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Victorian state election, 2018
Eltham District
North-eastern Melbourne: Briar Hill, Eltham, Research, St Helena
Federal seats: Parts of Jagajaga and
Menzies
Legislative Council: Eastern Metropolitan Region
Local government areas: Parts of Banyule and Nillumbik
Enrolment 2014 election: 44,409
Enrolment 2018 election: 44,820 (up 0.9%)
Sitting member:
Vicki Ward (Labor): Elected 2014
2010 Labor majority over Liberal: 0.8
2014 Labor majority over Liberal: 2.7
Status: Very marginal Labor
2014 results
Candidates
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Matthew Goodman
Australian Greens |
Nick McGowan
Liberal Party |
Vicki Ward
Australian Labor Party |
Nick McGowan (Liberal Party)
Vicki Ward (Australian Labor Party)
Matthew Goodman (Australian Greens)
Peter O'Brien (Democratic Labor Party)
Eltham District
Eltham was created in 1992, partly replacing the old seat of Greensborough. Once a semi-rural retreat for
artists and writers, Eltham is now a middle-class suburb. The seat also includes fringe-urban areas such as Briar Hill
and Research. Eltham itself votes solidly Labor, but the Liberals have some strength in areas further out such as
Research.
Greensborough was a highly marginal seat in the 1970s, but Eltham has only changed hands once since it was
created. It was won by Wayne Phillips, a
Liberal, in 1992, and he held it until the Bracks landslide in 2002, when he was defeated by Labor's Steve Herbert. In
2014 Herbert transferred to the Legislative Council and was succeeded in Eltham by Vicki Ward.
Vicki Ward, Labor MLA for Eltham since 2014, was a staffer for the local federal MP Jenny Macklin before her
election. She has been Parliamentary Secretary for Industry and Employment since November 2016. The Liberal candidate
is Nick McGowan, a former adviser to Jeff Kennett and public affairs officer for the UN, whose current occupation is not stated.
The Greens candidate is Matthew Goodman, a cheesemaker.
Boundaries following 2014 redistricting:
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