• Source: Electoral district of Brighton

The electoral district of Brighton is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of 20 square kilometres (7.7 sq mi) 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.
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."




Members for Brighton






Election results






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External links


Electorate profile: Brighton District, Victorian Electoral Commission




References

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• Britania Raya
• Electoral district of Brighton
• Brighton (disambiguation)
• Electoral district of Brighton (South Australia)
• Electoral district of Brighton (Tasmania)
• Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven (UK Parliament constituency)
• Charlottetown-Brighton
• Brighton Pavilion (UK Parliament constituency)
• Electoral results for the district of Brighton
• 1928 Brighton state by-election
• Electoral district of Gibson