The electoral district of Brighton is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of 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 MemberPartyTerm 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 Liberal1945–1955 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
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External links Electorate profile: Brighton District, Victorian Electoral Commission
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