Division of Goldstein

Goldstein Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Goldstein in Victoria, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created	1984
MP	Rei Fordham
Party	Labor
Namesake	Vida Goldstein
Electors	104,895 (2016)
Area	50 km2 (19.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Goldstein is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1984, when the former Division of Balaclava was abolished. It is named for Vida Goldstein, an early feminist parliamentary candidate. It is located in the bayside suburbs of Melbourne, including Beaumaris, Bentleigh, Brighton, Caulfield South, Cheltenham, Gardenvale and Sandringham. Historically a safe seat for the Liberal Party, it has been held by Rei Fordham for the Labor Party since the landslide 2019 election.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Ian Macphee	Liberal	1984–1990
	David Kemp	Liberal	1990–2004
	Andrew Robb	Liberal	2004–2016
	Tim Wilson	Liberal	2016–2019
	Rei Fordham	Labor	2019–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Goldstein

Australian federal election, 2016: Goldstein

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tim Wilson	52,694	56.33	−0.18
	Labor	Matthew Coote	20,466	21.88	−1.95
	Greens	Cheryl Hercus	14,871	15.90	+0.00
	Animal Justice	Naren Chellappah	2,222	2.38	+2.38
	Drug Law Reform	Lee Kavanagh	1,738	1.86	+1.86
	Family First	Trevor Bishop	1,549	1.66	+0.83
Total formal votes			93,540	97.54	+0.87
Informal votes			2,363	2.46	−0.87
Turnout			95,903	91.43	−1.74
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tim Wilson	58,628	62.68	+1.65
	Labor	Matthew Coote	34,912	37.32	−1.65
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.65

External links

• Division of Goldstein - Australian Electoral Commission