Electoral district of Oakleigh

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
Location of Oakleigh (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created1927
MPSteve Dimopoulos
PartyLabor Party
NamesakeSuburb of Oakleigh
Electors41,595 (2018)
Area32 km2 (12.4 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan

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
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Oakleigh
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Oakleigh.[edit]
2022 Victorian state election: Oakleigh[2][3][4]
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

References
  1. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  2. Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  3. VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  4. Oakleigh District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.


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