Electoral district of Rowville

Rowville Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Rowville (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Created	2014
MP	Kim Wells
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Rowville
Electors	39,893 (2018)
Area	62 km^2 (23.9 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan

The electoral district of Rowville is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was created in the redistribution of electoral boundaries in 2013, and came into effect at the 2014 state election.^[1]

It largely covers the area of the abolished district of Scoresby, covering eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It includes the suburbs of Rowville, Lysterfield, Ferntree Gully, Scoresby and Knoxfield.^[2]

The abolished seat of Scoresby was held by Liberal MP Kim Wells, who retained the new seat at the 2014 election.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Kim Wells	Liberal	2014–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Rowville

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

2022 Victorian state election: Rowville^[3]^[4]^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kim Wells	17,600	40.6	−10.3
	Labor	Mannie Kaur Verma	14,283	32.9	−2.8
	Independent	Nicole Seymour	5,231	12.1	+12.1
	Greens	Angelica Di Camillo	3,055	7.0	−2.4
	Family First	Stephen Burgess	1,433	3.3	+3.3
	Freedom	Peterine Elizabeth Smulders	908	2.1	+2.1
	Animal Justice	Diane Glenane	859	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			43,369	95.4	+1.3
Informal votes			2,070	4.6	−1.3
Turnout			45,439	91.4	−1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Kim Wells	23,274	53.7	−1.8
	Labor	Mannie Kaur Verma	20,095	46.3	+1.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.8

References

1. "Summary of Changes". Victorian Electoral Boundary Commission. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
2. "Map of Rowville District". Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission.
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. Rowville District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

External links

• District profile from the Victorian Electoral Commission

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