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 km^2 (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

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

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

• Electorate profile: Oakleigh District, Victorian Electoral Commission

References

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