Electoral district of Benambra
| Benambra Victoria—Legislative Assembly |
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Location of Benambra (dark green) in Victoria
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| State | Victoria |
| Created | 1877 |
| MP | Bill Tilley |
| Party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Electors | 44,259 (2014) |
| Area | 10,037 km2 (3,875.3 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Rural |
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The Electoral district of Benambra is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of 10,037 square kilometres (3,875 sq mi)[1] in north-eastern Victoria, and includes the towns of Baranduda, Barnawartha, Beechworth, Chiltern, Corryong, Eskdale, Kiewa, Mitta Mitta, Mount Beauty, Rutherglen, Tallangatta, Tangambalanga, Tawonga, Wahgunyah, Wodonga and Yackandandah. It lies in the Northern Victoria Region of the upper house, the Legislative Council.[1]
The district of Benambra was created by the Electoral Act Amendment Act 1876.[2] taking effect at the 1877 elections.
The district has been held by various conservative parties unbroken since 1877, with the Liberal Party taking the seat from the Nationals in 1976.
Members for Benambra
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Peter Wright | Liberal | 1877–1880 | |
| Peter Wallace | Conservative | 1880–1886 | |
| Peter Wright | Liberal | 1886–1889 | |
| Albert Craven | Conservative | 1889–1913 | |
| Conservative Liberal | |||
| Comm Liberal | |||
| John Leckie | Comm Liberal | 1913–1917 | |
| Henry Beardmore | Economy | 1917–1918 | |
| Nationalist | 1917–1931 | ||
| United Australia | 1931–1932 | ||
| Roy Paton | Country | 1932–1947 | |
| Tom Mitchell | Country | 1947–1976 | |
| National | |||
| Lou Lieberman | Liberal | 1976–1992 | |
| Tony Plowman | Liberal | 1992–2006 | |
| Bill Tilley | Liberal | 2006–present | |
Election results
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Bill Tilley | 21,430 | 54.6 | +6.0 | |
| Labor | Jennifer Podesta | 12,273 | 31.3 | +7.7 | |
| Greens | Richard Wellard | 3,568 | 9.1 | −1.7 | |
| Country Alliance | Philip Rourke | 1,973 | 5.0 | −1.9 | |
| Total formal votes | 39,244 | 95.5 | −0.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,863 | 4.5 | +0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 41,107 | 92.9 | +0.7 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Bill Tilley | 23,452 | 59.7 | −6.3 | |
| Labor | Jennifer Podesta | 15,848 | 40.3 | +6.3 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | −6.3 | |||
