Electoral district of Dandenong

Dandenong
Victoria—Legislative Assembly

Location of Dandenong (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State Victoria
Created 1904
MP Gabrielle Williams
Party Australian Labor Party
Namesake Dandenong, Victoria
Electors 41,199 (2014)
Area 62 km2 (23.9 sq mi)
Demographic Outer Metropolitan

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.

Members for Dandenong

MemberPartyTerm
  William Keast Conservative 1904–1917
  Comm 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

Victorian state election, 2014: Dandenong
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Gabrielle Williams 17,891 52.8 +1.6
Liberal Joanna Palatsides 9,809 29.0 −0.1
Greens John Gulzari 2,611 7.7 −0.8
Family First Noelle Walker 2,097 6.2 +1.7
Rise Up Australia Carlton King 950 2.8 +2.8
Independent Dale Key 500 1.5 +1.5
Total formal votes 33,858 91.7 −0.8
Informal votes 3,064 8.3 +0.8
Turnout 36,922 89.6 −0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Gabrielle Williams 21,389 62.9 −1.2
Liberal Joanna Palatsides 12,628 37.1 +1.2
Labor hold Swing −1.2

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Coordinates: 37°59′S 145°13′E / 37.983°S 145.217°E / -37.983; 145.217


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