| Mulgrave Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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_2022.svg) Location of Mulgrave (dark green) in Greater Melbourne | |||||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1958–1967 2002–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Eden Foster | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Suburb ofMulgrave | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 40,588 (2018) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 36 km2 (13.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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Theelectoral district of Mulgrave is situated in the south-east of theMelbourne Metropolitan Region. The electorate contains the suburbs ofMulgrave andNoble Park North. It also contains parts of the suburbs ofDandenong North,Noble Park,Springvale andWheelers Hill.
The seat previously existed from 1958 to 1967 as a safeLiberal seat. It was abolished in 1967 and replaced bySyndal.
Mulgrave was recreated in 2002 as a marginalLabor seat, replacingDandenong North. Labor'sDaniel Andrews easily won the seat amidthat year's massive Labor landslide, and held it until his resignation in 2023. He was elected as leader of Victorian Labor following its shock defeat in2010, and served asPremier from2014 to 2023.
| First incarnation (1958–1967) | |||
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| Member | Party | Term | |
| Ray Wiltshire | Liberal and Country | 1958–1967 | |
| Liberal | |||
| Second incarnation (2002–present) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Daniel Andrews | Labor | 2002–2023 | |
| Eden Foster | Labor | 2023–present | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Eden Foster | 14,481 | 40.18 | −10.82 | |
| Liberal | Courtney Mann | 7,817 | 21.69 | +4.50 | |
| Independent | Ian Cook | 6,780 | 18.81 | +0.80 | |
| Greens | Rhonda Garad | 2,153 | 5.97 | +0.89 | |
| Victorian Socialists | Kelly Cvetkova | 1,315 | 3.65 | +3.65 | |
| Family First | Jane Foreman | 1,111 | 3.08 | +1.11 | |
| Libertarian | Ethelyn King | 1,046 | 2.90 | +2.90 | |
| Independent | Tina Theodossopoulou | 662 | 1.84 | +1.04 | |
| Animal Justice | Bronwyn Currie | 403 | 1.12 | +1.12 | |
| Sustainable Australia | Celeste Ackerly | 276 | 0.77 | +0.77 | |
| Total formal votes | 36,044 | 94.46 | +3.13 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,112 | 5.54 | −3.13 | ||
| Turnout | 38,156 | 80.94 | −7.46 | ||
| Notionaltwo-party-preferred count | |||||
| Labor | Eden Foster | 19,704 | 54.67 | −5.53 | |
| Liberal | Courtney Mann | 16,340 | 45.33 | +5.53 | |
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Eden Foster | 20,363 | 56.49 | −4.34 | |
| Independent | Ian Cook | 15,681 | 43.51 | +4.34 | |
| Laborhold | Swing | −4.34 | |||
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