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Division of Aston

Australian federal electoral division

Australian federal electoral division

FieldValue
federalyes
nameAston
image
captionInteractive map of electorate boundaries from the 2025 federal election
created1984
mpMary Doyle
mp-partyLabor
namesakeTilly Aston
electors122512
electors_year2025
area124
classOuter metropolitan
near-nwDeakin
near-nDeakin
near-neCasey
near-eCasey
near-seBruce
near-sBruce
near-swHotham
near-wChisholm

| mp-party = Labor | near-nw = Deakin | near-n = Deakin | near-ne = Casey | near-e = Casey | near-se = Bruce | near-s = Bruce | near-sw = Hotham | near-w = Chisholm

The Division of Aston is an Australian Federal Electoral Division in the state of Victoria, located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. The suburbs in the division include Bayswater, Boronia, Ferntree Gully, Kilsyth South, Knoxfield, Rowville, Scoresby, The Basin, Wantirna and Wantirna South; and parts of Lysterfield, Sassafras, Upper Ferntree Gully, Ringwood, Heathmont and Bayswater North.

Geography

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been 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.

When the division was introduced in 1984, it covered areas in the City of Knox which were previously in the Division of Deakin and Division of La Trobe.

Between 2018 and 2024, the division was co-extensive with the City of Knox local government area. In 2024, it was expanded northwards to include a portion of the City of Maroondah south of Canterbury Road and east of EastLink.

Since the 2024 redistribution, the division covered all of City of Knox, and southern portions of City of Maroondah.

History

The division was created in 1984 and is named after Tilly Aston, a blind writer and teacher who helped found the Library of the Victorian Association of Braille Writers in 1894.

A typical "mortgage belt" seat, it was held by the Labor Party until 1990, but from then until 2023 it was held by the Liberal Party. At the 2022 Australian federal election it was the Liberal Party’s safest seat in metropolitan Melbourne. However, the seat became marginal at that election, with the Liberals experiencing a 11.64% drop in their primary vote and a 7.32% drop in their two-party vote. The very next year, the Australian Labor Party regained the seat from the Liberal Party following the 2023 by-election. Mary Doyle was elected as the new Labor member in the by-election.

Aston has one of the biggest Chinese-Australian communities in Victoria, with more than 22,500 Chinese residents, or about 14 per cent of the electorate's population.

Members

ImageMemberPartyTermNotes
[[File:Labor Placeholder.png100px]]John Saunderson
(1948–)Labornowrap1 December 1984 –
24 March 1990
[[File:Liberal Party of Australia placeholder portrait.svg100px]]Peter Nugent
(1938–2001)Liberalnowrap24 March 1990 –
24 April 2001
[[File:Chris Pearce.jpg100px]]Chris Pearce
(1963–)nowrap14 July 2001 –
19 July 2010Retired
[[File:Alan Tudge 2018.png100px]]Alan Tudge
(1971–)nowrap21 August 2010 –
17 February 2023Served as minister under Turnbull and Morrison. Resigned in order to retire from politics.
[[File:Mary Doyle at 2025 Aston results declaration (cropped).jpg100px]]Mary Doyle
(1970–)Labornowrap1 April 2023 –
present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Aston

References

References

  1. (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide".
  2. "Aston".
  3. "La Trobe".
  4. "Deakin".
  5. (October 2024). "Map of Commonwealth Electoral Division of Aston". Australian Electoral Commission.
  6. "Election 2022: Victoria becomes key state for Labor as Liberal Party loses heartland seats".
  7. (April 2023). "Labor's Mary Doyle snatches historic victory in Aston by-election in Melbourne's outer east". ABC News.
  8. "Chinese-Australians' political awakening was a big factor in Labor's win in Aston". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  9. "Labor's Mary Doyle snatches historic victory in Aston by-election in Melbourne's outer east". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  10. (2023-02-17). "Aston By-Election".
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