Electoral district of Oakleigh
| 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 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.
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
[edit]References
[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.
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