Electoral district of Preston

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Preston
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Electoral district of Preston (Victoria) 2022.svg
Location of Preston (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State Victoria
Created1945
MP Nathan Lambert
Party Labor Party
NamesakeSuburb of Preston
Electors 45,253 (2018)
Area27 km2 (10.4 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan

The electoral district of Preston is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It currently centres on the northern Melbourne suburbs of Preston and Reservoir. It has always been a safe Labor Party seat.

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The most prominent former member was Victoria Cross recipient William Ruthven. At the 2006 election Robin Scott was elected to succeed the retiring Michael Leighton who had been the member since the 1988 election. In 2022, Scott was succeeded by Nathan Lambert.

Members for Preston

MemberPartyTerm
  William Ruthven Labor 1945–1955
  Charlie Ring Labor 1955–1970
  Carl Kirkwood Labor 1970–1988
  Michael Leighton Labor 1988–2006
  Robin Scott Labor 2006–2022
  Nathan Lambert Labor 2022–present

Election results

2022 Victorian state election: Preston [1] [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Nathan Lambert 14,99937.6−14.7
Liberal Amanda Paliouras6,88317.3+0.6
Greens Patchouli Paterson6,02715.1+0.5
Independent Gaetano Greco5,47313.7+7.2
Victorian Socialists Steph Price2,4586.2+2.4
Freedom Angelique Matias1,1502.9+2.9
Reason Carmen Lahiff-Jenkins8902.2−0.7
Family First Raouf Soliman8852.2+2.2
Animal Justice Rachel Unicomb8222.1−0.8
Independent Brian Sanaghan2700.7+0.7
Total formal votes39,85792.2-0.5
Informal votes3,3927.8+0.5
Turnout 43,24985.9+0.3
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Nathan Lambert 27,76969.7–8.6
Liberal Amanda Paliouras12,08830.3+8.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Nathan Lambert 20,76152.1−19.2
Greens Patchouli Paterson19,09647.9+19.2
Labor hold Swing –19.2

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This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Preston in Victorian state elections.

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References

  1. Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  2. VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  3. Preston District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.