About Malvern Electorate

About Malvern electorate

The Malvern electorate is a metropolitan electorate in the inner-south eastern suburbs of Melbourne, approximately seven kilometres from the city.

Malvern is a largely residential electorate with excellent parks, shopping and a wide range of community and sporting facilities.  Malvern is also home to many first class government and independent schools.

The district is 19 square kilometres in size and comprises the suburbs of Malvern, Malvern East, Armadale, Kooyong and parts of Glen Iris and Toorak.  It is bounded by Orrong Road (to the west), Warrigal Road (to the east), Gardiners Creek (to the north) and Dandenong Road (to the south).

It is located entirely within the municipal boundary of the City of Stonnington and the Federal electorate of Higgins.

The electorate is one of 88 in the Legislative Assembly (lower house) of the Parliament of Victoria.  Michael O’Brien is the sitting Member for Malvern and is a member of the Liberal Party.

The electorate of Malvern was created in 1944. The list of members who have represented the Malvern electorate are below.

Malvern is in the Southern Metropolitan region of the Legislative Council (upper house) of the Parliament of Victoria.

Representatives in the Southern Metropolitan region include Andrea Coote MLC and David Davis MLC.

The Federal Member for Higgins in the Parliament of Australia is Kelly O’Dwyer MP.

See the Malvern District profile and map.