The electorate can be described as outer metropolitan and rural, including animal farming, grape production and wineries.

[2] It was first created in 1859 when the Electoral district of Evelyn and Mornington was abolished and split in two.

[2] Mornington has been held by the Liberal Party since it was re-created in 1985.

Since 2022, the member for Mornington is Chris Crewther, who previously held the overlapping federal seat of Dunkley from 2016 to 2019.

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