Electoral district of Oakleigh

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Oakleigh
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Electoral district of Oakleigh (Victoria) 2022.svg
Location of Oakleigh (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State Victoria
Created1927
MP Steve Dimopoulos
Party Labor Party
NamesakeSuburb of Oakleigh
Electors 41,595 (2018)
Area32 km2 (12.4 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan

The electoral district of Oakleigh is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. [1] It covers the south-east Melbourne suburbs of Carnegie, Murrumbeena, Hughesdale, Notting Hill, Oakleigh East, Oakleigh and parts of Chadstone, Glen Waverley, Mount Waverley, Glen Huntly, Mulgrave and Ormond.

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The seat is Labor Party held within the inner south-east metropolitan Melbourne.

Steve Dimopoulos is the current member of parliament for Oakleigh.

Members for Oakleigh

MemberPartyTerm
  Squire Reid Labor 1927–1932
  James Vinton Smith United Australia 1932–1937
  Squire Reid Labor 1937–1947
  John Lechte Liberal 1947–1950
  Val Doube Labor 1950–1961
  Alan Scanlan Liberal 1961–1979
  Race Mathews Labor 1979–1992
  Denise McGill Liberal 1992–1999
  Ann Barker Labor 1999–2014
  Steve Dimopoulos Labor 2014–present

Election results

2022 Victorian state election: Oakleigh [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Steve Dimopoulos 14,74245.5−7.8
Liberal Jim Grivokostopoulos9,56129.5−0.3
Greens Hsiang-Han Hsieh5,32316.4+5.0
Independent Dominique Murphy8112.5+2.5
Animal Justice Loraine Fabb6702.1+0.1
Family First Edward Sok6101.9+1.9
Freedom Anthony Charles Jacobs5501.7+1.7
Independent Parashos Kioupelis1670.5+0.5
Total formal votes32,43495.9+0.7
Informal votes1,3874.1−0.7
Turnout 33,82165.1−22.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Steve Dimopoulos 20,55463.4−2.8
Liberal Jim Grivokostopoulos11,87436.6+2.8
Labor hold Swing −2.8
Results are not final. Last updated at 10:45 on 29 November 2022.

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References

  1. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  2. Oakleigh District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.