Electoral district of Murray Plains

Not to be confused with Electoral district of Murray Valley.

The electoral district of Murray Plains is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was created in the redistribution of electoral boundaries in 2013, and came into effect at the 2014 state election.^[1]

Murray Plains Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Murray Plains (dark green) in Victoria
State	Victoria
Created	2014
MP	Peter Walsh
Party	The Nationals
Namesake	Murray River
Electors	46,924 (2018)
Area	11,921 km2 (4,602.7 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural
Coordinates	35°46′S 143°50′E
Electorates around Murray Plains: Mildura Shepparton New South Wales Mildura Murray Plains New South Wales Shepparton Ripon Bendigo East Euroa

The district was created due to the abolition of the districts of Swan Hill and Rodney.^[2] It is centred on the Murray River cities of Swan Hill and Echuca, including the towns of Kerang, Lake Boga, Cohuna and Rochester. It covers the Swan Hill, Gannawarra, Loddon and Campaspe local government areas.^[3]

Murray Plains was contested in the 2014 election by the sitting National Party MP for the abolished district of Swan Hill, Peter Walsh, who retained the seat, and was re-elected in 2018.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Peter Walsh	National	2014–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Murray Plains

2022 Victorian state election: Murray Plains^[4][5][6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Peter Walsh	24,831	61.8	+1.4
	Labor	Damien Hurrell	7,543	18.8	−0.6
	Family First	Cameron Macpherson	2,575	6.4	+6.4
	Freedom	Katia Bish	1,752	4.4	+4.4
	Greens	John Brownstein	1,560	3.9	−0.4
	Ind. (Fusion)	Andrea Otto	1,022	2.5	+2.5
	Animal Justice	Glenys Leung	908	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			40,181	93.8	−0.7
Informal votes			2,647	6.2	+0.7
Turnout			42,828	88.1	−2.4
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Peter Walsh	29,483	73.4	−0.5
	Labor	Damien Hurrell	10,698	26.6	+0.5
	National hold		Swing	−0.5

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Murray Plains.[edit]

References

1. "Summary of Changes". Victorian Electoral Boundary Commission. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
2. Green, Antony (2014). "Antony Green's Analysis of the 2013 Redistribution". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
3. "Map of Murray Plains District". Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission.
4. Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
5. VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
6. Murray Plains District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
7. Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.

External links

• District profile from the Victorian Electoral Commission