Electoral district of Melton
state electoral district of Victoria, Australia
Melton is an electoral district of Victoria. It was created in 1992. It is in the Western Victoria Region.
Melton Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | Victoria | ||||||||||||||
Created | 1992 | ||||||||||||||
MP | Steve McGhie | ||||||||||||||
Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Melton | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 53,306 (2018) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 332 km2 (128.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Outer metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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Melton includes the city of Melton and some surrounding suburbs of Melbourne.
Election results
change2022 Victorian state election: Melton[1] | |||||
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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
change- ↑ Melton District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.