The electoral district of Hastings is an electorate of the

Victorian Legislative Assembly The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria in Australia; the upper house being the Victorian Legislative Council. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The presid ...

. It was created prior to the 2002 election due to population increases in Melbourne's outer south east. It covers

Hastings Hastings () is a large seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east to the county town of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to the north-west ...

, Tyabb, Somerville, Bittern and part of Langwarrin. French Island is also included within the electoral boundary. The seat is currently held by former actor and TV presenter

Paul Mercurio Paul Joseph Mercurio (born 31 March 1963) is an Australian actor, dancer, TV presenter and politician. Mercurio is best known for his lead role in ''Strictly Ballroom'' 1992 and his role as a judge on TV series ''Dancing with the Stars''. He ...

for the

Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also simply known as Labor, is the major centre-left political party in Australia, one of two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia. The party forms th ...

Members for Hastings

Election results

References

External links

Electorate profile: Hastings, Victorian Electoral Commission
2002 establishments in Australia Constituencies established in 2022 Electoral districts of Victoria (Australia) City of Frankston Mornington Peninsula {{VictoriaAU-gov-stub