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Victorian state election, 2018
Mulgrave District
South-Eastern Melbourne: Dandenong North, Mulgrave, Noble Park North, Springvale, Wheelers Hill
Federal seats: Part of Bruce and
Hotham
Legislative Council: South-Eastern Metropolitan Region
Local government areas: Parts of Greater Dandenong and Monash
Enrolment 2014 election: 40,682
Enrolment 2018 election: 40,588 (down 0.2%)
Sitting member:
Hon Daniel Andrews (Labor): Elected 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014
2010 Labor majority over Liberal: 8.5
2014 Labor majority over Liberal: 4.5
Status: Marginal Labor
2014 results
Candidates
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Hon Daniel Andrews
Australian Labor Party |
Maree Davenport
Liberal Party |
Ovi Rajasinghe
Australian Greens |
Ovi Rajasinghe (Australian Greens)
Maree Davenport (Liberal Party)
Hon Daniel Andrews (Australian Labor Party)
Nadeem Malik (Transport Matters)
Des Kelly (Democratic Labour Party)
Mulgrave District
Mulgrave was created in 1958, at that time covering much of the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne. In 1967
it was partitioned between Scorebsy and Syndal. In reappeared in 2002 when Dandenong North was abolished. The
2014 redistricting shifted it northwards into Wheelers Hill. The seat is now sharply polarised between working-class
Noble Park and Springvale in the south and affluent Brandon Park and Wheelers Hill in the north.
Dandenong North was always a Labor seat, even in the Kennett landslide of 1992. John Lenders won it in
1999, but when it was renamed Mulgrave in 2002 he transferred to the Legislative Council, and the seat was inherited
by Daniel Andrews. The 2014 redistricting made the seat much weaker for him, but he had no difficulty retaining it.
Daniel Andrews, Labor MLA for Mulgrave since 2002, is a professional politician. He was a staffer for
federal MP Neil O'Keefe, an ALP state organiser and Assistant State Secretary before being elected for Mulgrave,
aged 30. He was a minister from 2006, and was Minister for Health in the Brumby government. After Labor's defeat
in 2010, he was elected Leader of the Opposition. He led Labor back to government in 2014.
The Liberal candidate is Maree Davenport, who (as Maree Luckins) was Liberal MLC for Waverley Province from
1996 to 2002. The Greens candidate is Ovi Rajasinghe, a student. Although Mulgrave is classed as a marginal seat, and
is an unusually weak seat for a sitting Premier, Andrews is perfectly safe for this election at least.
Boundaries following 2014 redistricting:
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