Electoral district of Oakleigh

Oakleigh
Victoria—Legislative Assembly

Location of Oakleigh (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State Victoria
Created 1927
MP Steve Dimopoulos
Party Australian Labor Party
Namesake Suburb of Oakleigh
Electors 39,556 (2014)
Area 27 km2 (10.4 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

MemberPartyTerm
  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

Victorian state election, 2014: Oakleigh[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Steve Dimopoulos 15,903 45.8 +4.3
Liberal Theo Zographos 13,303 38.3 −1.4
Greens Steven Merriel 4,617 13.3 −1.5
Independent Anna Scotto 677 1.9 +1.9
Independent Parashos Kioupelis 260 0.7 +0.7
Total formal votes 34,760 95.4 −0.1
Informal votes 1,662 4.6 +0.1
Turnout 36,422 92.1 +2.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Steve Dimopoulos 20,224 58.2 +3.1
Liberal Theo Zographos 14,536 41.8 −3.1
Labor hold Swing +3.1

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  2. ↑ State Election 2014: Oakleigh District, VEC.
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