The electoral district of Mornington is an electoral district of the

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. The electorate can be described as outer metropolitan and rural, including animal farming, grape production and wineries. The district is 155 square kilometres in area. It was first created in 1859 when the

Electoral district of Evelyn and Mornington The Electoral district of Evelyn and Mornington was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. The district was based on the counties of Evelyn and Mornington, and defined in the Victoria Constitution Act 1855. Members o ...

was abolished and split in two. The district of Mornington initially included the entire

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and French Island. Currently it includes Mornington, Mount Eliza, Mount Martha and Tuerong, and parts of Baxter and Moorooduc. Mornington has been held by the

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since it was re-created in 1985. Since

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, the member for Mornington is

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, who previously held the overlapping federal seat of Dunkley from

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Members for Mornington

Election results

Historical maps

Electoral_district_of_Mornington,_Victoria_-_1859.png, Location of Mornington district in 1859

External links

District profile from the Victorian Electoral Commission

References

Electoral districts of Victoria (Australia) 1859 establishments in Australia 1967 disestablishments in Australia 1985 establishments in Australia Electoral district Electoral districts and divisions of Greater Melbourne {{VictoriaAU-gov-stub