Electoral district of Mornington

Mornington Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Mornington (dark green) in Victoria
State	Victoria
Dates current	1859–1967 1985–present
MP	Chris Crewther
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Mornington
Electors	47,184 (2018)
Area	155 km^2 (59.8 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer metropolitan and rural fringe
Coordinates	38°15′S 145°04′E
Electorates around Mornington: Port Phillip Frankston Hastings Port Phillip Mornington Hastings Nepean Nepean Hastings

The electoral district of Mornington is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. The electorate can be described as outer metropolitan and rural, including animal farming, grape production and wineries.^[1] The district is 155 square kilometres in area.^[2]

It was first created in 1859 when the Electoral district of Evelyn and Mornington was abolished and split in two.^[3] The district of Mornington initially included the entire Mornington Peninsula, Phillip Island and French Island.^[3] Currently it includes Mornington, Mount Eliza, Mount Martha and Tuerong, and parts of Baxter and Moorooduc.^[2]

Mornington has been held by the Liberal Party since it was re-created in 1985. Since 2022, the member for Mornington is Chris Crewther, who previously held the overlapping federal seat of Dunkley from 2016 to 2019.

Members for Mornington

First incarnation (1859–1967)
Member		Party	Term
	William Lyall	Unaligned	1859–1861
	Henry Samuel Chapman	Unaligned	1861–1862
	Sir James McCulloch	Unaligned	1862–1872
	James Purves	Unaligned	1872–1880
	James Gibb	Unaligned	1880–1886
	Louis Smith	Unaligned	1886–1894
	Alfred Downward	Unaligned	1894–1929
	Herbert Downward	Country	1929–1932
	Alfred Kirton	United Australia	1932–1947
		Country
	William Leggatt	Liberal	1947–1956
	Roberts Dunstan	Liberal	1956–1967
Second incarnation (1985–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Robin Cooper	Liberal	1985–2006
	David Morris	Liberal	2006–2022
	Chris Crewther	Liberal	2022–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Mornington

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

2022 Victorian state election: Mornington^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Chris Crewther	17,910	42.58	−8.01
	Independent	Kate Lardner	9,432	22.42	+22.42
	Labor	Georgia Fowler	9,246	21.98	−12.30
	Greens	Harry Sinclair	2,677	6.38	−3.42
	Freedom	Paul Pettitt	1,041	2.47	+2.47
	Animal Justice	Leonie Schween	740	1.76	−3.57
	Independent	Jane Agirtan	641	1.52	+1.52
	Family First	Ross Hayward	375	0.89	+0.89
Total formal votes			42,062	95.85	+0.38
Informal votes			1,823	4.15	−0.38
Turnout			43,885	91.34	−0.64
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Liberal	Chris Crewther	24,514	58.28	+3.28
	Labor	Georgia Fowler	17,548	41.72	−3.28
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Chris Crewther	21,326	50.70	−4.30
	Independent	Kate Lardner	20,736	49.30	+49.30
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Historical maps

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  Location of Mornington district in 1859

External links

• District profile from the Victorian Electoral Commission

References

1. "About Mornington Peninsula". Visit Mornington Peninsula. Mornington Peninsula Tourism. 12 February 2015. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
2. "Electorate profile: Mornington District". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 December 2014.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
3. "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). Australasian Legal Information Institute. 1858. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
4. Mornington District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.