Division of Dunkley

Dunkley Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Dunkley in Victoria, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created	1984
MP	Chris Crewther
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Louisa Margaret Dunkley
Electors	104,967 (2016)
Area	140 km² (54.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Dunkley is an Australian electoral division in the state of Victoria. The division was created in 1984 and is named for Louisa Margaret Dunkley, a trade unionist and campaigner for equal pay for women.

The division is located south-east of Melbourne. It covers an area of approximately 140 square kilometres (54 sq mi) from Seaford in the north to Mornington in the south. The suburbs and towns in Dunkley are Frankston, Frankston North, Frankston South, Langwarrin, Langwarrin South, Mount Eliza, Mornington, Seaford and parts of Carrum Downs, Baxter and Skye.^[1]

Members

Australian federal election, 2016: Dunkley^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Chris Crewther	38,158	42.73	−6.02
	Labor	Peta Murphy	29,620	33.17	+2.29
	Greens	Jeanette Swain	8,616	9.65	+0.33
	Justice	Ruth Stanfield	5,510	6.17	+6.17
	Animal Justice	Tyson Jack	1,926	2.16	+2.16
	Family First	Michael Rathbone	1,393	1.56	−0.35
	Independent	Joseph Toscano	1,132	1.27	+1.27
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Wilms	1,037	1.16	+1.16
	Rise Up Australia	Lin Tregenza	682	0.76	+0.22
	Christians	Jeff Reaney	677	0.76	+0.76
	Arts	Sally Baillieu	542	0.61	+0.61
Total formal votes			89,293	93.56	−1.65
Informal votes			6,151	6.44	+1.65
Turnout			95,444	90.93	−2.36
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Chris Crewther	45,925	51.43	−4.14
	Labor	Peta Murphy	43,368	48.57	+4.14
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.14

↑ "Profile of the electoral division of Dunkley (Vic)". Current federal electoral divisions. Australian Electoral Commission. 23 September 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
↑ Dunkley, VIC, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

Electoral divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in Victoria

Aston Ballarat Batman Bendigo Bruce Calwell Casey Chisholm Corangamite Corio Deakin Dunkley Flinders Gellibrand Gippsland Goldstein Gorton Higgins Holt Hotham Indi Isaacs Jagajaga Kooyong Lalor La Trobe Mallee Maribyrnong McEwen McMillan Melbourne Melbourne Ports Menzies Murray Scullin Wannon Wills Abolished: Balaclava Bourke Burke (1949–55) Burke (1969–2004) Corinella (1901–06) Corinella (1990–96) Darebin Diamond Valley Echuca Fawkner Grampians Henty Higinbotham Hoddle Isaacs (1949–69) Laanecoorie Mernda Moira Northern Melbourne Scullin (1955–69) Southern Melbourne Streeton Wimmera Yarra

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