The electoral district of Caulfield is an electoral district of the
Victorian Legislative Assembly
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. The electorate is surrounded by the other electoral districts of
Prahran
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Malvern
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Brighton
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It covers the metropolitan suburbs of Caulfield,
Caulfield North
Caulfield North is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Glen Eira local government area. Caulfield North recorded a population of 16,903 at the ...
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Caulfield South
Caulfield South is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Glen Eira local government area. Caulfield South recorded a population of 12,328 at the ...
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Caulfield East
Caulfield East is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, 14 km south-east of Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District, located within the City of Glen Eira Local government areas ...
,
Elsternwick
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Gardenvale
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Ripponlea
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Glen Huntly
Glen Huntly is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District,Ormond within South-East Melbourne. Approximately 45,222 people reside in the electorate which has been contested at each state election in Victoria since 1927.
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
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, the seat of Caulfield became the most marginal seat in Victoria with a 205-vote difference between the Labor Party and the Liberal party on a two party preferred basis. Recent redistributions have meant the current margin before the
2022 Victorian State Election
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is almost 0.001% towards the Liberal Party.
The seat has been held by the Liberal Party for the majority of the time since its creation in 1927, the party has been held by the Electoral Reform Party and multiple independents. The Labor Party has never held the seat.
David Southwick
David James Southwick (born 31 March 1968) is an Australian Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal politician, and has been the member for Electoral district of Caulfield, Caulfield in the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2010. Southwick has be ...
is the current member of parliament for Caulfield, who is also the Deputy Leader for the Victorian Liberal Party.