Electoral district of Brighton

Brighton
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Location of Brighton (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created1856
MPJames Newbury
PartyLiberal
NamesakeSuburb of Brighton
Electors45,224 (2018)
Area20 km2 (7.7 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Electoral Office of Current Member for Brighton James Newbury

The electoral district of Brighton is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of 20 square kilometres (7.7 sq mi) in south-eastern Melbourne, including the suburbs of Brighton and Elwood, and parts of Brighton East and Hampton. It lies within the Southern Metropolitan Region of the upper house, the Legislative Council.[1]

It is one of only three electorates (along with Richmond and Williamstown) to have existed continuously since 1856. Brighton was defined in the Victoria Constitution Act, 1855, as: "Commencing on the Sea Coast at the South-west Angle of Section 25, Parish of Moorabbin, thence by a Line East to the South-east Angle of Section 55 ; on the East by a Line bearing North, being the Parish Boundary from the said Point to the North-east Angle of Section 63 ; on the North by the Road bearing West to the Sea Coast, and on the West by the Sea Coast to the commencing Point."[2]

  1. ^ "Brighton District profile". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Victoria Constitution Act 1855" (PDF). Retrieved 11 June 2013.