Electoral district of Caulfield

The electoral district of Caulfield is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers the metropolitan suburbs of Caulfield, Caulfield North, Caulfield South, Caulfield East, Elsternwick, Gardenvale, Ripponlea and Balaclava and parts of St Kilda East, St Kilda, Glen Huntly and Ormond within South-East Melbourne.

Caulfield
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Caulfield (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created1927
MPDavid Southwick
PartyLiberal Party
Electors45,222 (2018)
Area17 km2 (6.6 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates37°53′S 145°01′E

The seat lies in the inner south-east metropolitan Melbourne and is usually safe for the Liberals. However, a changing demographic and on-going electoral boundary changes have made the electorate increasingly marginal over the past decade. In the 2018 Victorian state election, the seat of Caulfield became the most marginal seat in Victoria with a 205-vote difference between the Labor Party and the Liberal party on a two party preferred basis.[1]

The seat has been held by the Liberal Party for the majority of the time since it's creation in 1927. The Labor Party has never held the seat.

David Southwick is the current member of parliament for Caulfield, who is also the Deputy Leader for the Victorian Liberal Party.

Members for Caulfield
MemberPartyTerm
  Frederick Forrest Liberal 1927–1930
  Harold Luxton United Australia 1930–1935
  Harold Cohen United Australia 1935–1943
  Andrew Hughes Independent Socialist 1943–1945
  Alexander Dennett Liberal 1945–1953
  Electoral Reform 1953–1955
  Joe Rafferty Liberal 1955–1958
  Alexander Fraser Liberal 1958–1965
  Ian McLaren Liberal 1965–1967
  Edgar Tanner Liberal 1967–1976
  Charles Francis Liberal 1976–1977
  Independent Liberal 1977–1979
  Ted Tanner Liberal 1979–1996
  Helen Shardey Liberal 1996–2010
  David Southwick Liberal 2010–present

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Caulfield
2018 Victorian state election: Caulfield[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Southwick 17,861 46.85 −4.84
Labor Sorina Grasso 13,054 34.24 +4.51
Greens Dinesh Mathew 5,387 14.13 −2.15
Animal Justice Troy Evans 1,153 3.02 +3.02
Sustainable Australia Aviya Bavati 665 1.74 +1.74
Total formal votes 38,120 95.65 −0.18
Informal votes 1,735 4.35 +0.18
Turnout 39,855 88.13 −2.53
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal David Southwick 19,159 50.27 −4.61
Labor Sorina Grasso 18,954 49.73 +4.61
Liberal hold Swing−4.61

References
  1. "Caulfield – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". ABC News. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  2. State Election 2018: Caulfield District, VEC.


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