| Brighton | |
| State: | vic |
| Created: | 1856 |
| Mp: | James Newbury |
| Mp-Party: | Liberal |
| Namesake: | Suburb of Brighton |
| Electors: | 45224 |
| Electors Year: | 2018 |
| Area: | 20 |
| Class: | Metropolitan |
The electoral district of Brighton is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of 20sqkm 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]
| Member | Party | Term | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Binns Were | Unaligned | 1856–1857 | |||
| Charles Ebden | Unaligned | 1857–1861 | |||
| George Higinbotham | Unaligned | 1861-1861 | |||
| William Brodribb | Unaligned | 1861–1862 | |||
| George Higinbotham | Unaligned | 1862–1871 | |||
| Sir Thomas Bent | Unaligned | 1871–1894 | |||
| William Moule | Unaligned | 1894–1900 | |||
| Sir Thomas Bent | Unaligned | 1900–1909 | |||
| Oswald Snowball | Liberal | 1909–1917 | |||
| Nationalist | 1917–1924 | ||||
| Australian Liberal | 1924–1927 | ||||
| Independent Nationalist | 1927–1928 | ||||
| Ian Macfarlan | Nationalist | 1928–1931 | |||
| United Australia | 1931–1937 | ||||
| Independent | 1937–1943 | ||||
| United Australia | 1943–1945 | ||||
| Liberal | 1945 | ||||
| Ray Tovell | 1945–1955 | ||||
| Electoral Reform League | |||||
| Sir John Rossiter | Liberal | 1955–1976 | |||
| Jeannette Patrick | Liberal | 1976–1985 | |||
| Alan Stockdale | Liberal | 1985–1999 | |||
| Louise Asher | Liberal | 1999–2018 | |||
| James Newbury | Liberal | 2018–present | |||
See main article: Electoral results for the district of Brighton.