Electoral district of Murray Plains

Not to be confused with Electoral district of Murray Valley.

Murray Plains
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Murray Plains (dark green) in Victoria
StateVictoria
Created2014
MPPeter Walsh
PartyThe Nationals
NamesakeMurray River
Electors46,924 (2018)
Area11,921 km2 (4,602.7 sq mi)
DemographicRural
Coordinates35°46′S 143°50′E / 35.767°S 143.833°E / -35.767; 143.833
Electorates around Murray Plains:
Mildura Shepparton New South Wales
Mildura Murray Plains New South Wales
Shepparton
Ripon Bendigo East Euroa

The electoral district of Murray Plains is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was created in the redistribution of electoral boundaries in 2013, and came into effect at the 2014 state election.[1]

The district was created due to the abolition of the districts of Swan Hill and Rodney.[2] It is centred on the Murray River cities of Swan Hill and Echuca, including the towns of Kerang, Lake Boga, Cohuna and Rochester. It covers the Swan Hill, Gannawarra, Loddon and Campaspe local government areas.[3]

Murray Plains was contested in the 2014 election by the sitting National Party MP for the abolished district of Swan Hill, Peter Walsh, who retained the seat, and was re-elected in 2018.

Members

Member Party Term
  Peter Walsh National 2014–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Murray Plains
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Murray Plains.[edit]
2022 Victorian state election: Murray Plains[4][5][6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Peter Walsh 24,831 61.8 +1.4
Labor Damien Hurrell 7,543 18.8 −0.6
Family First Cameron Macpherson 2,575 6.4 +6.4
Freedom Katia Bish 1,752 4.4 +4.4
Greens John Brownstein 1,560 3.9 −0.4
Ind. (Fusion) Andrea Otto 1,022 2.5 +2.5
Animal Justice Glenys Leung 908 2.3 +2.3
Total formal votes 40,181 93.8 −0.7
Informal votes 2,647 6.2 +0.7
Turnout 42,828 88.1 −2.4
Two-party-preferred result
National Peter Walsh 29,483 73.4 −0.5
Labor Damien Hurrell 10,698 26.6 +0.5
National hold Swing −0.5

References

  1. ^ "Summary of Changes". Victorian Electoral Boundary Commission. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  2. ^ Green, Antony (2014). "Antony Green's Analysis of the 2013 Redistribution". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Map of Murray Plains 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. ^ Murray Plains District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  7. ^ Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.


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