Electoral district of Rowville

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]

Rowville
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Rowville (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created2014
MPKim Wells
PartyLiberal
Electors39,893 (2018)
Area53 km2 (20.5 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan

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
MemberPartyTerm
  Kim Wells Liberal 2014–present

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Rowville
2018 Victorian state election: Rowville[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Kim Wells 17,551 50.39 −3.45
Labor Muhammad Shahbaz 11,940 34.28 −1.37
Greens Natasha Sharma 3,483 10.00 +2.63
Independent Joe Cossari 1,858 5.33 +5.33
Total formal votes 34,832 94.04 −0.42
Informal votes 2,207 5.96 +0.42
Turnout 37,039 92.85 −2.13
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Kim Wells 19,373 55.69 −2.72
Labor Muhammad Shahbaz 15,416 44.31 +2.72
Liberal hold Swing−2.72

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. State Election 2018: Rowville District, VEC.

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