The longest serving member is Ted Tanner, who held the seat for a period of 17 years, between 1979 and 1996.

The seat lies in the inner south-east metropolitan Melbourne and was once safe for the Liberal Party.

In the 2018 Victorian state election, the seat was won by the Liberal Party by just 205 votes.

[1] The seat has been held by the Liberal Party for the majority of the time since its creation in 1927.

Deputy Leader for the Victorian Liberal Party David Southwick is the current member of parliament for Caulfield.