The electoral district of Ivanhoe is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is located in the north-eastern suburbs of Melbourne and includes the suburbs of Heidelberg, Heidelberg Heights, Heidelberg West, Bellfield, Ivanhoe, Ivanhoe East, Eaglemont, Rosanna, Viewbank, Yallambie and Macleod.
Formed in 1945 the seat had usually been fairly safe for the Liberal Party having only been won by Labor at its 1952 and 1982 landslides before the 1990s. However a redistribution prior to the 1992 election made the seat notionally Labor. Liberal candidate Vin Heffernan was able to win at that election, only to be one of just three sitting Liberals defeated at the 1996 election. Labor's Craig Langdon held the seat comfortably until he resigned from the parliament on 25 August 2010 - the seat subsequently won by Labor’s Anthony Carbines who has held it since.
Members for Ivanhoe MemberPartyTerm Robert Gardner Independent 1945–1947 Rupert Curnow Liberal 1947–1950 Frank Block Liberal 1951–1952 Michael Lucy Labor1952–1955 Labor (Anti-Communist) Vernon Christie Liberal 1955–1973 Bruce Skeggs Liberal 1973–1982 Tony Sheehan Labor 1982–1985 Vin Heffernan Liberal 1985–1996 Craig Langdon Labor 1996–2010 Anthony Carbines Labor 2010–present
Election results
References
External links Electorate profile: Ivanhoe District, Victorian Electoral Commission