Electoral district of Brighton

For the former electoral districts in Tasmania and South Australia, see Electoral district of Brighton (Tasmania) and Electoral district of Brighton (South Australia).

Brighton Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Brighton (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Created	1856
MP	James Newbury
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Suburb of Brighton
Electors	45,224 (2018)
Area	20 km^2 (7.7 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan

Electoral Office of Current Member for Brighton James Newbury

The electoral district of Brighton is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of 20 square kilometres (7.7 sq mi) in south-eastern Melbourne, including the suburbs of Brighton and Elwood, and parts of Brighton East and Hampton. It lies within the Southern Metropolitan Region of the upper house, the Legislative Council.[1]

It is one of only three electorates (along with Richmond and Williamstown) to have existed continuously since 1856. Brighton was defined in the Victoria Constitution Act, 1855, as: "Commencing on the Sea Coast at the South-west Angle of Section 25, Parish of Moorabbin, thence by a Line East to the South-east Angle of Section 55 ; on the East by a Line bearing North, being the Parish Boundary from the said Point to the North-east Angle of Section 63 ; on the North by the Road bearing West to the Sea Coast, and on the West by the Sea Coast to the commencing Point."[2]

Members for Brighton

Member		Party	Term
	Jonathan Binns Were	Unaligned	1856–1857
	Charles Ebden	Unaligned	1857–1861
	George Higinbotham	Unaligned	1861-1861
	William Brodribb	Unaligned	1861–1862
	George Higinbotham	Unaligned	1862–1871
	Sir Thomas Bent	Unaligned	1871–1894
	William Moule	Unaligned	1894–1900
	Sir Thomas Bent	Unaligned	1900–1909
	Oswald Snowball	Liberal	1909–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1924
		Australian Liberal	1924–1927
		Independent Nationalist	1927–1928
	Ian Macfarlan	Nationalist	1928–1931
		United Australia	1931–1937
		Independent	1937–1943
		United Australia	1943–1945
		Liberal	1945
	Ray Tovell	Liberal	1945–1955
		Electoral Reform League
	Sir John Rossiter	Liberal	1955–1976
	Jeannette Patrick	Liberal	1976–1985
	Alan Stockdale	Liberal	1985–1999
	Louise Asher	Liberal	1999–2018
	James Newbury	Liberal	2018–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Brighton

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Brighton.[edit]

2022 Victorian state election: Brighton[3][4][5][6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Newbury	18,791	45.6	+0.8
	Labor	Louise Crawford	10,164	24.7	−7.4
	Greens	Sarah Dekiere	5,680	13.8	−1.1
	Independent	Felicity Frederico	3,749	9.1	+9.1
	Independent	Sally Gibson	941	2.3	+2.3
	Animal Justice	Alicia Walker	851	2.1	−2.8
	Family First	Nick Sciola	558	1.4	+1.4
	Ind. (Protector)	John Tiger Casley	251	0.6	−0.2
	Independent	Allan L. Timms	211	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			41,196	95.8	+0.1
Informal votes			1,786	4.2	−0.1
Turnout			42,982	89.1	+1.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	James Newbury	22,710	55.1	+4.6
	Labor	Louise Crawford	18,486	44.9	−4.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.6

Two-party-preferred vote results in Brighton

Historical maps

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  District of Brighton 1856
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  Location within Greater Melbourne area, 1859

External links

• Electorate profile: Brighton District, Victorian Electoral Commission

References

1. "Brighton District profile". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
2. "Victoria Constitution Act 1855" (PDF). Retrieved 11 June 2013.
3. Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
4. VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
5. Green, Antony (23 December 2022). "VIC22 – Brighton – Analysis of Preferences". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
6. Brighton District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
7. Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.