Electoral district of Swan Hill
The Electoral district of Swan Hill was a rural Lower House electoral district of the Victorian Parliament. It was located within the Northern Victoria Region of the Legislative Council.
| Swan Hill Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
| State | Victoria |
| Created | 1904 |
| Abolished | 2014 |
| Namesake | Town of Swan Hill |
| Electors | 33,073 (2010) |
| Area | 28,093 km2 (10,846.8 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Rural |
Swan Hill included the country towns of Birchip, Charlton, Donald, Kerang, Murtoa, St Arnaud, Sea Lake, Swan Hill, Warracknabeal, Wedderburn and Wycheproof. Natural features of the electorate included Lake Tyrrell and the Murray River, which is a popular tourist destination and the centre of a flourishing irrigation area. Farming and agriculture were important industries throughout the region.
Due to the region making up an increasingly smaller proportion of the state's population, in 2014 it became part of the electoral district of Murray Plains.
Members for Swan Hill
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Gray | Ministerialist | 1904–1917 | |
| Independent | |||
| Commonwealth Liberal | |||
| Nationalist | |||
| Percy Stewart | Farmers Union | 1917–1919 | |
| Francis Old | Farmers Union | 1919–1945 | |
| Country | |||
| John Hipworth | Country | 1945–1949 | |
| Liberal | 1949–1952 | ||
| Harold Stirling | Country | 1952–1968 | |
| Henry Broad | Country | 1968–1973 | |
| Alan Wood | Liberal | 1973–1983 | |
| Barry Steggall | National | 1983–2002 | |
| Peter Walsh | National | 2002–2014 | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Peter Walsh | 22,086 | 75.04 | +27.61 | |
| Labor | Sharon Garrick | 4,802 | 16.32 | -2.19 | |
| Greens | Morgana Russell | 1,326 | 4.51 | +0.57 | |
| Family First | Garion Pearse | 1,219 | 4.14 | +0.81 | |
| Total formal votes | 29,433 | 95.33 | +0.00 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,441 | 4.67 | +0.00 | ||
| Turnout | 30,874 | 93.35 | -0.42 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| National | Peter Walsh | 23,343 | 79.33 | +5.93 | |
| Labor | Sharon Garrick | 6,081 | 20.67 | -5.93 | |
| National hold | Swing | +5.93 | |||
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See also
- Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
- List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
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