Electoral district of Berwick

Not to be confused with Berwick-upon-Tweed (UK Parliament constituency).

The electoral district of Berwick is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.

Berwick Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Berwick (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Dates current	1976–2002 2022–present
MP	Brad Battin
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Suburb of Berwick
Electors	51,910 (2022)
Area	99 km^2 (38.2 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer metropolitan
Electorates around Berwick: Narre Warren North Monbulk Pakenham Narre Warren South Berwick Pakenham Cranbourne Bass Pakenham

The original electoral district of Berwick was abolished in 2002. In the 2021 redistribution, it was revived as a new electoral district to be contested at the 2022 Victorian state election.^[1] It covers areas from the abolished district of Gembrook, and covers outer Eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It includes the suburbs of Beaconsfield, Berwick, Clyde North and small towns around Cardinia Creek south of Emerald.^[2]

The abolished seat of Gembrook was held by Liberal MP Brad Battin, who recontested Berwick and retained the seat at the 2022 election.

Members for Berwick

First incarnation (1976–2002)
Member		Party	Term
	Rob Maclellan	Liberal	1976–1992
	Robert Dean	Liberal	1992–2002

Second incarnation (2022–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Brad Battin	Liberal	2022–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Berwick

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Berwick.[edit]

2022 Victorian state election: Berwick^[3][4][5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brad Battin	20,031	45.2	−2.6
	Labor	Malik Zaveer	15,874	35.8	−6.6
	Greens	Hayley Perry	4,297	9.7	+2.4
	Freedom	Kerry Haupt	1,570	3.5	+3.5
	Family First	Joel van der Horst	1,488	3.4	+3.4
	Animal Justice	Katherine Dolheguy	1,029	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			44,288	95.9	+1.7
Informal votes			1,876	4.1	−1.7
Turnout			46,164	88.9	+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Brad Battin	24,230	54.7	+3.4
	Labor	Malik Zaveer	20,058	45.3	−3.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.4

References

1. "Summary of Changes". Victorian Electoral Boundary Commission. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
2. "Map of Berwick District" (PDF). Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission.
3. Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
4. VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
5. Berwick District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
6. Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.