| Ovens Valley Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Location of Ovens Valley (dark green) in Victoria
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| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||||
| Created | 2014 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Tim McCurdy | ||||||||||||||
| Party | National Party | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Ovens River | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 43,200 (2018) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 10,558 km2 (4,076.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Rural | ||||||||||||||
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The electoral district of Ovens Valley is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was created in the redistribution of electoral boundaries in 2013, and came into effect at the 2014 state election.[1]
It largely covers areas from the abolished district of Murray Valley, centering on the city of Wangaratta. It includes the towns of Yarrawonga, Cobram, and other towns in the local government areas of Moira, Wangaratta, and Alpine.[2]
The abolished seat of Murray Valley was held by Nationals MP Tim McCurdy, who retained the new seat at the 2014 election.
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Tim McCurdy | National | 2014–present | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| National | Tim McCurdy | 21,057 | 52.1 | +10.4 | |
| Labor | Zuvele Leschen | 8,369 | 20.7 | +0.0 | |
| Greens | Zoe Kromar | 3,625 | 9.0 | +4.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Julian Fidge | 2,995 | 7.4 | +7.4 | |
| Freedom | Mark Bugge | 1,932 | 4.8 | +4.8 | |
| Family First | Anna Wise | 1,403 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
| Animal Justice | Aisha Slater | 1,009 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 40,382 | 95.1 | +0.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,114 | 4.9 | −0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 42,496 | 88.3 | −2.1 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| National | Tim McCurdy | 27,395 | 67.8 | +5.7 | |
| Labor | Zuvele Leschen | 12,987 | 32.2 | −5.7 | |
| National hold | Swing | +5.7 | |||
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