The electoral district of Eltham is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.[1] It is an outer metropolitan electorate and contains Eltham, Lower Plenty as well as parts of Greensborough and Kangaroo Ground.
| Eltham Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
 Location of Eltham (dark green) in Greater Melbourne | |
| State | Victoria |
| Created | 1992 |
| MP | Vicki Ward |
| Party | Labor Party |
| Namesake | Eltham |
| Electors | 44,820 (2018) |
| Area | 73 km2 (28.2 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Outer metropolitan/semi-rural |
Eltham was created prior to the 1992 election and although it had a notional Labor margin of 4.3%, it was easily won by Wayne Phillips for the Liberal Party with a swing of over 14%. Phillips held the seat before being defeated in the 'Brackslide' of 2002.
The current member is Labor MP Vicki Ward.
Members for Eltham
edit| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Phillips | Liberal | 1992–2002 | |
| Steve Herbert | Labor | 2002–2014 | |
| Vicki Ward | Labor | 2014–present | |
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Vicki Ward | 19,509 | 44.5 | −5.3 | |
| Liberal | Jason McClintock | 15,615 | 35.6 | −1.2 | |
| Greens | Alex Grimes | 5,897 | 13.5 | +3.0 | |
| Family First | Hugh Stubley | 1,118 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
| Animal Justice | Catriona Marshall | 995 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
| Democratic Labour | Leila Karimi | 710 | 1.6 | −0.2 | |
| Total formal votes | 43,844 | 96.7 | +1.1 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,507 | 3.3 | −1.1 | ||
| Turnout | 45,351 | 92.7 | −1.5 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Vicki Ward | 25,870 | 59.0 | −1.5 | |
| Liberal | Jason McClintock | 17,974 | 41.0 | +1.5 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | −1.5 | |||
Graphical summary
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Two-party-preferred vote results in Eltham
References
edit- ^ "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ Eltham District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
External links
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