Preston Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
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![]() Location of Preston (dark green) in Greater Melbourne | |
State | Victoria |
Created | 1945 |
MP | Nathan Lambert |
Party | Labor Party |
Namesake | Suburb of Preston |
Electors | 45,253 (2018) |
Area | 27 km2 (10.4 sq mi) |
Demographic | Metropolitan |
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.
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.
Member | Party | Term | |
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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 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Nathan Lambert | 14,999 | 37.6 | −14.7 | |
Liberal | Amanda Paliouras | 6,883 | 17.3 | +0.6 | |
Greens | Patchouli Paterson | 6,027 | 15.1 | +0.5 | |
Independent | Gaetano Greco | 5,473 | 13.7 | +7.2 | |
Victorian Socialists | Steph Price | 2,458 | 6.2 | +2.4 | |
Freedom | Angelique Matias | 1,150 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
Reason | Carmen Lahiff-Jenkins | 890 | 2.2 | −0.7 | |
Family First | Raouf Soliman | 885 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
Animal Justice | Rachel Unicomb | 822 | 2.1 | −0.8 | |
Independent | Brian Sanaghan | 270 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Total formal votes | 39,857 | 92.2 | -0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 3,392 | 7.8 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 43,249 | 85.9 | +0.3 | ||
Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
Labor | Nathan Lambert | 27,769 | 69.7 | –8.6 | |
Liberal | Amanda Paliouras | 12,088 | 30.3 | +8.6 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Nathan Lambert | 20,761 | 52.1 | −19.2 | |
Greens | Patchouli Paterson | 19,096 | 47.9 | +19.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | –19.2 |
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