Electoral district of Melton
State electoral district of Victoria, Australia
Australian electorate
Melton Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Location of Melton (dark green) in Victoria | |||||||||||||||
State | Victoria | ||||||||||||||
Created | 1992 | ||||||||||||||
MP | Steve McGhie | ||||||||||||||
Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 53,306 (2018) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 332 km2 (128.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Outer metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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The electoral district of Melton is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.[1] It contains the towns of Aintree, Bacchus Marsh, Balliang, Balliang East, Blackwood, Brookfield, Greendale, Kurunjang, Melton, Melton South, Melton West, Mount Cottrell, Sydenham West, and Toolern Vale as well as parts of Diggers Rest, Plumpton, Rockbank and Truganina.
Members for Melton
Member | Party | Term | |
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David Cunningham | Labor | 1992–1999 | |
Don Nardella | Labor | 1999–2017 | |
Independent | 2017–2018 | ||
Steve McGhie | Labor | 2018–present |
Election results
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Melton.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Steve McGhie | 14,193 | 37.7 | +3.3 | |
Liberal | Graham Watt | 9,155 | 24.3 | +7.9 | |
Independent | Ian Birchall | 3,403 | 9.1 | -4.2 | |
Independent | Jarrod James Bingham | 2,186 | 5.8 | +0.8 | |
Greens | Praise Morris | 1,711 | 4.6 | 0.0 | |
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Paul Blackborrow | 1,682 | 4.5 | +4.5 | |
Democratic Labour | Ashley Alp | 1,629 | 4.3 | +1.5 | |
Family First | Richard Brunt | 946 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
Animal Justice | Fiona Adin-James | 743 | 2.0 | −0.8 | |
Freedom | Tony Dobran | 717 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Justice | Samantha Jane Donald | 663 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
New Democrats | Jasleen Kaur | 242 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Health Australia | Lucienne Ciappara | 219 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Independent | Jason Spencer Perera | 130 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 37,619 | 88.9 | –1.1 | ||
Informal votes | 4,716 | 11.1 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 42,335 | 84.4 | +7.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Steve McGhie | 20,538 | 54.6 | −0.4 | |
Liberal | Graham Watt | 17,081 | 45.4 | +0.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −0.4 |
References
- ^ "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ Melton District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
External links
- District profile from the Victorian Electoral Commission
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