The electoral district of Eltham is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is an outer metropolitan electorate and contains Eltham, Lower Plenty, Montmorency, Research, St Helena, Diamond Creek, Wattleglen as well as parts of Greensborough, Briar Hill and Kangaroo Ground.
Eltham was created prior to the 1992 election and although it had a notional Labor margin of 4.3%, it was easily won by Wayne Phillips for the Liberal Party with a swing of over 14%. Phillips held the seat before being defeated in the 'Brackslide' of 2002.
The current member is Labor MP Vicki Ward.
Members for Eltham MemberPartyTerm Wayne Phillips Liberal 1992–2002 Steve Herbert Labor 2002–2014 Vicki Ward Labor 2014–present
Election results
Graphical summary
References
External links Electorate profile: Eltham District, Victorian Electoral Commission