It was located approximately 13 kilometres east of Melbourne, and covered an area of 25 km2.

It was created in 1955 as part of the expansion of the Legislative Assembly, and abolished in 1967, replaced by Glen Iris.

In the ensuring by-election, his Labor opponent in the general election, Bob Stensholt, won the previously safe Liberal seat on a swing of over 10 percent.

Stensholt went on to hold the seat in his own right for two more terms before Graham Watt regained it for the Liberals.

However, he lost his seat at the 2018 Victorian state election to Labor candidate Will Fowles.