The Electoral district of Doncaster was a metropolitan electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, located approximately 13 kilometres north-east of Melbourne. It was part of the Upper House

Eastern Metropolitan Region North-Eastern Metropolitan Region, previously Eastern Metropolitan Region between 2006 and 2022, is one of the eight electoral regions of Victoria, Australia, which elects five members to the Victorian Legislative Council (also referred to as t ...

and sat entirely within the

City of Manningham The City of Manningham is a local government area in Victoria, Australia in the north-eastern suburbs of Melbourne and is divided into 12 suburbs, with the largest being Doncaster and Doncaster East. It comprises an area of 113 square kilometres ...

. It was abolished and divided between the

Electoral district of Bulleen The electoral district of Bulleen is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of in eastern Melbourne, including the suburbs of Bulleen, Doncaster, Templestowe Lower, and part of Templestowe. It lies withi ...

and the Electoral district of Warrandyte The seat was abolished due to new boundary changes in preparation for the 2014 election.

Profile

Doncaster covered 25 square kilometres and comprised the majority of the suburbs of Doncaster,

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and Donvale, excluding portions of the northern parts of these suburbs, which all lie within the

in Melbourne's eastern suburbs. A residential suburban electorate, Doncaster was a moderately hilly area north of the Koonung Creek and west of the

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. Its urban features included predominantly low-density suburban dwellings, gardens and reserves, shopping centres and an abundance of sports amenities.

History

Prior to 1976, the area of Doncaster/Templestowe was included in the seats of

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, Mernda and Box Hill. In 1976, rapidly increasing population led to the split-up of the seat of Box Hill into Doncaster and Box Hill.

Members for Doncaster

Election results

External links

Doncaster district - Victorian Electoral Commission

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Doncaster 1976 establishments in Australia 2014 disestablishments in Australia Former electoral districts of Victoria (state)