Division of Monash

Not to be confused with City of Monash.

The Division of Monash is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria, which was contested for the first time at the 2019 federal election.

Monash Australian House of Representatives Division
From the 2022 federal election to 2025 From the 2025 federal election Interactive map of electorate boundaries
Created	2019
MP	Russell Broadbent
Party	Independent
Namesake	Sir John Monash
Electors	111,241 (2022)
Area	8,255 km2 (3,187.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

Geography

Federal electoral division boundaries in Australia are 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]

History

Sir John Monash, the division's namesake

The division is named in honour of Sir John Monash, an Australian Allied military commander during World War I.

The Division of Monash is located in the western part of the Gippsland region, which extends for the length of Victoria's eastern Bass Strait coastline. It replaced the similarly-located Division of McMillan in 2018. Monash includes the towns of Warragul, Moe, Wonthaggi, Leongatha and Foster. The seat gained Phillip Island at the 2018 redistribution and overall it stretches from Mount Baw Baw and the Baw Baw National Park in the north to Wilsons Promontory, and the Wilsons Promontory National Park in the south. It is the southernmost Electoral Division in continental Australia. Monash was created in the mandatory redistribution of divisions in Victoria by the Australian Electoral Commission in 2018.^[2]

Prior to the 2022 federal election, the seat was notionally held by the Liberal Party of Australia on a margin of 6.9%, making it a fairly safe seat for the party.^[3] It is now held on a margin of 2.9%, making it marginal.^[4]

Members

Image		Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Russell Broadbent (1950–)	Liberal	18 May 2019 – 14 November 2023	Previously held the Division of McMillan. Lost seat
			Independent	14 November 2023 – 3 May 2025

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Monash

2025 Australian federal election: Monash^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mary Aldred	30,981	32.15	−5.64
	Labor	Tully Fletcher	19,492	20.23	−5.37
	Independent	Deb Leonard	16,622	17.25	+6.53
	Independent	Russell Broadbent	9,925	10.30	+10.30
	One Nation	Kuljeet Kaur Robinson	7,621	7.91	+0.37
	Greens	Terence Steele	4,399	4.57	−5.29
	Legalise Cannabis	David O'Reilly	3,239	3.36	+3.36
	Trumpet of Patriots	Alex Wehbe	2,406	2.50	+1.80
	Family First	Geoff Dethlefs	1,673	1.74	+1.74
Total formal votes			96,358	94.20	−1.12
Informal votes			5,935	5.80	+1.12
Turnout			102,293	87.78	−1.03

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2025 Australian federal election in Victoria § Monash.[edit]

Results are not final. Last updated on 10 May 2025 at 6:30 PM AEST.