Seat of Hawthorn

(Eastern Melbourne)
Fairly Safe. Liberal 8.6%

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The Hawthorn electorate is located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It consists primarily of the suburb of Hawthorn, but also includes Camberwell and parts of Canterbury.

It has a high proportion of people employed in professional occupations and managerial roles and also has a relatively high Chinese population. The seat has been in existence since the 1880's and has usually being held by the Liberal Party by large margins, with Labor last (and only) holding the seat in the 1950's. Among its former MPs is former Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu.

Incumbent MP:

John Pesutto (Liberal) - since 2014. Pictured right.

Electorate Boundaries and 2014 Polling Places:

The numbers on the map below represent the two party preferred result (percentage) for each polling place in 2014.

Candidates:

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	Nicholas Bieber	GRN
	John Pesutto	LIB
	Richard Grummet	Ind
	Catherine Wright	AJP
	John Ormond Kennedy	ALP
	Sophie Peterson	SUS

Nicholas Bieber
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Political Party: Greens

Nicholas Bieber is a social worker working in mental health in Melbourne's eastern suburbs. He was raised in the rural town of Terang.

John Pesutto
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Political Party: Liberal (Incumbent MP)

John Pesutto has been the MP for Hawthorn since the 2014 State Election. Before his election, he worked in the private sector as a lawyer and successfully ran his own small business.

Catherine Wright
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Political Party: Animal Justice Party

John Kennedy John Ormond Kennedy
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Political Party: Labor

Prediction:

Liberal retain

Hawthorn is a safe Liberal seat. It is also a good area for the Greens, who could challenge for second in 2018.

2014 Results:

This electorate was a pretty standard affair in 2014, with no parties standing candidates other than the main three.

HAWTHORN 2014 Primary Vote by Polling Place
	Tim Hartnett (GRN)	John Pesutto (LIB) ✓	John McNally (ALP)
Auburn	25.3%	46.1%	28.2%
Auburn North	24.4%	51.1%	24.5%
Auburn South	15.8%	62.0%	22.2%
Burwood West	19.8%	54.1%	26.1%
Camberwell	24.2%	50.6%	25.2%
Camberwell Middle	16.7%	57.7%	25.6%
Camberwell South	18.0%	53.9%	28.0%
Canterbury	14.8%	60.3%	24.9%
Canterbury South	20.1%	57.6%	22.2%
Chatham South	20.6%	59.3%	20.1%
Glen Iris	19.1%	63.2%	17.8%
Glenferrie	25.9%	42.2%	31.9%
Glenferrie Central	25.2%	51.4%	23.3%
Glenferrie South	25.2%	53.9%	20.9%
Hawthorn	25.3%	49.9%	24.8%
Highfield	14.7%	60.3%	25.0%
Willison	18.7%	56.4%	25.3%
Absent Votes	26.6%	49.0%	24.4%
Early Votes	20.8%	55.9%	23.3%
Postal Votes	17.1%	61.0%	21.9%
Provisional Votes	31.2%	40.5%	28.1%
TOTALS	21.3%	54.5%	24.2%

Data provided by the VEC.

2014 Two Party Preferred Vote by Polling Place
	John Pesutto (LIB) ✓	John McNally (ALP)
Auburn	50.2%	49.8%
Auburn North	55.9%	44.1%
Auburn South	65.7%	34.3%
Burwood West	57.6%	42.4%
Camberwell	54.1%	45.9%
Camberwell Middle	60.5%	39.5%
Camberwell South	62.8%	37.2%
Canterbury	64.6%	35.4%
Canterbury South	61.4%	38.6%
Chatham South	66.1%	33.9%
Glen Iris	70.4%	29.6%
Glenferrie	46.1%	53.9%
Glenferrie Central	56.2%	43.8%
Glenferrie South	58.3%	41.7%
Hawthorn	54.7%	45.3%
Highfield	62.6%	37.4%
Willison	57.9%	42.1%
Absent Votes	54.8%	45.2%
Early Votes	59.7%	40.3%
Postal Votes	64.8%	35.2%
Provisional Votes	51.9%	48.1%
TOTALS	58.6%	41.4%

Data provided by the VEC.

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