Electoral district of Malvern
Appearance
Malvern Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
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State | Victoria |
Created | 1945 |
MP | Michael O'Brien |
Party | Liberal Party of Australia |
Electors | 40,708 (2014) |
Area | 19 km2 (7.3 sq mi) |
Demographic | Metropolitan |
The Electoral district of Malvern is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly[1] including Armadale, Kooyong, Malvern and Malvern East, and parts of Glen Iris and Toorak. The current member is Michael O'Brien of the Liberal Party, who replaced former Liberal leader Robert Doyle at the 2006 Victorian election. The seat is considered "safe" for the Liberal Party of Australia.
Members for Malvern
Member | Party | Term | |
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Trevor Oldham[2] | Liberal | 1945–1953 | |
Sir John Bloomfield | Liberal | 1953–1970 | |
Lindsay Thompson | Liberal | 1970–1982 | |
Geoff Leigh | Liberal | 1982–1992 | |
Robert Doyle | Liberal | 1992–2006 | |
Michael O'Brien | Liberal | 2006–present |
- Oldham represented Boroondara 1933–1945[2]
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Michael O'Brien | 22,642 | 62.6 | −2.8 | |
Labor | Les Tarczon | 7,730 | 21.4 | +2.0 | |
Greens | James Bennett | 5,780 | 16.0 | +1.9 | |
Total formal votes | 36,152 | 96.0 | −0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 1,515 | 4.0 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 37,667 | 92.5 | +2.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Michael O'Brien | 23,958 | 66.3 | −4.3 | |
Labor | Les Tarczon | 12,205 | 33.7 | +4.3 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.3 |
References
- ^ "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ^ a b "Oldham, Trevor Donald". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023.