Electoral district of Malvern
Appearance
Malvern Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
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State | Victoria |
Created | 1945 |
MP | Michael O'Brien |
Party | Liberal Party |
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] It is named for the suburb of Malvern and also includes Malvern East, Armadale, Kooyong 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. It has been held by the Liberals for its entire existence, and for most of that time has been one of the Liberals' safest seats in Melbourne. It is presently the safest Liberal seat in the capital, with a 16.3 percent swing required for Labor to win it.
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.
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