Electoral district of Eltham

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Eltham
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Location of Eltham (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created1992
MPVicki Ward
PartyLabor Party
NamesakeEltham
Electors44,820 (2018)
Area73 km2 (28.2 sq mi)
DemographicOuter metropolitan/semi-rural

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 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]

2022 Victorian state election: Eltham[2][3][4]
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[edit]

Two-party-preferred vote results in Eltham

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  2. ^ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  3. ^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  4. ^ Eltham District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

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