title: Electoral district of Eltham
text: # Electoral district of Eltham
  
  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 as well as parts of Greensborough 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
  
  | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - |
  | Wayne Phillips | Liberal | 1992–2002 |
  | Steve Herbert | Labor | 2002–2014 |
  | Vicki Ward | Labor | 2014–present |
  
  ## Election results
  
  2022 Victorian state election: Eltham :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Vicki Ward | 19,509 | 44.5 | −5.3 |
  | | Liberal | Jason McClintock | 15,615 | 35.6 | −1.2 |
  | | Greens | Alex Grimes | 5,897 | 13.5 | +3.0 |
  | | Family First | Hugh Stubley | 1,118 | 2.5 | +2.5 |
  | | Animal Justice | Catriona Marshall | 995 | 2.3 | +2.3 |
  | | Democratic Labour | Leila Karimi | 710 | 1.6 | −0.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 43,844 | 96.7 | +1.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,507 | 3.3 | −1.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,351 | 92.7 | -1.5 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Vicki Ward | 25,870 | 59.0 | −1.5 |
  | | Liberal | Jason McClintock | 17,974 | 41.0 | +1.5 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | −1.5 | |
  