Electoral district of South Barwon
| South Barwon Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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| Created | 1976 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Darren Cheeseman | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Independent Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | City of South Barwon | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 54,245 (2018) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 361 km2 (139.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Urbanised rural | ||||||||||||||
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South Barwon is an
Modewarre, Moriac and Mount Moriac
. The electorate had a population of 52,241 at the 2001 census.
South Barwon was created in 1976 as a predominantly rural seat which was considered safe for the conservative
Labor Party nominated former Geelong mayor Michael Crutchfield as its candidate, and amidst a statewide landslide victory, he succeeded in taking South Barwon for the first time. Crutchfield was re-elected in 2006, but lost in 2010 to local councillor and Liberal candidate Andrew Katos. Katos was re-elected in 2014 but was defeated by former federal MP Darren Cheeseman in 2018
. Katos re-contested South Barwon in 2022 in an attempt to win back his former seat, however Cheeseman easily retained the seat with 59.8% of the two-party-preferred vote, on the back of a 6.8% swing towards Labor. This was the strongest result for Labor in the seat’s history.
Members for South Barwon
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aurel Smith | Liberal
|
1976–1982 | |
| Harley Dickinson | Liberal
|
1982–1992 | |
Independent
|
1992–1992 | ||
| Alister Paterson | Liberal
|
1992–2002 | |
| Michael Crutchfield | Labor
|
2002–2010 | |
| Andrew Katos | Liberal
|
2010–2018 | |
| Darren Cheeseman | Labor
|
2018–2024 | |
| Independent Labor | 2024–present | ||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Darren Cheeseman | 19,969 | 44.2 | +5.6 | |
| Liberal | Andrew Katos | 14,516 | 32.1 | −6.5 | |
| Greens | Genevieve Frances Dawson-Scott | 5,719 | 12.6 | +4.2 | |
| Family First | Alan Barron | 1,338 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
| Democratic Labour | Leone Bates | 1,099 | 2.4 | −0.6 | |
| Animal Justice | Naomi Adams | 1,076 | 2.4 | −0.7 | |
| Justice | Jeynelle Marie Dean | 891 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
| Freedom | Simone Tomlinson | 576 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 45,184 | 96.5 | +1.0 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,637 | 3.5 | −1.0 | ||
| Turnout | 46,821 | 90.8 | +1.9 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Darren Cheeseman | 27,020 | 59.8 | +6.8 | |
| Liberal | Andrew Katos | 18,164 | 40.2 | −6.8 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +6.8 | |||
References
- ^ "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ South Barwon District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
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