Electoral districts of Victoria
Electoral districts of Victoria are the electoral districts, commonly referred to as "seats" or "electorates", into which the Australian State of Victoria is divided for the purpose of electing members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, one of the two houses of the Parliament of the State. The State is divided into 88 single-member districts. The Legislative Assembly has had 88 electorates since the 1985 election, increased from 81 previously.

Electoral boundaries are redrawn from time to time, in a process called redivision. The last redivision took place in 2013, when the Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission reviewed Victoria's district boundaries. The boundaries arising from the 2013 redivision applied at the 2014 and the 2018 state elections.[1] Previous redivisions took place in 2005, 2001 and 1991.[2] A redivision is currently in progress and is expected to be completed by October 2021.[3]
Current districts
As of November 2014, there were 88 electoral districts:
- Albert Park
- Altona
- Bass
- Bayswater
- Bellarine
- Benambra
- Bendigo East
- Bendigo West
- Bentleigh
- Box Hill
- Brighton
- Broadmeadows
- Brunswick
- Bulleen
- Bundoora
- Buninyong
- Burwood
- Carrum
- Caulfield
- Clarinda
- Cranbourne
- Croydon
- Dandenong
- Eildon
- Eltham
- Essendon
- Euroa
- Evelyn
- Ferntree Gully
- Footscray
- Forest Hill
- Frankston
- Geelong
- Gembrook
- Gippsland East
- Gippsland South
- Hastings
- Hawthorn
- Ivanhoe
- Kew
- Keysborough
- Kororoit
- Lara
- Lowan
- Macedon
- Malvern
- Melbourne
- Melton
- Mildura
- Mill Park
- Monbulk
- Mordialloc
- Mornington
- Morwell
- Mount Waverley
- Mulgrave
- Murray Plains
- Narracan
- Narre Warren North
- Narre Warren South
- Nepean
- Niddrie
- Northcote
- Oakleigh
- Ovens Valley
- Pascoe Vale
- Polwarth
- Prahran
- Preston
- Richmond
- Ringwood
- Ripon
- Rowville
- Sandringham
- Shepparton
- South Barwon
- South-West Coast
- St Albans
- Sunbury
- Sydenham
- Tarneit
- Thomastown
- Warrandyte
- Wendouree
- Werribee
- Williamstown
- Yan Yean
- Yuroke
2021 redistricting
Due to the redistricting process that takes place every eight years, there were some seats that were abolished and some new seats.
Abolished
New districts
Former districts
- Historical Electoral Districts of Victoria
- Districts 1856-1859
- Districts 1859-1877
- Map of country districts (2006–2014)
- Map of greater Melbourne districts (2006–2014)
All districts with creation and abolition dates
Some districts have been abolished and recreated, the incarnations are included as separate entries with a (1) or (2) etc. suffix.
This sortable table includes districts to be abolished or created at the election in November 2014.
District | Created | Abolished | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Abbotsford | 1904 | 1927 | |
Albert Park | 1889 | current | |
Alberton | 1856 | 1859 | absorbed into South Gipps Land 1859 |
Allandale | 1904 | 1955 | created when Clunes and Allandale was split up |
Altona | 1992 | 2022 | |
Anglesey | 1856 | 1859 | Renamed to Dalhousie |
1889 | 1904 | ||
Ararat | 1859 | 1904 | |
Ascot Vale | 1955 | 1958 | |
1976 | 1985 | ||
Ashwood | 2022 | current | |
Avoca | 1859 | 1889 | |
Ballarat | 1927 | 1955 | |
Ballarat East | 1859 | 1927 | |
1992 | 2014 | ||
Ballarat North | 1955 | 1992 | |
Ballarat South | 1955 | 1992 | |
Ballarat West | 1859 | 1927 | |
1992 | 2014 | ||
Balwyn | 1955 | 1992 | |
Barwon | 1877 | 1955 | |
Bass | 2002 | current | |
Bayswater | 1992 | current | |
Belfast | 1856 | 1889 | renamed to Port Fairy 1889 |
Bellarine | 1967 | 1976 | |
1985 | current | ||
Benalla | 1904 | 2014 | |
Benalla and Yarrawonga | 1889 | 1904 | |
Benambra | 1877 | current | |
Bendigo | 1927 | 1985 | |
Bendigo East | 1904 | 1927 | |
1985 | current | ||
Bendigo West | 1904 | 1927 | |
1985 | current | ||
Bennettswood | 1967 | 2002 | |
Bentleigh | 1967 | current | |
Berwick | 1976 | 2002 | |
2022 | current | ||
Bogong | 1889 | 1904 | |
Boroondara | 1877 | 1889 | |
1904 | 1945 | ||
Borung | 1889 | 1927 | |
1945 | 1955 | ||
Bourke East | See East Bourke | ||
Box Hill | 1945 | current | |
Brighton | 1856 | current | |
Broadmeadows | 1955 | current | |
Brunswick | 1904 | 1955 | |
1976 | 1992 | ||
2002 | current | ||
Brunswick East | 1955 | 1976 | |
Brunswick West | 1955 | 1976 | |
Bulla | 1904 | 1927 | |
Bulla and Dalhousie | 1927 | 1945 | |
Bulleen | 1985 | current | |
Bundoora | 1976 | current | |
Buninyong | 2014 | 2022 | |
Burwood | 1955 | 1967 | |
1976 | 2022 | ||
Camberwell | 1945 | 1976 | |
Carlton | 1877 | 1958 | |
Carlton South | 1889 | 1904 | |
Carrum | 1976 | current | |
Castlemaine | 1859 | 1904 | |
Castlemaine and Kyneton | 1927 | 1945 | |
Castlemaine and Maldon | 1904 | 1927 | |
Castlemaine Boroughs | 1856 | 1859 | |
Caulfield | 1927 | current | |
Caulfield East | 1955 | 1958 | |
Clarinda | 2014 | current | |
Clayton | 1985 | 2014 | |
Clifton Hill | 1927 | 1955 | |
Clunes and Allandale | 1889 | 1904 | |
Coburg | 1927 | 2002 | |
Colac | 1856 | 1859 | |
Collingwood | 1856 | 1958 | |
Cranbourne | 1992 | current | |
Creswick | 1859 | 1904 | |
Crowlands | 1859 | 1877 | |
Croydon | 2014 | current | |
Dalhousie | 1859 | 1889 | renamed from Anglesey |
1904 | 1927 | ||
Dandenong | 1904 | current | |
Dandenong and Berwick | 1889 | 1904 | |
Dandenong North | 1985 | 2002 | |
Daylesford | 1889 | 1927 | |
Deer Park | 1967 | 1976 | |
Delatite | 1877 | 1904 | |
Derrimut | 1985 | 1992 | |
2002 | 2014 | ||
Donald and Swan Hill | 1889 | 1904 | |
Doncaster | 1976 | 2014 | |
Doveton | 1985 | 1992 | |
Dromana | 1967 | 2002 | |
Dundas | 1859 | 1976 | renamed from Dundas and Follett - same area |
Dundas and Follett | 1856 | 1859 | renamed Dundas in 1859 |
Dunolly | 1889 | 1904 | |
Eaglehawk | 1889 | 1927 | |
East Bourke | 1856 | 1904 | |
East Bourke Boroughs | 1859 | 1904 | |
East Melbourne | 1859 | 1927 | |
Eastern Suburbs | 1889 | 1904 | |
Eildon | 2014 | current | |
Elsternwick | 1945 | 1967 | |
Eltham | 1992 | current | |
Emerald Hill | 1859 | 1904 | |
Essendon | 1904 | 1955 | |
1958 | current | ||
Essendon and Flemington | 1889 | 1904 | |
Eureka | 2022 | current | |
Euroa | 2014 | current | |
Evelyn | 1859 | current | |
Evelyn and Mornington | 1856 | 1859 | |
Ferntree Gully | 2002 | 2022 | |
Fitzroy | 1877 | 1927 | |
1958 | 1967 | ||
Flemington | 1904 | 1945 | |
1955 | 1967 | ||
Footscray | 1877 | 1904 | |
1927 | current | ||
Forest Hill | 1976 | 2022 | |
Frankston | 1967 | 1985 | |
1992 | current | ||
Frankston East | 1992 | 2002 | |
Frankston North | 1985 | 1992 | |
Frankston South | 1985 | 1992 | |
Geelong | 1856 | 1859 | |
1877 | 1976 | ||
1985 | current | ||
Geelong East | 1859 | 1877 | |
1976 | 1985 | ||
Geelong North | 1967 | 2002 | |
Geelong West | 1859 | 1877 | |
1955 | 1985 | ||
Gembrook | 2002 | 2022 | |
Gippsland | 1856 | 1859 | |
Gippsland Central | 1889 | 1904 | |
Gippsland East | 1889 | current | |
Gippsland North | 1859 | 1955 | known as North Gippsland 1859-1889 |
Gippsland South | 1859 | current | known as South Gippsland 1859-1889 |
Gippsland West | 1889 | 1976 | |
1985 | 2002 | ||
Gisborne | 1967 | 2002 | |
Glen Iris | 1945 | 1955 | |
1967 | 1976 | ||
Glen Waverley | 1985 | 2002 | |
2022 | current | ||
Glenelg | 1904 | 1927 | |
Glenhuntly | 1967 | 1985 | |
Glenroy | 1976 | 1985 | |
Goulburn | 1945 | 1955 | |
Goulburn Valley | 1904 | 1945 | |
Grant | 1877 | 1904 | |
1927 | 1967 | ||
Greensborough | 1967 | 1992 | |
Greenvale | 2022 | current | |
Grenville | 1859 | 1927 | |
Gunbower | 1889 | 1945 | |
Hampden | 1904 | 1976 | |
Hastings | 2002 | current | |
Hawthorn | 1889 | current | |
Heatherton | 1967 | 1985 | |
Heidelberg | 1927 | 1945 | |
Horsham | 1889 | 1904 | |
Ivanhoe | 1945 | current | |
Jika Jika | 1904 | 1927 | |
Jolimont and West Richmond | 1889 | 1904 | |
Kalkallo | 2022 | current | |
Kara Kara | 1877 | 1927 | |
1955 | 1976 | ||
Kara Kara and Borung | 1927 | 1945 | |
Keilor | 1976 | 2014 | |
Kew | 1927 | current | |
Keysborough | 2014 | 2022 | |
Kilmore | 1856 | 1877 | |
Kilmore and Anglesey | 1877 | 1889 | |
Kilmore, Dalhousie and Lancefield | 1889 | 1904 | |
Kilsyth | 2002 | 2014 | |
Knox | 1976 | 2002 | |
Korong | 1889 | 1927 | |
1945 | 1955 | ||
Korong and Eaglehawk | 1927 | 1945 | |
Kororoit | 2002 | current | |
Kyneton | 1889 | 1904 | |
Kyneton Boroughs | 1856 | 1889 | |
Lara | 2002 | current | |
Laverton | 2022 | current | |
Loddon | 1856 | 1859 | |
Lowan | 1889 | 1945 | |
1955 | current | ||
Lyndhurst | 2002 | 2014 | |
Macedon | 2002 | current | |
Maldon | 1859 | 1904 | |
Malvern | 1945 | current | |
Mandurang | 1859 | 1904 | |
Maryborough | 1859 | 1877 | |
1889 | 1927 | ||
Maryborough and Daylesford | 1927 | 1945 | |
Maryborough and Talbot | 1877 | 1889 | |
Melbourne | 1856 | 1859 | |
1889 | current | ||
Melbourne South | 1889 | 1904 | |
Melbourne West | see West Melbourne | ||
Melton | 1992 | current | |
Mentone | 1945 | 1992 | |
Mernda | 1945 | 1955 | |
Midlands | 1945 | 1985 | |
Mildura | 1927 | current | |
Mill Park | 1992 | current | |
Mitcham | 1967 | 2014 | |
Moira | 1877 | 1889 | |
Monbulk | 1967 | current | |
Moonee Ponds | 1945 | 1976 | |
Moorabbin | 1955 | 1976 | |
Mooroolbark | 1992 | 2002 | |
Mordialloc | 1992 | current | |
Mornington | 1859 | 1967 | |
1985 | current | ||
Morwell | 1955 | current | |
Mount Waverley | 2002 | 2022 | |
Mulgrave | 1958 | 1967 | |
2002 | current | ||
Murray | 1856 | 1877 | a.k.a. The Murray |
Murray Boroughs | 1856 | 1877 | |
Murray Plains | 2014 | current | renamed from Swan Hill |
Murray Valley | 1945 | 2014 | |
Narracan | 1967 | current | |
Narre Warren North | 2002 | current | |
Narre Warren South | 2002 | current | |
Nepean | 2002 | current | |
Niddrie | 1976 | current | |
Noble Park | 1976 | 1985 | |
Normanby | 1856 | 1904 | |
North Gippsland | 1859 | 1889 | See Gippsland North |
North Grant | 1856 | 1859 | |
North Grenville | 1856 | 1859 | |
North Melbourne | 1859 | 1927 | |
Northcote | 1927 | current | |
Numurkah and Nathalia | 1889 | 1904 | |
Nunawading | 1927 | 1945 | |
Oakleigh | 1927 | current | |
Ormond | 1958 | 1967 | |
Ouyen | 1927 | 1945 | |
Ovens | 1856 | 1927 | a.k.a. The Ovens |
Ovens Valley | 2014 | current | |
Pakenham | 1992 | 2002 | |
2022 | current | ||
Pascoe Vale | 1955 | 1958 | |
1985 | current | ||
Point Cook | 2022 | current | |
Polwarth | 1889 | current | |
Polwarth and South Grenville | 1859 | 1889 | |
Polwarth, Ripon, Hampden, South Grenville | 1856 | 1859 | |
Port Fairy | 1889 | 1927 | renamed from Belfast 1889 |
Port Fairy and Glenelg | 1927 | 1945 | |
Port Melbourne | 1889 | 1958 | |
Portland | 1856 | 1904 | |
1945 | 2002 | ||
Prahran | 1889 | current | |
Preston | 1945 | current | |
Public Officers | 1904 | 1907 | |
Railway Officers | 1904 | 1907 | |
Rainbow | 1945 | 1955 | |
Reservoir | 1955 | 1992 | |
Richmond | 1856 | current | |
Ringwood | 1958 | 1992 | |
2014 | current | ||
Ripon | 1945 | 1955 | |
1976 | current | ||
Ripon and Hampden | 1859 | 1904 | |
Ripponlea | 1955 | 1967 | |
Rodney | 1856 | 2014 | |
Rowville | 2014 | current | renamed from Scoresby |
Sandhurst | 1856 | 1904 | |
Sandhurst South | 1889 | 1904 | |
Sandridge | 1859 | 1889 | |
Sandringham | 1955 | current | |
Scoresby | 1945 | 1976 | |
2002 | 2014 | renamed to Rowville | |
Seymour | 1992 | 2014 | |
Shepparton | 1945 | 1955 | |
1967 | current | ||
Shepparton and Euroa | 1889 | 1904 | |
South Barwon | 1976 | current | |
South Bourke | 1856 | 1889 | |
South Gippsland | 1859 | 1889 | See Gippsland South |
South Grant | 1856 | 1877 | |
South Melbourne | 1856 | 1859 | |
South West Coast | 2002 | current | |
South Yarra | 1889 | 1904 | |
Springvale | 1976 | 2002 | |
St Albans | 1985 | 1992 | |
2014 | current | ||
St Kilda | 1856 | 1992 | |
Stawell | 1877 | 1904 | |
Stawell and Ararat | 1904 | 1945 | |
Sunbury | 2014 | current | |
Sunshine | 1945 | 1955 | |
1967 | 2002 | ||
Swan Hill | 1904 | 2014 | renamed to Murray Plains |
Sydenham | 2014 | current | |
Syndal | 1967 | 1992 | |
Talbot | 1856 | 1859 | |
Talbot and Avoca | 1889 | 1904 | |
Tarneit | 2002 | current | |
The Murray | see Murray | ||
Thomastown | 1985 | current | |
Toorak | 1889 | 1967 | |
Tullamarine | 1992 | 2002 | |
Upper Goulburn | 1904 | 1945 | |
Upper Yarra | 1927 | 1945 | |
Villiers and Heytesbury | 1856 | 1904 | |
Walhalla | 1904 | 1945 | |
Wangaratta | 1904 | 1927 | |
Wangaratta and Ovens | 1927 | 1945 | |
Wangaratta and Rutherglen | 1889 | 1904 | |
Wantirna | 1976 | 2002 | |
Waranga | 1904 | 1945 | |
Warrandyte | 1976 | current | |
Warrenheip | 1889 | 1927 | |
Warrenheip and Grenville | 1927 | 1945 | |
Warrnambool | 1856 | 1955 | |
1967 | 2002 | ||
Wendouree | 2014 | current | |
Werribee | 1976 | 2002 | |
2014 | current | ||
West Bourke | 1856 | 1904 | |
West Melbourne | 1859 | 1904 | a.k.a. Melbourne West |
Westernport | 1976 | 1985 | |
Whittlesea | 1985 | 1992 | |
Williamstown | 1856 | current | |
Wimmera | 1856 | 1889 | |
1992 | 2002 | ||
Windermere | 1889 | 1904 | |
Wonthaggi | 1927 | 1955 | |
Yan Yean | 1992 | current | |
Yarraville | 1958 | 1967 | |
Yuroke | 2002 | 2022 | |
References
- Report on the 2012-13 redivision of electoral boundaries Electoral Boundaries Commission
- "Past redivisions". Electoral Boundaries Commission. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015.
- 2020–21 State electoral boundary redivision