Electoral district of Eltham

Eltham Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Eltham (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Created	1992
MP	Vicki Ward
Party	Labor Party
Electors	44,409 (2014)
Area	51 km2 (19.7 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 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

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Eltham

Victorian state election, 2014: Eltham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Steven Briffa	17,727	43.9	−0.9
	Labor	Vicki Ward	16,374	40.6	+1.9
	Greens	Liezl Shnookal	4,600	11.4	−1.5
	Independent	Chris Byrne	555	1.4	+1.4
	Family First	Janna Fenn	490	1.2	−0.7
	Christians	Michael Janson	345	0.9	+0.9
	Independent	Ryan Ebert	251	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			40,342	95.7	−0.2
Informal votes			1,808	4.3	+0.2
Turnout			42,150	94.9	+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Vicki Ward	21,258	52.7	+1.9
	Liberal	Steven Briffa	19,084	47.3	−1.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.9

External links

• Electorate profile: Eltham District, Victorian Electoral Commission