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Victorian state election, 2018
Bayswater District
Eastern Melbourne: Bayswater, Heathmont, Kilsyth South, The Basin, Wantira North
Federal seats: Parts of Aston and
Deakin
Legislative Council: Eastern Metropolitan Region
Local government areas: Parts of Knox and Maroondah
Enrolment 2014 election: 42,719
Enrolment 2018 election: 44,047 (up 3.1%)
Sitting member:
Hon Heidi Victoria (Liberal): Elected 2006, 2010, 2014
2010 Liberal majority over Labor: 10.6
2014 Liberal majority over Labor: 4.6
Status: Marginal Liberal
2014 results
Candidates
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Asher Cookson
Australian Greens |
Jackson Taylor
Australian Labor Party |
Hon Heidi Victoria
Liberal Party |
Hon Heidi Victoria (Liberal Party)
Jackson Taylor (Australian Labor Party)
Asher Cookson (Australian Greens)
Nathan Schram (Animal Justice Party)
Bayswater District
Bayswater was created in 1992, replacing the previous seat of Ringwood (there is now a new seat of Ringwood adjoining Bayswater). It is a
uniformly middle-class seat, taking in a string of suburbs along the Mountain Highway, from Wantira in the west to The Basin at the foot of
the Dandenongs. Like all the eastern suburban seats, it is attracting increasing numbers of Chinese and other Asian immigrants.
Bayswater has been won by the Liberal Party at every election since its creation, except in the Bracks Labor landslide election of 2002. Peter
Lockwood, who won the seat at that election, was defeated in 2006 by Heidi Victoria, who has held it fairly comfortably since.
Heidi Victoria, Liberal MLA for Baywater since 2006, was a businesswoman and sales manager before entering politics. She was
Minister for the Arts, Minister for Women's Affairs and Minister for Consumer Affairs in the Napthine government. She is now Shadow Minister
for Tourism and Major Events, Arts and Culture and Consumer Affairs.
Although Labor has done poorly in the eastern suburbs at recent elections, Bayswater is still a marginal seat which would be at risk
for the Liberals in the event of a substantial swing to Labor. The Labor candidate in 2018 is Jackson Taylor, a police officer and
Knox City councillor. The Greens candidate as Asher Cookson, a student.
Boundaries following 2014 redistricting:
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