Electoral district of Ringwood (Victoria)

This article is about the electoral district. For the suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, see Ringwood, Victoria. For other uses, see Ringwood (disambiguation).

The electoral district of Ringwood is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, located in the east of Melbourne. It was first proclaimed in 1958 and was abolished in 1992.^[1] Some of Ringwood was included in the new electoral district of Bayswater that year. Kay Setches, who was at the time the last member for Ringwood, contested and lost Bayswater at the 1992 election.

Ringwood Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Ringwood (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Dates current	1958–1992 2014–present
MP	Will Fowles
Party	Independent
Namesake	Suburb of Ringwood
Electors	41,299 (2018)
Area	35 km2 (13.5 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan
Electorates around Ringwood: Box Hill Warrandyte Croydon Box Hill Ringwood Croydon Glen Waverley Glen Waverley Bayswater

The electorate was created again in the 2013 redistribution of electoral boundaries that took effect at the 2014 state election.^[2] The new district largely replaces the abolished district of Mitcham, covering suburbs along the eastern parts of the Maroondah Highway.^[3] The abolished district of Mitcham was held by Liberal MP Dee Ryall, who lost the seat in a big swing against her in 2018.

As of the 2022 Victorian state election, the seat contains the suburbs of Heathmont, Mitcham, Nunawading, Ringwood East, most of Ringwood, parts of Blackburn, Blackburn North, Donvale, Forest Hill, and Vermont in the local government areas of Maroondah City and Whitehorse City. The district's boundaries were also adjusted to account for local population changes. Ringwood North was transferred to Warrandyte, while parts of Blackburn, Forest Hill, Vermont, and Heathmont were absorbed into the seat.^[4]

Members

First incarnation (1958–1992)
Member		Party	Term
	Jim Manson	Liberal	1958–1973
	Norman Lacy	Liberal	1973–1976
	Peter McArthur	Liberal	1976–1982
	Kay Setches	Labor	1982–1992
Second incarnation (2014–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Dee Ryall	Liberal	2014–2018
	Dustin Halse	Labor	2018–2022
	Will Fowles	Labor	2022–2023
		Independent Labor	2023–2024
		Independent	2024–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Ringwood

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

2022 Victorian state election: Ringwood^[5][6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Will Fowles	17,851	39.0	−3.3
	Liberal	Cynthia Watson	15,467	33.8	−9.9
	Greens	Reuben Steen	7,105	15.5	+2.1
	Democratic Labour	Gary Ryan	1,684	3.7	+3.7
	Family First	Richard Griffith-Jones	1,396	3.1	+3.1
	Animal Justice	Nick Rowe	1,212	2.6	+2.2
	Freedom	Robyn M. Siemer	1,038	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			45,753	96.5	+1.7
Informal votes			1,676	3.5	−1.7
Turnout			47,429	91.1	−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Will Fowles	26,322	57.5	+4.3
	Liberal	Cynthia Watson	19,431	42.5	−4.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.3

Graphical summary

Two-party-preferred vote results in Ringwood