Electorate profile: Caulfield District

Map of Caulfield District showing the suburbs of Elsternwick and Caulfield. The district boundaries include Nepean Highway in the west, Carlisle Street and Dandenong Road for parts of the north, Queens Avenue and the Railway in the east, and North Road in the south.
Click here for a more detailed electorate map (95kB, PDF).
Features of the District
| Location: | Caulfield District is a metropolitan electorate located approximately six kilometres south-east of Melbourne. |
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| Area: | 16 square kilometres. |
| Region: | Southern Metropolitan Region |
| Suburbs: | Caulfield.Parts of the suburbs of Balaclava, Elsternwick, Glenhuntly, Malvern East, Ormond, St Kilda and St Kilda East. |
| Features: | Caulfield District is a residential electorate. Features include the Caulfield Racecourse, Rippon Lea mansion, the Caulfield General Medical Centre and the Caulfield campus of Monash University. |
| Member: | Helen Shardey |
Statistical profile from the 2001 Census.
Election results
2006 State election results for Caulfield District.2002 State election results for Caulfield District.
Seat position within the swing.
Historical pattern
| 1927-30 | Australian Liberal |
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| 1930-43 | NP/UAP |
| 1943-45 | Independent Socialist |
| 1945-52 | Liberal/LCP |
| 1952-55 | ERL/Victorian Liberal |
| 1955-77 | LCP/Liberal |
| 1977-79 | Independent Liberal |
| 1979-present | Liberal |


