Electoral district of Melton
Appearance
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 is an electoral district of Victoria. It was created in 1992. It is in the Western Victoria Region.
Melton includes the city of Melton and some surrounding suburbs of Melbourne.
Election results
[change | change source]2022 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 | change source]- ↑ Melton District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.