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Electoral district of Mitcham (Victoria)

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State
  
Victoria

Abolished
  
2014

Demographic
  
Metropolitan

Area
  
24 kmĀ²

Elector
  
37,054

Created
  
1967

Electors
  
37,054 (2010)

Founded
  
1967

Date dissolved
  
2014

The Electoral district of Mitcham was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was centered on Mitcham and Blackburn in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne.

Created prior to the 1967 election it was, with one exception, always held by the current government. The one exception was a 1997 by-election which was won by the Australian Labor Party with a massive 16% swing, signaling a revival in the performance of the ALP prior to the 1999 election where they narrowly retained the seat and even more narrowly won government.

Mitcham was abolished in 2014 and largely replaced by Ringwood.

References

Electoral district of Mitcham (Victoria) Wikipedia