Electoral district of Bentleigh
- Electoral district of Bentleigh
The Electoral district of Bentleigh is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is an inner-suburban seat based around the suburbs of Bentleigh, McKinnon and most of Moorabbin south east of Melbourne.
It usually been a key marginal seat, usually lying at the 'point of the pendulum' needed to change government. It was Liberal held from its creation in 1967 until the 1979 election where the Liberals held nearly lost their majority for the first time in nearly three decades. Labor then held the seat until the Kennett landslide of 1992. The seat was the held narrowly held by Inga Peulich until she was tipped out of office by Rob Hudson on the back of the Labor Brackslide. Hudson will be defending a margin of 4.7% at the 2006 election.
Members for Bentleigh
ee also
*Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
*List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
External links
* [http://www.vec.vic.gov.au/BentleighDistrictprofile.html Electorate profile: Bentleigh District, Victorian Electoral Commission]
* [http://www.vec.vic.gov.au/state2002resultBentleighDistrict.html State Election 2002: Bentleigh District, Victorian Electoral Commission]
* [http://www.vec.vic.gov.au/state1999resultBentleighDistrict.html State Election 1999: Bentleigh District, Victorian Electoral Commission]
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