Electoral district of Swan Hill

Former electoral district of Victoria, Australia

Not to be confused with Electoral district of Swan Hills.

Australian electorate

Swan Hill
Victoria—Legislative Assembly

State| Victoria
Created| 1904
Abolished| 2014
Namesake| Swan Hill
Electors| 33,073 (2010)
Area| 28,093 km2 (10,846.8 sq mi)
Demographic| Rural

The Electoral district of Swan Hill was a rural Lower House electoral district of the Victorian Parliament. It was located within the Northern Victoria Region of the Legislative Council.

The area had previously been part of the electoral districts of Wimmera (1851-89), Crowlands (1858-77), and Donald & Swan Hill (1889-1904).

At its beginning in 1904, the district spanned the Victorian Mallee region, covering not only Swan Hill and its surrounds, but also the Mildura area. This changed in 1927, with the creation of the electoral district of Mildura. It was held by a conservative party for its entire existence. For most of the time from 1917 onward, it was held by what became the National Party. The Liberals held the seat for most of the 1970s, during the height of their dominance in the state. However, the Nationals regained it in a 1983 by-election and held it until the seat was abolished in 2014.

At its end in 2014, the district included the towns of Birchip, Charlton, Donald, Kerang, Murtoa, St Arnaud, Sea Lake, Warracknabeal, Wedderburn and Wycheproof, as well as the titular city of Swan Hill. Natural features of the electorate included Lake Tyrrell and the Murray River, which was a popular tourist destination and the centre of a flourishing irrigation area. Farming and agriculture were important industries throughout the region.

Due to the region making up an increasingly smaller proportion of the state's population, in 2014 it became part of the electoral district of Murray Plains.[1]

## Members for Swan Hill

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Member | Party | Term

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| John Gray | Ministerialist  | 1904–1917
| Independent
| Commonwealth Liberal
| Nationalist
| Percy Stewart | Farmers Union | 1917–1919
| Francis Old | Farmers Union | 1919–1945
| Country
| John Hipworth | Country | 1945–1949
| Liberal | 1949–1952
| Harold Stirling | Country | 1952–1968
| Henry Broad | Country | 1968–1973
| Alan Wood | Liberal | 1973–1983
| Barry Steggall | National | 1983–2002
| Peter Walsh | National | 2002–2014

## Election results

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Main article: Electoral results for the district of Swan Hill

2010 Victorian state election: Swan Hill  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| National | Peter Walsh | 22,086  | 75.04  | +27.61
| Labor | Sharon Garrick  | 4,802  | 16.32  | -2.19
| Greens | Morgana Russell  | 1,326  | 4.51  | +0.57
| Family First | Garion Pearse  | 1,219  | 4.14  | +0.81
Total formal votes  | 29,433  | 95.33  | +0.00
Informal votes  | 1,441  | 4.67  | +0.00
Turnout | 30,874  | 93.35  | −0.42
Two-party-preferred result
| National | Peter Walsh | 23,343  | 79.33  | +5.93
| Labor | Sharon Garrick  | 6,081  | 20.67  | -5.93
| National hold | Swing | +5.93 |

## See also

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* Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
* List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

## References

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1. ^ "No change to Murray Plains". Gannawarra Times. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.

## External links

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* Electorate profile: Swan Hill District, Victorian Electoral Commission

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Former electoral districts of Victoria

* Abbotsford
* Alberton
* Allandale
* Altona
* Anglesey
* Ararat
* Ascot Vale
* Avoca
* Ballarat
* Ballarat East
* Ballarat North
* Ballarat South
* Ballarat West
* Balwyn
* Barwon
* Belfast
* Benalla
* Benalla and Yarrawonga
* Bendigo
* Bennettswood
* Bogong
* Boroondara
* Borung
* Brunswick East
* Brunswick West
* Bulla
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* Buninyong
* Burwood
* Camberwell
* Carlton
* Carlton South
* Castlemaine
* Castlemaine and Kyneton
* Castlemaine and Maldon
* Castlemaine Boroughs
* Caulfield East
* Clayton
* Clifton Hill
* Clunes and Allandale
* Coburg
* Colac
* Collingwood
* Creswick
* Crowlands
* Dalhousie
* Dandenong and Berwick
* Dandenong North
* Daylesford
* Deer Park
* Delatite
* Derrimut
* Donald and Swan Hill
* Doncaster
* Doveton
* Dromana
* Dundas
* Dundas and Follett
* Dunolly
* Eaglehawk
* East Bourke
* East Bourke Boroughs
* East Melbourne
* Eastern Suburbs
* Elsternwick
* Emerald Hill
* Essendon and Flemington
* Evelyn and Mornington
* Ferntree Gully
* Fitzroy
* Flemington
* Forest Hill
* Frankston East
* Frankston North
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* Geelong East
* Geelong North
* Geelong West
* Gembrook
* Gippsland
* Gippsland Central
* Gippsland North
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* Gisborne
* Glen Iris
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* Glenhuntly
* Glenroy
* Goulburn
* Goulburn Valley
* Grant
* Greensborough
* Grenville
* Gunbower
* Hampden
* Heatherton
* Heidelberg
* Horsham
* Jika Jika
* Jolimont and West Richmond
* Kara Kara
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* Keilor
* Keysborough
* Kilmore
* Kilmore and Anglesey
* Kilmore, Dalhousie and Lancefield
* Kilsyth
* Knox
* Korong
* Korong and Eaglehawk
* Kyneton
* Kyneton Boroughs
* Loddon
* Lyndhurst
* Maldon
* Mandurang
* Maryborough
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* Maryborough and Talbot
* Melbourne South
* Mentone
* Mernda
* Midlands
* Mitcham
* Moira
* Moonee Ponds
* Moorabbin
* Mooroolbark
* Mount Waverley
* The Murray
* Murray Boroughs
* Murray Valley
* Noble Park
* Normanby
* North Grant
* North Grenville
* North Melbourne
* Numurkah and Nathalia
* Nunawading
* Ormond
* Ouyen
* Ovens
* Polwarth and South Grenville
* Polwarth, Ripon, Hampden and South Grenville
* Port Fairy
* Port Fairy and Glenelg
* Port Melbourne
* Portland
* Public Officers
* Railway Officers
* Rainbow
* Reservoir
* Ripon and Hampden
* Ripponlea
* Rodney
* Sandhurst
* Sandhurst South
* Sandridge
* Scoresby
* Seymour
* Shepparton and Euroa
* South Bourke
* South Grant
* South Melbourne
* South Yarra
* Springvale
* St Kilda
* Stawell
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* Sunshine
* Swan Hill
* Syndal
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* Villiers and Heytesbury
* Walhalla
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* Waranga
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* Warrenheip and Grenville
* Warrnambool
* West Bourke
* West Melbourne
* Westernport
* Whittlesea
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