Electoral district of Eltham

The electoral district of Eltham is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.[1] It is an outer metropolitan electorate and contains Eltham, Lower Plenty as well as parts of Greensborough and Kangaroo Ground.

Eltham
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Location of Eltham (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created1992
MPVicki Ward
PartyLabor Party
Electors44,820 (2018)
Area51 km2 (19.7 sq mi)
DemographicOuter metropolitan/semi-rural

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

MemberPartyTerm
  Wayne Phillips Liberal 1992–2002
  Steve Herbert Labor 2002–2014
  Vicki Ward Labor 2014–present

Election results

2018 Victorian state election: Eltham[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Vicki Ward 19,831 49.22 +8.63
Liberal Nick McGowan 15,639 38.81 −5.13
Greens Matthew Goodman 4,208 10.44 −0.96
Democratic Labour Peter O'Brien 614 1.52 +1.52
Total formal votes 40,292 96.16 +0.45
Informal votes 1,610 3.84 −0.45
Turnout 41,902 93.49 −1.42
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Vicki Ward 23,802 59.07 +6.38
Liberal Nick McGowan 16,490 40.93 −6.38
Labor hold Swing+6.38

References

  1. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  2. State Election 2018: Eltham District, VEC.


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