The Division of Dunkley is an Australian electoral division in the

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. The division is located south-east of Melbourne in the

Mornington Peninsula The Mornington Peninsula is a peninsula located south of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is surrounded by Port Phillip to the west, Western Port to the east and Bass Strait to the south, and is connected to the mainland in the north. Geo ...

. It covers an area of approximately from in the north to in the south and Langwarrin South in the southeast.

Geography

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the

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. 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.

History

The division was created in 1984 and is named for

Louisa Margaret Dunkley Louisa Margaret Dunkley (28 May 1866 – 10 March 1927) was an Australian telegraphist and labor organiser who successfully campaigned for the right for women to obtain equal pay for equal work in the Australian commonwealth public service. ...

, a

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ist and campaigner for

equal pay for women Equal pay for equal work is the concept of labour rights that individuals in the same workplace be given equal pay. It is most commonly used in the context of sexual discrimination, in relation to the gender pay gap. Equal pay relates to the ful ...

. 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 Peta Jan Murphy (born 1 November 1973) is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2019 federal election. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and represents the Division of Dunkl ...

winning the seat for the Labor Party at the

2019 Australian federal election The 2019 Australian federal election was held on Saturday 18 May 2019 to elect members of the 46th Parliament of Australia. The election had been called following the dissolution of the 45th Parliament as elected at the 2016 double dissolut ...

Members

Election results

References

External links

Division of Dunkley - Australian Electoral Commission
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dunkley, Division of Electoral divisions of Australia Constituencies established in 1984 1984 establishments in Australia City of Frankston Mornington Peninsula Frankston, Victoria Electoral districts and divisions of Greater Melbourne