Electorate profile: Dandenong District

Map of Dandenong District showing the suburbs of Dandenong North and Dandenong. The district boundaries include Police Road for part of the north, Mossgiel Park Drive for part of the east, Princes Highway East for part of the south, and Chandler Road and Gladstone Road for parts of the west.
Click here for a more detailed electorate map (74kB, PDF).
Features of the District
| Location: | Dandenong District is an outer metropolitan electorate located approximately 27 kilometres south-east of Melbourne. |
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| Area: | 35 square kilometres. |
| Region: | South Eastern Metropolitan Region |
| Suburbs: | Dandenong, Doveton and Eumemmerring.Parts of the suburbs of Dandenong North, Endeavour Hills, Keysborough and Noble Park. |
| Features: | Dandenong District includes residential areas, the Dandenong Plaza shopping complex and Churchill National Park. |
| Member: | John Pandazopoulos |
A statistical profile (external link) based on 2006 Census data is available from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Election results
2006 State election results for Dandenong District.2002 State election results for Dandenong District.
Seat position within the swing.
Historical pattern
| 1904-07 | Conservative |
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| 1907-08 | Fusion |
| 1908-09 | Liberal |
| 1909-29 | Fusion Liberal/Liberal/NP |
| 1929-32 | ALP |
| 1932-37 | UAP |
| 1937-47 | ALP |
| 1947-52 | Liberal/LCP |
| 1952 | ERL |
| 1952-55 | ALP |
| 1955-69 | LCP/Liberal |
| 1969-present | ALP |


