Electoral district of Eltham

Not to be confused with Eltham (UK Parliament constituency).

Eltham Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Eltham (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
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, Montmorency, Research, St Helena, Diamond Creek, Wattleglen as well as parts of Greensborough, Briar Hill 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

Member		Party	Term
	Wayne Phillips	Liberal	1992–2002
	Steve Herbert	Labor	2002–2014
	Vicki Ward	Labor	2014–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Eltham

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Eltham.[ edit ]

2022 Victorian state election: Eltham ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Vicki Ward	19,509	44.5	−5.3
	Liberal	Jason McClintock	15,615	35.6	−1.2
	Greens	Alex Grimes	5,897	13.5	+3.0
	Family First	Hugh Stubley	1,118	2.5	+2.5
	Animal Justice	Catriona Marshall	995	2.3	+2.3
	Democratic Labour	Leila Karimi	710	1.6	−0.2
Total formal votes			43,844	96.7	+1.1
Informal votes			1,507	3.3	−1.1
Turnout			45,351	92.7	−1.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Vicki Ward	25,870	59.0	−1.5
	Liberal	Jason McClintock	17,974	41.0	+1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.5

Graphical summary

Two-party-preferred vote results in Eltham

References

1. "Find a Member". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
2. Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
3. VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
4. Eltham District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

External links

• Electorate profile: Eltham District, Victorian Electoral Commission