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Electoral district of Box Hill

Coordinates: 37°49′S 145°07′E / 37.81°S 145.12°E / -37.81; 145.12
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Box Hill
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Location of Box Hill (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created1945
MPPaul Hamer
PartyLabor
NamesakeSuburb of Box Hill
Electors48,260 (2022)
Area29 km2 (11.2 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Electorates around Box Hill:
Kew Bulleen Warrandyte
Hawthorn Box Hill Ringwood
Ashwood Ashwood Glen Waverley

The electoral district of Box Hill is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, covering an area of 29 square kilometres (11 sq mi) in eastern Melbourne. It contains the suburbs of Box Hill, Box Hill North, Box Hill South, Mont Albert, Mont Albert North, most of Blackburn, Blackburn North, and Blackburn South, and parts of Balwyn North, Burwood, Burwood East, and Surrey Hills.

It lies within the Eastern Metropolitan Region in the upper house, the Legislative Council.[1]

Electoral boundary changes

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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

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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

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2022 Victorian state election: Box Hill[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Hamer 18,340 41.3 +0.4
Liberal Nicole Werner 15,593 35.2 −8.9
Greens Joanne Shan 6,267 14.1 +0.7
Democratic Labour Paul Dean 1,083 2.4 +2.4
Animal Justice Sebastian Folloni 824 1.9 +1.2
Family First Gary Ong 809 1.8 +1.8
Freedom Alicia Riera 541 1.2 +1.2
Independent Wayne Tseng 464 1.0 +1.0
Independent Cameron Liston 436 1.0 +1.0
Total formal votes 44,357 96.4 +0.8
Informal votes 1,635 3.6 −0.8
Turnout 45,992 90.5 +2.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Paul Hamer 25,383 57.2 +4.1
Liberal Nicole Werner 18,973 42.8 −4.1
Labor hold Swing +4.1
Two-party-preferred vote results in Box Hill

References

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  1. ^ "Box Hill District profile". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  2. ^ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  3. ^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  4. ^ Box Hill District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
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37°49′S 145°07′E / 37.81°S 145.12°E / -37.81; 145.12