Electoral district of Benambra

The electoral district of Benambra is one of the electoral districts of Victoria, Australia, for the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of 10,037 square kilometres (3,875 sq mi)^[1] in north-eastern Victoria. The largest settlement is the city of Wodonga. Benambra also includes the towns of Baranduda, Barnawartha, Beechworth, Chiltern, Corryong, Eskdale, Kiewa, Mitta Mitta, Mount Beauty, Rutherglen, Tallangatta, Tangambalanga, Tawonga, Wahgunyah, and Yackandandah. It lies in the Northern Victoria Region of the upper house, the Legislative Council.^[1]

Benambra Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Benambra (dark green) in Victoria
State	Victoria
Created	1877
MP	Bill Tilley
Party	Liberal Party
Namesake	Town of Benambra
Electors	50,045 (2022)
Area	9,147 km2 (3,531.7 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural
Coordinates	36°30′S 147°25′E
Electorates around Benambra: New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales Oven Valley Benambra New South Wales Ovens Valley Gippsland East New South Wales

The district of Benambra was created by the Electoral Act Amendment Act 1876.^[2] taking effect at the 1877 elections.

The district has been held by various conservative parties unbroken since 1877, with the Liberal Party taking the seat from the Nationals in 1976 and retaining it since.

The district is named after Benambra, a small town 28km north of Omeo in Gippsland. The town of Benambra is not actually located in the electoral district (it is in Gippsland East). Benambra is thought to be Aboriginal in origin meaning hills with big trees or men spearing eels.^[3]

Members for Benambra

Member		Party	Term
	Peter Wright	Liberal	1877–1880
	Peter Wallace	Conservative	1880–1886
	Peter Wright	Liberal	1886–1889
	Albert Craven	Conservative	1889–1913
		Conservative Liberal
		Comm Liberal
	John Leckie	Comm Liberal	1913–1917
	Henry Beardmore	Economy	1917–1918
		Nationalist	1917–1931
		United Australia	1931–1932
	Roy Paton	Country	1932–1947
	Tom Mitchell	Country	1947–1976
		National
	Lou Lieberman	Liberal	1976–1992
	Tony Plowman	Liberal	1992–2006
	Bill Tilley	Liberal	2006–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Benambra

2022 Victorian state election: Benambra^[4][5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Tilley	17,658	42.9	+2.8
	Independent	Jacqui Hawkins	13,038	31.7	+15.6
	Labor	Mark Tait	5,375	13.1	−4.6
	Greens	Luke Brady	1,592	3.9	+0.4
	Animal Justice	Mike Fuery	1,170	2.8	+2.8
	Family First	Janelle Stratton	815	2.0	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Dean Rossiter	804	2.0	+2.0
	Freedom	Adrian James O'Brien	683	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			41,135	95.1	+0.5
Informal votes			2,099	4.9	−0.5
Turnout			43,234	86.4	+0.5
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Liberal	Bill Tilley	26,021	63.3	+4.0
	Labor	Mark Tait	15,114	36.7	−4.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Tilley	20,956	50.9	−1.6
	Independent	Jacqui Hawkins	20,179	49.1	+1.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.6

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

Two-candidate-preferred vote results in Benambra