Electoral district of Eildon

The electoral district of Eildon is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was created in the redistribution of electoral boundaries in 2013, which came into effect at the 2014 state election[1] and is a member of the Northern Victoria Region.[2]

Eildon
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Eildon (dark green) in Victoria
StateVictoria
Created2014
MPCindy McLeish
PartyLiberal
NamesakeTown of Eildon
Electors44,881 (2018)
Area10,061 km2 (3,884.6 sq mi)
DemographicRural
Electorates around Eildon:
Euroa Euroa Ovens Valley
Yan Yean Eildon Gippsland East
Evelyn
Monbulk		 Narracan Narracan

It is a new district created due to the abolition of the districts of Seymour and Benalla, taking in area to the south of these districts toward the outer north-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It includes the towns of Alexandra, Eildon, Healesville, Jamieson, Kinglake, Marysville, Mansfield, Powelltown, Warburton, Yea and other towns in the Mansfield, Murrindindi, Yarra Ranges and Nillumbik local government areas.[3]

The abolished seat of Seymour was held by Liberal MP Cindy McLeish, who retained the new seat at the 2014 election.

Members
MemberPartyTerm
  Cindy McLeish Liberal 2014–present

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Eildon
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Eildon.[edit]
2022 Victorian state election: Eildon[4][5][6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Cindy McLeish 20,119 47.4 +0.7
Labor Jane Judd 12,284 29.0 −7.9
Greens Wil Mikelsons 4,753 11.2 +0.4
Family First Tim Lacey 1,437 3.4 +3.4
Freedom Joshua Rusic 1,426 3.4 +3.4
Animal Justice Chloe Bond 1,340 3.2 +3.2
Ind. (Fusion) Kammy Cordner Hunt 581 1.4 +1.4
Ind. (Aligned Australia) Robert Thornton 459 1.1 +1.1
Total formal votes 42,399 94.8 +0.1
Informal votes 2,343 5.2 −0.1
Turnout 44,742 89.3 −1.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Cindy McLeish 24,162 57.0 +5.9
Labor Jane Judd 18,237 43.0 −5.9
Liberal hold Swing+5.9

Graphical summary
Two-party-preferred vote results in Eildon

References
  1. "Summary of Changes". Victorian Electoral Boundary Commission. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  2. "Northern Victoria Region". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  3. "Map of Eildon District". Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission.
  4. Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  5. VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  6. Eildon District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  7. Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.

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