 52 | Melissa Horne | Labor |
Yan Yean | 1992 | Northern Victoria | 611 | Lauren Kathage | Labor |
2021 redistricting
[edit]Due to the redistricting process that takes place every eight years, there were nine seats that were abolished and nine new seats.
Abolished
[edit]New districts
[edit]Former districts
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Districts 1856-1859
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Districts 1859-1877
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Map of country districts (2006–2014)
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Map of greater Melbourne districts (2006–2014)
All districts with creation and abolition dates
[edit]District | Created | Abolished | Notes |
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Abbotsford | 1904 | 1927 | |
Albert Park | 1889 | current | |
Alberton | 1856 | 1859 | absorbed into South Gipps Land 1859 |
Allandale | 1904 | 1955 | created when Clunes and Allandale was split up |
Altona | 1992 | 2022 | |
Anglesey | 1856 | 1859 | Renamed to Dalhousie |
1889 | 1904 | ||
Ararat | 1859 | 1904 | |
Ascot Vale | 1955 | 1958 | |
1976 | 1985 | ||
Ashwood | 2022 | current | |
Avoca | 1859 | 1889 | |
Ballarat | 1927 | 1955 | |
Ballarat East | 1859 | 1927 | |
1992 | 2014 | ||
Ballarat North | 1955 | 1992 | |
Ballarat South | 1955 | 1992 | |
Ballarat West | 1859 | 1927 | |
1992 | 2014 | ||
Balwyn | 1955 | 1992 | |
Barwon | 1877 | 1955 | |
Bass | 2002 | current | |
Bayswater | 1992 | current | |
Belfast | 1856 | 1889 | renamed to Port Fairy 1889 |
Bellarine | 1967 | 1976 | |
1985 | current | ||
Benalla | 1904 | 2014 | |
Benalla and Yarrawonga | 1889 | 1904 | |
Benambra | 1877 | current | |
Bendigo | 1927 | 1985 | |
Bendigo East | 1904 | 1927 | |
1985 | current | ||
Bendigo West | 1904 | 1927 | |
1985 | current | ||
Bennettswood | 1967 | 2002 | |
Bentleigh | 1967 | current | |
Berwick | 1976 | 2002 | |
2022 | current | ||
Bogong | 1889 | 1904 | |
Boroondara | 1877 | 1889 | |
1904 | 1945 | ||
Borung | 1889 | 1927 | |
1945 | 1955 | ||
Box Hill | 1945 | current | |
Brighton | 1856 | current | |
Broadmeadows | 1955 | current | |
Brunswick | 1904 | 1955 | |
1976 | 1992 | ||
2002 | current | ||
Brunswick East | 1955 | 1976 | |
Brunswick West | 1955 | 1976 | |
Bulla | 1904 | 1927 | |
Bulla and Dalhousie | 1927 | 1945 | |
Bulleen | 1985 | current | |
Bundoora | 1976 | current | |
Buninyong | 2014 | 2022 | |
Burwood | 1955 | 1967 | |
1976 | 2022 | ||
Camberwell | 1945 | 1976 | |
Carlton | 1877 | 1958 | |
Carlton South | 1889 | 1904 | |
Carrum | 1976 | current | |
Castlemaine | 1859 | 1904 | |
Castlemaine and Kyneton | 1927 | 1945 | |
Castlemaine and Maldon | 1904 | 1927 | |
Castlemaine Boroughs | 1856 | 1859 | |
Caulfield | 1927 | current | |
Caulfield East | 1955 | 1958 | |
Clarinda | 2014 | current | |
Clayton | 1985 | 2014 | |
Clifton Hill | 1927 | 1955 | |
Clunes and Allandale | 1889 | 1904 | |
Coburg | 1927 | 2002 | |
Colac | 1856 | 1859 | |
Collingwood | 1856 | 1958 | |
Cranbourne | 1992 | current | |
Creswick | 1859 | 1904 | |
Crowlands | 1859 | 1877 | |
Croydon | 2014 | current | |
Dalhousie | 1859 | 1889 | renamed from Anglesey |
1904 | 1927 | ||
Dandenong | 1904 | current | |
Dandenong and Berwick | 1889 | 1904 | |
Dandenong North | 1985 | 2002 | |
Daylesford | 1889 | 1927 | |
Deer Park | 1967 | 1976 | |
Delatite | 1877 | 1904 | |
Derrimut | 1985 | 1992 | |
2002 | 2014 | ||
Donald and Swan Hill | 1889 | 1904 | |
Doncaster | 1976 | 2014 | |
Doveton | 1985 | 1992 | |
Dromana | 1967 | 2002 | |
Dundas | 1859 | 1976 | renamed from Dundas and Follett - same area |
Dundas and Follett | 1856 | 1859 | renamed Dundas in 1859 |
Dunolly | 1889 | 1904 | |
Eaglehawk | 1889 | 1927 | |
East Bourke | 1856 | 1904 | |
East Bourke Boroughs | 1859 | 1904 | |
East Melbourne | 1859 | 1927 | |
Eastern Suburbs | 1889 | 1904 | |
Eildon | 2014 | current | |
Elsternwick | 1945 | 1967 | |
Eltham | 1992 | current | |
Emerald Hill | 1859 | 1904 | |
Essendon | 1904 | 1955 | |
1958 | current | ||
Essendon and Flemington | 1889 | 1904 | |
Eureka | 2022 | current | |
Euroa | 2014 | current | |
Evelyn | 1859 | current | |
Evelyn and Mornington | 1856 | 1859 | |
Ferntree Gully | 2002 | 2022 | |
Fitzroy | 1877 | 1927 | |
1958 | 1967 | ||
Flemington | 1904 | 1945 | |
1955 | 1967 | ||
Footscray | 1877 | 1904 | |
1927 | current | ||
Forest Hill | 1976 | 2022 | |
Frankston | 1967 | 1985 | |
1992 | current | ||
Frankston East | 1992 | 2002 | |
Frankston North | 1985 | 1992 | |
Frankston South | 1985 | 1992 | |
Geelong | 1856 | 1859 | |
1877 | 1976 | ||
1985 | current | ||
Geelong East | 1859 | 1877 | |
1976 | 1985 | ||
Geelong North | 1967 | 2002 | |
Geelong West | 1859 | 1877 | |
1955 | 1985 | ||
Gembrook | 2002 | 2022 | |
Gippsland | 1856 | 1859 | |
Gippsland Central | 1889 | 1904 | |
Gippsland East | 1889 | current | |
Gippsland North | 1859 | 1955 | known as North Gippsland 1859-1889 |
Gippsland South | 1859 | current | known as South Gippsland 1859-1889 |
Gippsland West | 1889 | 1976 | |
1985 | 2002 | ||
Gisborne | 1967 | 2002 | |
Glen Iris | 1945 | 1955 | |
1967 | 1976 | ||
Glen Waverley | 1985 | 2002 | |
2022 | current | ||
Glenelg | 1904 | 1927 | |
Glenhuntly | 1967 | 1985 | |
Glenroy | 1976 | 1985 | |
Goulburn | 1945 | 1955 | |
Goulburn Valley | 1904 | 1945 | |
Grant | 1877 | 1904 | |
1927 | 1967 | ||
Greensborough | 1967 | 1992 | |
Greenvale | 2022 | current | |
Grenville | 1859 | 1927 | |
Gunbower | 1889 | 1945 | |
Hampden | 1904 | 1976 | |
Hastings | 2002 | current | |
Hawthorn | 1889 | current | |
Heatherton | 1967 | 1985 | |
Heidelberg | 1927 | 1945 | |
Horsham | 1889 | 1904 | |
Ivanhoe | 1945 | current | |
Jika Jika | 1904 | 1927 | |
Jolimont and West Richmond | 1889 | 1904 | |
Kalkallo | 2022 | current | |
Kara Kara | 1877 | 1927 | |
1955 | 1976 | ||
Kara Kara and Borung | 1927 | 1945 | |
Keilor | 1976 | 2014 | |
Kew | 1927 | current | |
Keysborough | 2014 | 2022 | |
Kilmore | 1856 | 1877 | |
Kilmore and Anglesey | 1877 | 1889 | |
Kilmore, Dalhousie and Lancefield | 1889 | 1904 | |
Kilsyth | 2002 | 2014 | |
Knox | 1976 | 2002 | |
Korong | 1889 | 1927 | |
1945 | 1955 | ||
Korong and Eaglehawk | 1927 | 1945 | |
Kororoit | 2002 | current | |
Kyneton | 1889 | 1904 | |
Kyneton Boroughs | 1856 | 1889 | |
Lara | 2002 | current | |
Laverton | 2022 | current | |
Loddon | 1856 | 1859 | |
Lowan | 1889 | 1945 | |
1955 | current | ||
Lyndhurst | 2002 | 2014 | |
Macedon | 2002 | current | |
Maldon | 1859 | 1904 | |
Malvern | 1945 | current | |
Mandurang | 1859 | 1904 | |
Maryborough | 1859 | 1877 | |
1889 | 1927 | ||
Maryborough and Daylesford | 1927 | 1945 | |
Maryborough and Talbot | 1877 | 1889 | |
Melbourne | 1856 | 1859 | |
1889 | current | ||
Melbourne South | 1889 | 1904 | |
Melton | 1992 | current | |
Mentone | 1945 | 1992 | |
Mernda | 1945 | 1955 | |
Midlands | 1945 | 1985 | |
Mildura | 1927 | current | |
Mill Park | 1992 | current | |
Mitcham | 1967 | 2014 | |
Moira | 1877 | 1889 | |
Monbulk | 1967 | current | |
Moonee Ponds | 1945 | 1976 | |
Moorabbin | 1955 | 1976 | |
Mooroolbark | 1992 | 2002 | |
Mordialloc | 1992 | current | |
Mornington | 1859 | 1967 | |
1985 | current | ||
Morwell | 1955 | current | |
Mount Waverley | 2002 | 2022 | |
Mulgrave | 1958 | 1967 | |
2002 | current | ||
Murray | 1856 | 1877 | a.k.a. The Murray |
Murray Boroughs | 1856 | 1877 | |
Murray Plains | 2014 | current | renamed from Swan Hill |
Murray Valley | 1945 | 2014 | |
Narracan | 1967 | current | |
Narre Warren North | 2002 | current | |
Narre Warren South | 2002 | current | |
Nepean | 2002 | current | |
Niddrie | 1976 | current | |
Noble Park | 1976 | 1985 | |
Normanby | 1856 | 1904 | |
North Gippsland | 1859 | 1889 | See Gippsland North |
North Grant | 1856 | 1859 | |
North Grenville | 1856 | 1859 | |
North Melbourne | 1859 | 1927 | |
Northcote | 1927 | current | |
Numurkah and Nathalia | 1889 | 1904 | |
Nunawading | 1927 | 1945 | |
Oakleigh | 1927 | current | |
Ormond | 1958 | 1967 | |
Ouyen | 1927 | 1945 | |
Ovens | 1856 | 1927 | a.k.a. The Ovens |
Ovens Valley | 2014 | current | |
Pakenham | 1992 | 2002 | |
2022 | current | ||
Pascoe Vale | 1955 | 1958 | |
1985 | current | ||
Point Cook | 2022 | current | |
Polwarth | 1889 | current | |
Polwarth and South Grenville | 1859 | 1889 | |
Polwarth, Ripon, Hampden and South Grenville | 1856 | 1859 | |
Port Fairy | 1889 | 1927 | renamed from Belfast 1889 |
Port Fairy and Glenelg | 1927 | 1945 | |
Port Melbourne | 1889 | 1958 | |
Portland | 1856 | 1904 | |
1945 | 2002 | ||
Prahran | 1889 | current | |
Preston | 1945 | current | |
Public Officers | 1904 | 1907 | |
Railway Officers | 1904 | 1907 | |
Rainbow | 1945 | 1955 | |
Reservoir | 1955 | 1992 | |
Richmond | 1856 | current | |
Ringwood | 1958 | 1992 | |
2014 | current | ||
Ripon | 1945 | 1955 | |
1976 | current | ||
Ripon and Hampden | 1859 | 1904 | |
Ripponlea | 1955 | 1967 | |
Rodney | 1856 | 2014 | |
Rowville | 2014 | current | renamed from Scoresby |
Sandhurst | 1856 | 1904 | |
Sandhurst South | 1889 | 1904 | |
Sandridge | 1859 | 1889 | |
Sandringham | 1955 | current | |
Scoresby | 1945 | 1976 | |
2002 | 2014 | renamed to Rowville | |
Seymour | 1992 | 2014 | |
Shepparton | 1945 | 1955 | |
1967 | current | ||
Shepparton and Euroa | 1889 | 1904 | |
South Barwon | 1976 | current | |
South Bourke | 1856 | 1889 | |
South Gippsland | 1859 | 1889 | See Gippsland South |
South Grant | 1856 | 1877 | |
South Melbourne | 1856 | 1859 | |
South West Coast | 2002 | current | |
South Yarra | 1889 | 1904 | |
Springvale | 1976 | 2002 | |
St Albans | 1985 | 1992 | |
2014 | current | ||
St Kilda | 1856 | 1992 | |
Stawell | 1877 | 1904 | |
Stawell and Ararat | 1904 | 1945 | |
Sunbury | 2014 | current | |
Sunshine | 1945 | 1955 | |
1967 | 2002 | ||
Swan Hill | 1904 | 2014 | renamed to Murray Plains |
Sydenham | 2014 | current | |
Syndal | 1967 | 1992 | |
Talbot | 1856 | 1859 | |
Talbot and Avoca | 1889 | 1904 | |
Tarneit | 2002 | current | |
Thomastown | 1985 | current | |
Toorak | 1889 | 1967 | |
Tullamarine | 1992 | 2002 | |
Upper Goulburn | 1904 | 1945 | |
Upper Yarra | 1927 | 1945 | |
Villiers and Heytesbury | 1856 | 1904 | |
Walhalla | 1904 | 1945 | |
Wangaratta | 1904 | 1927 | |
Wangaratta and Ovens | 1927 | 1945 | |
Wangaratta and Rutherglen | 1889 | 1904 | |
Wantirna | 1976 | 2002 | |
Waranga | 1904 | 1945 | |
Warrandyte | 1976 | current | |
Warrenheip | 1889 | 1927 | |
Warrenheip and Grenville | 1927 | 1945 | |
Warrnambool | 1856 | 1955 | |
1967 | 2002 | ||
Wendouree | 2014 | current | |
Werribee | 1976 | 2002 | |
2014 | current | ||
West Bourke | 1856 | 1904 | |
West Melbourne | 1859 | 1904 | a.k.a. Melbourne West |
Westernport | 1976 | 1985 | |
Whittlesea | 1985 | 1992 | |
Williamstown | 1856 | current | |
Wimmera | 1856 | 1889 | |
1992 | 2002 | ||
Windermere | 1889 | 1904 | |
Wonthaggi | 1927 | 1955 | |
Yan Yean | 1992 | current | |
Yarraville | 1958 | 1967 | |
Yuroke | 2002 | 2022 |
References
[edit]- ^ Report on the 2012-13 redivision of electoral boundaries Electoral Boundaries Commission
- ^ "Past redivisions". Electoral Boundaries Commission. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015.
- ^ "State boundary reviews".
- ^ "State boundary reviews". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 8 April 2024.