The Electoral district of Mitcham is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

Victorian Legislative Assembly

The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the Parliament of Victoria in Australia. Together with the Victorian Legislative Council, the upper house, it sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Melbourne.-History:...

. It is centered around Mitcham

Mitcham, Victoria

Mitcham is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whitehorse. At the 2006 Census, Mitcham had a population of 14,211.-History:...

 and Blackburn

Blackburn, Victoria

Blackburn is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whitehorse. At the 2006 Census, Blackburn had a population of 11,958....

 in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne.

Created prior to the 1967 election it has, with one exception, always been held by the current government. The one exception was a 1997 by-election

By-election

A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....

 which was won by the Australian Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...

 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.

The current member for Mitcham is Dee Ryall

Dee Ryall

Deanne Sharon "Dee" Ryall is an Australian politician and current member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Mitcham for the Liberal Party of Australia since the 2010 Victorian election.-Personal life:...

, having defeated the Labor member in 2010.

Members for Mitcham

Member		Party	Term
	Dorothy Goble	Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	1967–1976
	George Cox George Cox (Australian politician) George Cox was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1863 and 1901...	Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	1976–1982
	John Harrowfield	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1982–1992
	Roger Pescott	Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	1992–1997
	Tony Robinson Tony Robinson (politician) Anthony Gerard Peter Robinson is a former Australian politician who served as the member for Mitcham in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. He represented the Australian Labor Party.Robinson was first elected at the 1997 Mitcham by-election...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1997–2010
	Dee Ryall Dee Ryall Deanne Sharon "Dee" Ryall is an Australian politician and current member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Mitcham for the Liberal Party of Australia since the 2010 Victorian election.-Personal life:...	Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	2010–present

Election results

See also

• Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
  Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
  The Parliaments of the Australian states and territories are legislative bodies within the federal framework of the Commonwealth of Australia. Before the formation of the Commonwealth in 1901, the six Australian colonies were self-governing, with parliaments which had come into existence at various...
  
  
• List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

External links

• Electorate profile: Mitcham District, Victorian Electoral Commission