Electoral district of Eltham

Eltham
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Location of Eltham (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created1992
MPVicki Ward
PartyLabor Party
NamesakeEltham
Electors44,820 (2018)
Area73 km2 (28.2 sq mi)
DemographicOuter 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.

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