Electoral district of Eltham

Eltham Victoria—Legislative Assembly
State or territory:	Victoria
Created:	1992
MP:	Steve Herbert
Party:	Australian Labor Party
Electors:	39,389 (2010)
Area:	40 km² (15 sq mi)
Demographic:	Outer metropolitan/semi-rural

The Electoral district of Eltham is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. 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 Steve Herbert and he holds the seat with a 0.8% margin.

Members for Eltham

Member		Party	Term
	Wayne Phillips	Liberal	1992–2002
	Steve Herbert	Labor	2002–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Eltham

Victorian state election, 2010: Eltham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Hart	16,047	44.87	+5.68
	Labor	Steve Herbert	13,792	38.57	-5.85
	Greens	James Searle	4,747	13.27	-0.13
	Family First	Shane Porter	619	1.73	-1.27
	Democratic Labor	Trudi Aiashi	557	1.56	+1.56
Total formal votes			35,762	95.99	-0.72
Informal votes			1,494	4.01	+0.72
Turnout			37,256	94.58	-0.03
Two-candidate preferred result
	Labor	Steve Herbert	18,184	50.80	-5.68
	Liberal	Andrew Hart	17,612	49.20	+5.68
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.68

See also

• Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
• List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

External links

• Electorate profile: Eltham District, Victorian Electoral Commission