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, Montmorency, Research, St Helena, Diamond Creek, Wattleglen as well as parts of Greensborough, Briar Hill and Kangaroo Ground.
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
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Phillips | Liberal | 1992–2002 | |
| Steve Herbert | Labor | 2002–2014 | |
| Vicki Ward | Labor | 2014–present | |
Election results
| 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
Two-party-preferred vote results in Eltham
References
- ^ "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.
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