Electoral district of Nepean

This article is about the state electorate in Victoria. For other uses, see Nepean (disambiguation).

Nepean Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Nepean (dark green) in Victoria
State	Victoria
Created	2002
MP	Martin Dixon
Party	Liberal Party of Australia
Electors	44,669 (2014)
Area	389 km² (150.2 sq mi)
Demographic	Mixed rural and urban

The Electoral district of Nepean is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly covering the southernmost part of the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia. It is named after Point Nepean which is contained within the electorate.

The seat was created prior to the Victorian state election, 2002 after the seat of Dromana was renamed. Traditionally it has been a relatively safe seat for the Liberal Party, although it went within 0.2% of being won by the Labor Party at the 2002 election.

The seat has the oldest median age of any electorate in the state, as well as the lowest average income.

The current member for Nepean is Martin Dixon.

Members for Nepean

Member		Party	Term
	Martin Dixon	Liberal	2002–present

Victorian state election, 2014: Nepean^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Martin Dixon	20,984	53.3	−5.5
	Labor	Carolyn Gleixner	12,253	31.1	+4.3
	Greens	Craig Thomson	4,658	11.8	−0.9
	Country Alliance	Matthew Schmidt	655	1.7	+0.3
	Rise Up Australia	Laura Yue	460	1.2	+1.2
	Independent	David J. Stanton	339	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			39,349	95.0	−0.8
Informal votes			2,056	5.0	+0.8
Turnout			41,405	92.7	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Martin Dixon	22,694	57.6	−6.1
	Labor	Carolyn Gleixner	16,684	42.4	+6.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.1

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