Division of Aston

Australian federal electoral division From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Division of Aston is an Australian Federal Electoral Division in the state of Victoria, located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. The suburbs in the division include Bayswater, Boronia, Ferntree Gully, Kilsyth South, Knoxfield, Rowville, Scoresby, The Basin, Wantirna and Wantirna South; and parts of Lysterfield, Sassafras, Upper Ferntree Gully, Ringwood, Heathmont and Bayswater North.

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Aston
Australian House of Representatives Division
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Interactive map of electorate boundaries
Created1984
MPMary Doyle
PartyLabor
NamesakeTilly Aston
Electors109,705 (2022)
Area113 km2 (43.6 sq mi)
DemographicOuter metropolitan
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Geography

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.[1]

Between 2018 and 2024, the division was co-extensive with the City of Knox local government area.[2] Since the 2024 redistribution, it also included portions of the City of Maroondah south of Canterbury Road.[3]

History

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Tilly Aston, the division's namesake

The division was created in 1984 and is named after Tilly Aston, a blind writer and teacher who helped found the Library of the Victorian Association of Braille Writers in 1894.

A typical "mortgage belt" seat, it was held by the Labor Party until 1990, but was from then until 2023 it was held by the Liberal Party. At the 2022 Australian federal election it was the Liberal Party’s safest seat in metropolitan Melbourne.[4] However, the seat became marginal at that election, with the Liberals experiencing a 11.64% drop in their primary vote and a 7.32% drop in their two-party vote. The very next year, the Australian Labor Party regained the seat from the Liberal Party following the 2023 by-election.[5] Mary Doyle was elected as the new Labor member in the by-election.

Aston has one of the biggest Chinese-Australian communities in Victoria, with more than 22,500 Chinese residents, or about 14 per cent of the electorate's population.[6][7]

Members

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Image Member Party Term Notes
  Thumb John Saunderson
(1948–)
Labor 1 December 1984
24 March 1990
Previously held the Division of Deakin. Lost seat
  Thumb Peter Nugent
(1938–2001)
Liberal 24 March 1990
24 April 2001
Died in office
  Thumb Chris Pearce
(1963–)
14 July 2001
19 July 2010
Retired
  Thumb Alan Tudge
(1971–)
21 August 2010
17 February 2023[8]
Served as minister under Turnbull and Morrison. Resigned in order to retire from politics.
  Thumb Mary Doyle
(1970–)
Labor 1 April 2023
present
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Election results

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2025 Australian federal election: Aston[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Manny Cicchiello
Labor Mary Doyle
Family First Craig Manners
Independent Andrew Williams
Libertarian David Fawcett
Independent Mark Grondman
Greens Reuben Steen
One Nation John De Wacht
Trumpet of Patriots Steve Desveaux
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Informal votes
Turnout
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2023 Aston by-election[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Mary Doyle 37,318 40.87 +8.32
Liberal Roshena Campbell 35,680 39.07 –3.98
Greens Angelica Di Camillo 9,256 10.14 –1.94
Independent Maya Tesa 6,426 7.04 +7.04
Fusion Owen Miller 2,637 2.89 +2.89
Total formal votes 91,317 96.70 −0.03
Informal votes 3,112 3.30 +0.03
Turnout 94,429 85.64 −6.86
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Mary Doyle 48,915 53.57 +6.38
Liberal Roshena Campbell 42,402 46.43 –6.38
Labor gain from Liberal Swing+6.38
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2022 Australian federal election: Aston[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alan Tudge 42,260 43.05 −11.64
Labor Mary Doyle 31,949 32.55 +2.74
Greens Asher Cookson 11,855 12.08 +3.22
United Australia Rebekah Spelman 5,990 6.10 +2.49
One Nation Craig Ibbotson 3,022 3.08 +3.08
Liberal Democrats Liam Roche 2,111 2.15 +2.15
TNL Ryan Bruce 973 0.99 +0.99
Total formal votes 98,160 96.73 +0.41
Informal votes 3,320 3.27 −0.41
Turnout 101,480 92.50 −1.79
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alan Tudge 51,840 52.81 −7.32
Labor Mary Doyle 46,320 47.19 +7.32
Liberal hold Swing−7.32
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Alluvial diagram for preference flows in the seat of Aston in the 2022 federal election. check indicates at what stage the winning candidate had over 50% of the votes and was declared the winner.

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