Division of Dunkley

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The Division of Dunkley is an Australian electoral division in the state of Victoria. The division is located south-east of Melbourne on the Mornington Peninsula. It covers an area of approximately Template:Convert from Template:VICcity in the north to Template:VICcity in the south and Langwarrin South in the southeast. Jodie Belyea has represented the seat since the 2024 Dunkley by-election.

List of Localities in DunkleyEdit

GeographyEdit

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

As a result of a periodical boundary redistribution, from the 2025 Australian federal election, Dunkley’s boundaries will move north to include the suburbs of Carrum, Bonbeach, Patterson Lakes, Chelsea (part) and Chelsea Heights (part), while losing the southern part of Mount Eliza to neighbouring Flinders.<ref> https://antonygreen.com.au/2024-federal-redistributions-final-boundaries-for-victoria-released/</ref>

HistoryEdit

The division was created in 1984 and is named for Louisa Margaret Dunkley, a trade unionist and campaigner for equal pay for women.

It was held by the Liberal Party from 1996 to 2019, however a 2018 boundary redistribution that favoured Labor, along with Labor's increased statewide strength in Victoria resulted in Peta Murphy winning the seat for the Labor Party at the 2019 Australian federal election.<ref name=aecprofile>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

MembersEdit

Image		Member	Party	Term	Notes
Template:Australian party style\|	File:Labor Placeholder.png	Bob Chynoweth Template:Small	Labor	1 December 1984 – 24 March 1990	Previously held the Division of Flinders. Lost seat
Template:Australian party style\|	File:Liberal Placeholder.png	Frank Ford Template:Small	Liberal	24 March 1990 – 13 March 1993	Lost seat
Template:Australian party style\|	File:Labor Placeholder.png	Bob Chynoweth Template:Small	Labor	13 March 1993 – 2 March 1996	Lost seat
Template:Australian party style\|	File:Bruce Billson Portrait 2014.jpg	Bruce Billson Template:Small	Liberal	2 March 1996 – 9 May 2016	Served as minister under Howard and Abbott. Retired
Template:Australian party style\|	File:Chris Crewther Portrait.jpg	Chris Crewther Template:Small	Liberal	2 July 2016 – 18 May 2019	Lost seat. Later elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Mornington in 2022
Template:Australian party style\|	File:Peta Murphy 2019.jpg	Peta Murphy Template:Small	Labor	18 May 2019 – 4 December 2023	Died in office
Template:Australian party style\|	File:Jodie.belyea.mp image.jpg	Jodie Belyea	Labor	2 March 2024 – present	Incumbent

Election resultsEdit

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NotesEdit

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ReferencesEdit

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External linksEdit

Division of Dunkley - Australian Electoral Commission

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