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Electoral district of Eltham

Eltham
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
VIC Eltham District 2014.png
Location of Eltham (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State Victoria
Created 1992
MP Vicki Ward
Party Australian Labor Party
Electors 44,409 (2014)
Area 51 km2 (19.7 sq mi)
Demographic Outer metropolitan/semi-rural

The Electoral district of Eltham is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is an outer metropolitan electorate and contains Eltham, Lower Plenty as well as parts of Greensborough 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.



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