Electoral district of Burwood

Burwood
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Burwood (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State Victoria
Dates current 1955–1967, 1976–present
MP Graham Watt
Party Liberal Party
Electors 41,878 (2014)
Area 25 km2 (9.7 sq mi)
Demographic Metropolitan
Districts of Burwood and Camberwell as they applied in 1956.

The electoral district of Burwood is an electorate for the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It is located approximately 13 kilometres east of Melbourne, and covers an area of 25 km². It includes the suburbs of Ashburton, Ashwood, Box Hill South, Burwood, and parts of Camberwell, Chadstone, Glen Iris, and Surrey Hills. It was created in 1955 as part of the expansion of the Legislative Assembly, and abolished in 1967, replaced by Glen Iris. It was recreated in 1976, replacing Glen Iris.

The seat's most notable member was Jeff Kennett, who won the seat on its recreation in 1976 and went on to serve as leader of the Liberal Party from 1982 to 1989 and from 1991 to 1999, and as Premier of Victoria from 1992 to 1999. Kennett retired after his shock defeat at the 1999. In the ensuring by-election, his Labor opponent in the general election, Bob Stensholt, won the previously safe Liberal seat on a swing of over 10 percent.

Stensholt went on to hold the seat in his own right for two more terms before Graham Watt regained it for the Liberals.

Members for Burwood

First incarnation (1955–1967)
MemberPartyTerm
  Jim MacDonald Liberal and Country 1955–1965    
Liberal 1965–1967
Second incarnation (1976–present)
MemberPartyTerm
  Jeff Kennett Liberal             1976–1999
  Bob Stensholt   Labor 1999–2010
  Graham Watt Liberal 2010–present

Election results

Victorian state election, 2014: Burwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Graham Watt 18,902 50.1 −0.1
Labor Gavin Ryan 12,995 34.4 +1.5
Greens Beck Stuart 4,904 13.0 +1.1
Independent Peter Campbell 960 2.5 +2.5
Total formal votes 37,761 96.5 −0.2
Informal votes 1,357 3.5 +0.2
Turnout 39,118 93.4 +0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Graham Watt 20,079 53.2 −3.1
Labor Gavin Ryan 17,688 46.8 +3.1
Liberal hold Swing −3.1

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