State Victoria Abolished 2014 Demographic Metropolitan Area 24 km² 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.
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