Electoral district of Box Hill

The electoral district of Box Hill is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of 25 square kilometres (9.7 sq mi) in eastern Melbourne, and includes the suburbs of Blackburn, Box Hill, Box Hill North, Mont Albert and Mont Albert North, and parts of Canterbury, Forest Hill, Nunawading and Surrey Hills. It lies within the Eastern Metropolitan Region in the upper house, the Legislative Council.[1]

Box Hill Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Box Hill (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Created	1945
MP	Paul Hamer
Party	Australian Labor Party
Electors	43,983 (2018)
Area	25 km^2 (9.7 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan

Electoral boundary changes

The electoral district of Doncaster was split off from Box Hill and created in 1976 due to population growth.

A redistribution of electorate boundaries in 1991 abolished the Balwyn electorate and incorporated most of it into Box Hill. A large part of the Box Hill electorate (with 17,290 electors) was also transferred to Mitcham. These changes took effect at the 1992 Victorian state election.

For the 2014 election, the boundaries of Box Hill moved eastwards. Balwyn North was moved to the electorate of Kew and part of Surrey Hills were moved to Burwood and Hawthorn. The former electorate of Mitcham was abolished so Blackburn, Nunawading and part of Forest Hill were moved into Box Hill. The Liberal margin in Box Hill was estimated to fall from 13.8 percentage points to an estimated 9.4.

Members for Box Hill

Member		Party	Term
	Bob Gray	Labor	1945–1947
	George Reid	Liberal	1947–1952
	Bob Gray	Labor	1952–1955
	(Sir) George Reid	Liberal	1955–1973
	Morris Williams	Liberal	1973–1976
	Donald Mackinnon	Liberal	1976–1982
	Margaret Ray	Labor	1982–1992
	Robert Clark	Liberal	1992–2018
	Paul Hamer	Labor	2018–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Box Hill

2018 Victorian state election: Box Hill[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Robert Clark	17,352	45.25	−5.89
	Labor	Paul Hamer	15,360	40.05	+9.38
	Greens	Sophia Sun	5,639	14.70	+0.22
Total formal votes			38,351	95.40	−0.85
Informal votes			1,850	4.60	+0.85
Turnout			40,201	91.40	−2.00
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Hamer	19,982	52.10	+7.80
	Liberal	Robert Clark	18,369	47.90	−7.80
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+7.80

External links

• Electorate profile: Box Hill District, Victorian Electoral Commission

References

1. "Box Hill District profile". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
2. State Election 2018: Box Hill District, VEC.