Electoral district of Carrum

The electoral district of Carrum is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.[1] It lies in the south eastern suburbs of Melbourne, covering Bangholme, Bonbeach, Carrum, Carrum Downs, Patterson Lakes, Sandhurst, Seaford and Skye.

Carrum
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Carrum (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created1976
MPSonya Kilkenny
PartyLabor
Electors48,726 (2018)
Area87 km2 (33.6 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan

The seat was created in 1976 and traditionally has had a working class character and has been safe for the Labor Party. However, since the 1990s the area has been gentrifying and the seat was won by the Liberal Party against the trend at the 1996 election. However, the seat was narrowly recovered by Labor due to the Anti-Kennett swing in 1999 and the 'Brackslide' of 2002 reverted the seat to its original safe Labor status.

The 2013 redistribution significantly reshaped the seat, with the seat losing Aspendale, Edithvale and parts of Chelsea to the seat of Mordialloc and gaining Carrum Downs and Sandhurst from the seat of Cranbourne.

In the 2014 Victorian State Election, Labor MP Sonya Kilkenny defeated the Liberal incumbent to regain the seat.

Members for Carrum
MemberPartyTerm
  Ian Cathie Labor 1976–1988
  Mal Sandon Labor 1988–1996
  David Lean Liberal 1996–1999
  Jenny Lindell Labor 1999–2010
  Donna Bauer Liberal 2010–2014
  Sonya Kilkenny Labor 2014–present

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Carrum
2018 Victorian state election: Carrum[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Sonya Kilkenny 21,844 52.74 +10.52
Liberal Donna Bauer 13,608 32.85 −12.30
Greens Braeden Thompson 2,432 5.87 −1.71
Justice Simone Philpott-Smart 1,822 4.40 +4.40
Democratic Labour Jennifer Bowden 696 1.68 +1.68
Transport Matters Santosh Kumar Yadav 585 1.41 +1.41
Independent Michael Tellesson 433 1.05 +1.05
Total formal votes 41,420 94.06 −0.83
Informal votes 2,618 5.94 +0.83
Turnout 44,038 90.38 −2.83
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Sonya Kilkenny 25,660 61.95 +11.23
Liberal Donna Bauer 15,761 38.05 −11.23
Labor hold Swing+11.23

References
  1. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  2. State Election 2018: Carrum District, VEC.


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