Electoral district of Mount Waverley

The electoral district of Mount Waverley is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is located in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne and contains the suburbs of Glen Waverley, Mount Waverley and Syndal.

Mount Waverley
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Mount Waverley (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created2002
MPMatt Fregon
PartyAustralian Labor Party
Electors38,937 (2018)
Area26 km2 (10.0 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan

The seat was created prior to the 2002 election replacing the normally safe Liberal seat of Glen Waverley. When created, Mount Waverley had a notional Liberal margin of 9.1% but it was won by Labor's Maxine Morand at the 2002 election in a swing of 11.4%. It was one of four seats won by Labor on Green preferences after trailing the Liberals on the primary vote results. Liberal candidate Michael Gidley won the seat at the 2010 state election with a swing of 7.4%.[1] Gidley held the seat until being defeated by Labor's Matt Fregon at the 2018 state election.

Members for Mount Waverley
MemberPartyTerm
  Maxine Morand Labor 2002–2010
  Michael Gidley Liberal 2010–2018
  Matt Fregon Labor 2018–present

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Mount Waverley
2018 Victorian state election: Mount Waverley[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Michael Gidley 15,495 46.03 −5.12
Labor Matt Fregon 14,722 43.74 +7.00
Greens Justin McCarthy 3,444 10.23 +0.67
Total formal votes 33,661 94.94 −1.25
Informal votes 1,795 5.06 +1.25
Turnout 35,456 91.06 −2.23
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Matt Fregon 17,453 51.85 +6.44
Liberal Michael Gidley 16,208 48.15 −6.44
Labor gain from Liberal Swing+6.44
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References
  1. "Victoria Votes 2010". Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  2. State Election 2018: Mount Waverley District, VEC.


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