The Electoral district of Box Hill is an eastern metropolitan electorate approximately 12 kilometres east of Melbourne, Australia in Victoria's Legislative Assembly.
The Box Hill District covers an area of 22 square kilometres, including the suburbs of Box Hill, Box Hill North, Kerrimuir and Mont Albert and parts of the suburbs of Balwyn, Balwyn North, Canterbury and Surrey Hills.
The district boundaries include Koonung Creek in part of the north, Middleborough Road in the east, parts of Canterbury Road and Riversdale Road in the south, and Balwyn Road for part of the west.
It is part of the Eastern Metropolitan Region in the Legislative Council.
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