Electoral district of Hawthorn

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The Electoral district of Hawthorn is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was first proclaimed in 1889 and has usually been a safe seat for the Liberal Party and its predecessors.

The electorate is located to the east of Melbourne and is based around the suburb of Hawthorn, after which it is named. It also includes parts of Camberwell, Burwood and Glen Iris.

Notable former members for Hawthorn include former Premier William Murray McPherson and Hamer government minister Walter Jona.

The current member is Opposition Leader Ted Baillieu who has a margin of 12.3%.

[edit] Members for Hawthorn

	Party	Term
Charles Taylor	Liberal	1889-1894
Robert Smith	Conservative	1894-1900
Robert Barbour	Liberal/Ministerialist	1900-1902
George Swinburne	Ministerialist/Independent/Commonwealth Liberal Party	1902-1913
William Murray McPherson	Commonwealth Liberal Party/Economy Party/Nationalist Party of Australia	1913-1930
John Gray	Nationalist Party of Australia/United Australia Party	1930-1939
Leslie Tyack	United Australia Party	1939-1940
Leslie Hollins	Independent	1940-1945
Frederick Edmunds	Liberal Party of Australia/Independent	1945-1950
Leslie Tyack	Liberal Party of Australia	1950-1952
Charles Murphy	Australian Labor Party/Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist)	1952-1955
James Manson	Liberal Party of Australia	1955-1958
Peter Garrisson	Liberal Party of Australia/Independent	1958-1964
Walter Jona	Liberal Party of Australia	1964-1985
Phil Gude	Liberal Party of Australia	1985-1999
Ted Baillieu	Liberal Party of Australia	1999-present