Caulfield
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Caulfield (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created1927
MPDavid Southwick
PartyLiberal Party
NamesakeCaulfield
Electors45,222 (2018)
Area17 km2 (6.6 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates37°53′S 145°01′E / 37.883°S 145.017°E / -37.883; 145.017

The electoral district of Caulfield is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly that has existed since 1927.

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.

The longest serving member is Ted Tanner, who held the seat for a period of 17 years, between 1979 and 1996.

The seat lies in the inner south-east metropolitan Melbourne and was once safe for the Liberal Party. 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 was won by the Liberal Party by just 205 votes.[1]

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

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

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

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Caulfield.[edit]
2022 Victorian state election: Caulfield[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Southwick 18,088 44.5 −1.6
Labor Lior Harel 11,301 27.8 −6.2
Greens Rachel Iampolski 6,447 15.8 +1.1
Independent Nomi Kaltmann 2,643 6.5 +6.5
Animal Justice Asher Myerson 908 2.2 −0.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Abelman 739 1.8 +1.8
Family First Lynne Edwell 557 1.4 +1.4
Total formal votes 40,683 96.7 +1.1
Informal votes 1,374 3.3 −1.1
Turnout 42,057 86.7 −1.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal David Southwick 21,183 52.1 +2.0
Labor Lior Harel 19,500 47.9 −2.0
Liberal hold Swing+2.0

References

  1. ↑ "Caulfield – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". ABC News. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  2. ↑ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  3. ↑ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  4. ↑ Caulfield District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.


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