Electoral district of Melton

Melton Victoria—Legislative Assembly
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
Electorates around Melton: Eureka Macedon Sunbury Eureka Melton Sydenham Eureka Werribee Kororoit

The electoral district of Melton is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ^[1] It contains the towns of Brookfield, Cobblebank, Exford, Harkness, Hopetoun Park, Kurunjang, Melton, Melton South, Melton West, Merrimu, Strathtulloh, Thornhill Park, Toolern Vale, Weir Views, as well as parts of Eynesbury, Grangefields, Mount Cottrell and Parwan.

Members for Melton

Member		Party	Term
	David Cunningham	Labor	1992–1999
	Don Nardella	Labor	1999–2017
		Independent	2017–2018
	Steve McGhie	Labor	2018–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Melton

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

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. Melton District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

External links

• District profile from the Victorian Electoral Commission