Eltham Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
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State | Victoria |
Created | 1992 |
MP | Vicki Ward |
Party | Labor Party |
Namesake | Eltham |
Electors | 44,820 (2018) |
Area | 73 km2 (28.2 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.