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Electoral district of Preston

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State electoral district of Victoria, Australia Not to be confused with Preston (UK Parliament constituency) or Preston (electoral district).

Australian electorate
Preston
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Preston (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created1945
MPNathan Lambert
PartyLabor Party
NamesakeSuburb of Preston
Electors45,253 (2018)
Area27 km (10.4 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan

The electoral district of Preston is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It currently centres on the northern Melbourne suburbs of Preston and Reservoir. It has always been a safe Labor Party seat.

The most prominent former member was Victoria Cross recipient William Ruthven. At the 2006 election Robin Scott was elected to succeed the retiring Michael Leighton who had been the member since the 1988 election. In 2022, Scott was succeeded by Nathan Lambert.

Members for Preston

Member Party Term
  William Ruthven Labor 1945–1955
  Charlie Ring Labor 1955–1970
  Carl Kirkwood Labor 1970–1988
  Michael Leighton Labor 1988–2006
  Robin Scott Labor 2006–2022
  Nathan Lambert Labor 2022–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Preston This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Preston.
2022 Victorian state election: Preston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Nathan Lambert 14,999 37.6 −14.7
Liberal Amanda Paliouras 6,883 17.3 +0.6
Greens Patchouli Paterson 6,027 15.1 +0.5
Independent Gaetano Greco 5,473 13.7 +7.2
Victorian Socialists Steph Price 2,458 6.2 +2.4
Freedom Angelique Matias 1,150 2.9 +2.9
Reason Carmen Lahiff-Jenkins 890 2.2 −0.7
Family First Raouf Soliman 885 2.2 +2.2
Animal Justice Rachel Unicomb 822 2.1 −0.8
Independent Brian Sanaghan 270 0.7 +0.7
Total formal votes 39,857 92.2 −0.5
Informal votes 3,392 7.8 +0.5
Turnout 43,249 85.9 +0.3
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Nathan Lambert 27,769 69.7 –8.6
Liberal Amanda Paliouras 12,088 30.3 +8.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Nathan Lambert 20,761 52.1 −19.2
Greens Patchouli Paterson 19,096 47.9 +19.2
Labor hold Swing –19.2

References

  1. Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  2. VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  3. Preston District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

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