Electoral district of Dandenong

The electoral district of Dandenong is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was first proclaimed in 1904 when the district of Dandenong and Berwick was abolished.

Dandenong Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Dandenong (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Created	1904
MP	Gabrielle Williams
Party	Labor
Namesake	Dandenong, Victoria
Electors	42,361 (2018)
Area	58 km2 (22.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer metropolitan

The district is located within the outskirts of Melbourne's south-east, containing both residential and industrial areas, as well as the Armada Dandenong Plaza and Churchill National Park.^[1] A very multicultural district, it has been a safe Labor seat since the 1970s.

Dandenong District comprises the suburbs of Dandenong, Doveton, Eumemmerring and parts of Dandenong North, Dandenong South, Endeavour Hills, Noble Park, Noble Park North and Rowville.^[2]

It is part of the South-Eastern Metropolitan Region for elections to the Legislative Council.

Members for Dandenong

Member		Party	Term
	William Keast	Conservative	1904–1917
		Commonwealth Liberal
		Nationalist
	Frank Groves	Nationalist	1917–1929
	Bert Cremean	Labor	1929–1932
	Frank Groves	United Australia	1932–1937
	Frank Field	Labor	1937–1947
	William Dawnay-Mould	Liberal	1947–1952
		Electoral Reform League
	Les Coates	Labor	1952–1955
	Ray Wiltshire	Liberal	1955–1958
	Len Reid	Liberal	1958–1969
	Alan Lind	Labor	1969–1979
	Rob Jolly	Labor	1979–1985
	Terry Norris	Labor	1985–1992
	John Pandazopoulos	Labor	1992–2014
	Gabrielle Williams	Labor	2014–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Dandenong

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

2022 Victorian state election: Dandenong^[3][4][5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gabrielle Williams	21,677	54.9	−9.6
	Liberal	Karen Broadley	8,475	21.5	−1.2
	Greens	Matthew Kirwan	3,215	8.1	+1.1
	Family First	Audrey Harmse	2,719	6.9	+6.9
	Freedom	Anthony Levchenko	1,478	3.7	+3.7
	Animal Justice	Andrew Klop	982	2.5	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Tham Turner	961	2.4	+2.4
Total formal votes			39,505	92.5	+1.2
Informal votes			3,195	7.5	−1.2
Turnout			42,700	84.0	−2.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gabrielle Williams	26,970	68.3	−4.8
	Liberal	Karen Broadley	12,535	31.7	+4.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.8

Graphical summary

Two-party-preferred vote results in Dandenong