Electoral district of Brighton

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Electoral Office of Current Member for Brighton James Newbury

The electoral district of Brighton is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of Script error: No such module "convert". in south-eastern Melbourne, including the suburbs of Brighton and Elwood, and parts of Brighton East and Hampton. It lies within the Southern Metropolitan Region of the upper house, the Legislative Council.[1]

It is one of only three electorates (along with Richmond and Williamstown) to have existed continuously since 1856. Brighton was defined in the Victoria Constitution Act, 1855, as: "Commencing on the Sea Coast at the South-west Angle of Section 25, Parish of Moorabbin, thence by a Line East to the South-east Angle of Section 55 ; on the East by a Line bearing North, being the Parish Boundary from the said Point to the North-east Angle of Section 63 ; on the North by the Road bearing West to the Sea Coast, and on the West by the Sea Coast to the commencing Point."[2]

Members for Brighton

Member Party Term
Template:Australian party style Jonathan Binns Were Unaligned 1856–1857
Template:Australian party style Charles Ebden Unaligned 1857–1861
Template:Australian party style George Higinbotham Unaligned 1861-1861
Template:Australian party style William Brodribb Unaligned 1861–1862
Template:Australian party style George Higinbotham Unaligned 1862–1871
Template:Australian party style Sir Thomas Bent Unaligned 1871–1894
Template:Australian party style William Moule Unaligned 1894–1900
Template:Australian party style Sir Thomas Bent Unaligned 1900–1909
Template:Australian party style Oswald Snowball Liberal 1909–1917
Template:Australian party style Nationalist 1917–1924
Template:Australian party style Australian Liberal 1924–1927
Template:Australian party style Independent Nationalist 1927–1928
Template:Australian party style Ian Macfarlan Nationalist 1928–1931
Template:Australian party style United Australia 1931–1937
Template:Australian party style Independent 1937–1943
Template:Australian party style United Australia 1943–1945
Template:Australian party style Liberal 1945
Template:Australian party style Ray Tovell Liberal 1945–1955
Template:Australian party style Electoral Reform League
Template:Australian party style Sir John Rossiter Liberal 1955–1976
Template:Australian party style Jeannette Patrick Liberal 1976–1985
Template:Australian party style Alan Stockdale Liberal 1985–1999
Template:Australian party style Louise Asher Liberal 1999–2018
Template:Australian party style James Newbury Liberal 2018–present

Election results

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Historical maps

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