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VIC DIVISION - ASTON

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Division Name ASTON
State Victoria
Elected Member Pearce, C (LP) 2001-
Name Derivation Named after Tilly Aston 1873-1947, blind writer and teacher who helped found the library of the Victorian Association of Braille Writers in 1894.
First Proclaimed / Election 1984
Area 96 sq. kms
Demographic Outer Metropolitan
Pre-Election Seat Status Safe
Seat Status Marginal
Enrolment 91,728
Turnout 96.39%
Informal 2.94%
Location Aston covers an area of approximately 96 sq km from Bayswater in the north to Rowville in the south, from Ferntree Gully in the east to Vermont South in the west. The suburbs of Bayswater (part), Boronia (part), Ferntree Gully (part), Forest Hill (part), Knoxfield, Lysterfield (part), Mountain Gate (part), Rowville, Scoresby, Studfield, Vermont (part), Vermont South, Wantirna and Wantirna South are in this division.
Products and Industry Market gardens, orchards, light industry, food manufacturing and chemical production.

Members
Pearce, C (LP) 2001-
Nugent, P E (LP) 1990-2001
Saunderson, J (ALP) 1984-1990

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