Electoral district of Mount Waverley

Mount Waverley Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Mount Waverley (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Created	2002
MP	Michael Gidley
Party	Liberal Party of Australia
Electors	39,993 (2014)
Area	26 km^2 (10.0 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan

The Electoral District of Mount Waverley is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is located in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne and contains the suburbs of Glen Waverley, Mount Waverley and Syndal.

The seat was created prior to the 2002 election replacing the normally safe Liberal seat of Glen Waverley. When created, Mount Waverley had a notional Liberal margin of 9.1% but it was won by Labor's Maxine Morand at the 2002 election in an swing of 11.4%. It was one of four seats won by Labor on Green preferences after trailing the Liberals on the primary vote results. Liberal candidate Michael Gidley won the seat at the 2010 state election with a swing of 7.4%.^[1]

Members for Mount Waverley

Member		Party	Term
	Maxine Morand	Labor	2002–2010
	Michael Gidley	Liberal	2010–present

Election results

Victorian state election, 2014: Mount Waverley^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Michael Gidley	18,357	51.2	−1.4
	Labor	Jennifer Yang	13,184	36.7	+3.3
	Greens	Perky Raj Khangure	3,432	9.6	+2.0
	Christians	Stephen Chong Zheng	915	2.6	+2.5
Total formal votes			35,888	96.2	−0.1
Informal votes			1,422	3.8	+0.1
Turnout			37,310	93.3	−1.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Michael Gidley	19,489	54.6	−4.0
	Labor	Jennifer Yang	16,211	45.4	+4.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.0

References

1. "Victoria Votes 2010". Retrieved 23 October 2011.
2. State Election 2014: Mount Waverley District, VEC.

External links

• Electorate profile: Mount Waverley, Victorian Electoral Commission