Electoral district of Eltham

Eltham
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Eltham; Victoria—Legislative Assembly
	Location of Eltham (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Created	1992
MP	Vicki Ward
Party	Labor Party
Electors	44,820 (2018)
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.^[1] 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[]

	Party	Term
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[]

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

External links[]

Electorate profile: Eltham District, Victorian Electoral Commission

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[parl-1] "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 29 May 2014.

[2] State Election 2018: Eltham District, VEC.

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