Electoral district of Mount Waverley

Mount Waverley; Victoria—Legislative Assembly
	Location of Mount Waverley (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Created	2002
MP	Matt Fregon
Party	Australian Labor Party
Electors	38,937 (2018)
Area	26 km2 (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 and Mount Waverley.

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 a 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] Gidley held the seat until being defeated by Labor's Matt Fregon at the 2018 state election.

Members for Mount Waverley

2018 Victorian state election: Mount Waverley[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael Gidley	15,495	46.03	−5.12
	Labor	Matt Fregon	14,722	43.74	+7.00
	Greens	Justin McCarthy	3,444	10.23	+0.67
Total formal votes			33,661	94.94	−1.25
Informal votes			1,795	5.06	+1.25
Turnout			35,456	91.06	−2.23
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Matt Fregon	17,453	51.85	+6.44
	Liberal	Michael Gidley	16,208	48.15	−6.44
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.44

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