About Our Community

The Mornington electoral district is an outer metropolitan and rural fringe electorate located approximately 46 kilometres south-east of Melbourne.

The district includes the towns of Mount Eliza, Mount Martha, Moorooduc and Mornington.

David Morris was elected to represent the Legislative Assembly district in November 2006, and re-elected in 2010, 2014 and 2018

Click here to visit the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) website or click here to download a map of the district.

Mount Eliza

Mornington

Mornington Foreshore

Mornington Pier

Green harvested field and rural road - aerial landscape

Moorooduc

Aerial view of picturesque beach huts on Mills Beach in Mornington, Victoria, Australia

Mornington Beach

Mount Martha

Local News

All Mornington District

Mornington’s share of the State Budget – Not a whole lot!

4 May 2022 | Budget & Finance, Media Releases, Mornington District

In a welcome departure from its usual habit of ignoring the Mornington Electorate in the State Budget the Victorian Government has finally funded two desperately needed local projects. After more than ten years of campaigning

Peninsula Housing Crisis Continues

27 June 2022 | Housing, Mornington District, Speeches

Legislative Assembly 7 June 2022 Mr MORRIS (Mornington) (12:53): Just under a month ago I raised the housing crisis that we have on the Mornington Peninsula. At the time I made the point that we

Spending Trebled,
Debt heading towards $170 billion,
another Labor Budget

26 May 2022 | Budget & Finance, Mornington District, Speeches

Legislative Assembly 25 May 2022 Mr MORRIS (Mornington) (18:19): It is great to have the opportunity to join this debate on the Appropriation (2022–2023) Bill 2022 and Appropriation (Parliament 2022–2023) Bill 2022. This is my 16th budget, and

Federal Election 2022

25 May 2022 | General News, Mornington District, Speeches

Legislative Assembly 24 May 2022 Mr MORRIS (Mornington) (12:52): On Saturday, 21 May, Australians went to the polls. The outcome of that contest was a change of government—a peaceful change in what have been somewhat turbulent

Public Housing – Well located Slums are still Slums

12 May 2022 | Housing, Mornington District, Speeches

Legislative Assembly 12 May 2022 Mr MORRIS (Mornington) (10:07): We have a housing crisis on the Mornington Peninsula. We have the sixth-largest number of rough sleepers in the state. We have low—in fact extremely low—vacancy rates

Call in Second Retirement Village Application Now!

9 May 2022 | Environment, Mornington District, Planning, Speeches

Legislative Assembly 3 May 2022 Mr MORRIS (Mornington) (19:20): (6344) My adjournment matter this evening is directed to the Minister for Planning, and the action I am seeking from the Minister for Planning is that

“CALL IN RETIREMENT VILLAGE APPLICATION”
MORRIS TELLS PLANNING MINISTER

6 May 2022 | Environment, Media Releases, Mornington District, Planning

Mornington MP, David Morris, has demanded the Minister for Planning “call in” and reject the application for planning approval for a retirement village in Kunyung Road, Mount Eliza. The first application lodged for the land