Division of Dunkley

The Division of Dunkley is an Australian electoral division in the state of Victoria. The division is located south-east of Melbourne in the Mornington Peninsula. It covers an area of approximately 152 square kilometres (59 sq mi) from Seaford in the north to Mount Eliza in the south and Langwarrin South in the southeast.

Dunkley
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Dunkley in Victoria, as of the 2019 federal election.
Created1984
MPPeta Murphy
PartyLabor
NamesakeLouisa Margaret Dunkley
Electors110,685 (2019)
Area152 km2 (58.7 sq mi)
DemographicOuter Metropolitan

History

The division was created in 1984 and is named for Louisa Margaret Dunkley, a trade unionist and campaigner for equal pay for women.

Despite having encompassed the Labor-leaning suburbs of Carrum Downs (part), Frankston, Frankston North, Skye (part), and Seaford, the Liberal-leaning suburbs and towns of Langwarrin, Langwarrin South, Mount Eliza, Mornington and Baxter (part) helped Dunkley remain a Liberal-held seat from 1996 until 2019. However, as a result of the Australian Electoral Commission's 2018 boundary redistribution, which excluded Liberal-leaning Mornington and Baxter (part) from the electorate and included the whole of Labor-leaning Carrum Downs and Skye, Dunkley became a notionally marginal Labor seat. It was consequently gained by the Labor Party at the 2019 Australian federal election.[1]

Members
Image Member Party Term Notes
  Bob Chynoweth
(1941–)		 Labor 1 December 1984 –
24 March 1990		 Previously held the Division of Flinders. Lost seat
  Frank Ford
(1936–)		 Liberal 24 March 1990 –
13 March 1993		 Lost seat
  Bob Chynoweth
(1941–)		 Labor 13 March 1993 –
2 March 1996		 Lost seat
  Bruce Billson
(1966–)		 Liberal 2 March 1996 –
9 May 2016		 Served as minister under Howard and Abbott. Retired
  Chris Crewther
(1983–)		 Liberal 2 July 2016 –
18 May 2019		 Lost seat
  Peta Murphy
(1973–)		 Labor 18 May 2019 –
present		 Incumbent

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Dunkley
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 Australian federal election in Victoria § Dunkley[edit]
2019 Australian federal election: Dunkley[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Chris Crewther 38,616 39.88 −1.22
Labor Peta Murphy 37,301 38.52 +2.00
Greens Emily Green 8,125 8.39 −1.09
Justice Lachlan O'Connell 5,027 5.19 +0.19
Animal Justice Elizabeth Johnston 2,961 3.06 +0.18
United Australia Ron Jean 2,513 2.60 +2.60
Conservative National Christopher James 1,337 1.38 +1.38
Rise Up Australia Yvonne Gentle 948 0.98 +0.34
Total formal votes 96,828 94.86 +0.90
Informal votes 5,250 5.14 −0.90
Turnout 102,078 92.26 +1.10
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Peta Murphy 51,066 52.74 +1.71
Liberal Chris Crewther 45,762 47.26 −1.71
Labor hold Swing+1.71

References
  1. "Profile of the electoral division of Dunkley (Vic)". Current federal electoral divisions. Australian Electoral Commission. 23 September 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  2. Dunkley, VIC, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.

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