The electoral district of Oakleigh is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.[1] It covers the south-east Melbourne suburbs of Carnegie, Murrumbeena, Hughesdale, Notting Hill, Oakleigh East, Oakleigh and parts of Chadstone, Glen Waverley, Mount Waverley, Glen Huntly, Mulgrave and Ormond.
| Oakleigh Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
_2022.svg) Location of Oakleigh (dark green) in Greater Melbourne | |
| State | Victoria |
| Created | 1927 |
| MP | Steve Dimopoulos |
| Party | Labor Party |
| Namesake | Suburb of Oakleigh |
| Electors | 41,595 (2018) |
| Area | 32 km2 (12.4 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Metropolitan |
The seat is Labor Party held within the inner south-east metropolitan Melbourne.
Steve Dimopoulos is the current member of parliament for Oakleigh.
Members for Oakleigh
edit| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Squire Reid | Labor | 1927–1932 | |
| James Vinton Smith | United Australia | 1932–1937 | |
| Squire Reid | Labor | 1937–1947 | |
| John Lechte | Liberal | 1947–1950 | |
| Val Doube | Labor | 1950–1961 | |
| Alan Scanlan | Liberal | 1961–1979 | |
| Race Mathews | Labor | 1979–1992 | |
| Denise McGill | Liberal | 1992–1999 | |
| Ann Barker | Labor | 1999–2014 | |
| Steve Dimopoulos | Labor | 2014–present | |
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Steve Dimopoulos | 19,778 | 45.0 | −8.3 | |
| Liberal | Jim Grivokostopoulos | 12,848 | 29.3 | −0.5 | |
| Greens | Hsiang-Han Hsieh | 7,278 | 16.6 | +5.2 | |
| Ind. (Australia One) | Dominique Murphy | 1,084 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
| Animal Justice | Loraine Fabb | 1,014 | 2.3 | +0.3 | |
| Family First | Edward Sok | 904 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
| Freedom | Anthony Charles Jacobs | 770 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
| Independent | Parashos Kioupelis | 234 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 43,910 | 95.6 | +0.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,000 | 4.4 | −0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 45,910 | 88.4 | +0.6 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Steve Dimopoulos | 27,876 | 63.5 | −2.6 | |
| Liberal | Jim Grivokostopoulos | 16,034 | 36.5 | +2.6 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | −2.6 | |||
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ^ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ Oakleigh District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
