Melton – Victoria 2014

ALP 13.6%

Incumbent MP
Don Nardella, since 1999. Previously Member of the Legislative Council for Melbourne North Province 1992-99.

Geography
Western fringe of Melbourne. Melton covers parts of Melton and Moorabool council areas, with a majority of the seat’s population in Melton itself. Melton also covers Bacchus Marsh.

Map of Melton's 2010 and 2014 boundaries. 2010 boundaries marked as red lines, 2014 boundaries marked as white area. Click to enlarge.
Map of Melton’s 2010 and 2014 boundaries. 2010 boundaries marked as red lines, 2014 boundaries marked as white area. Click to enlarge.

Redistribution
The total area covered by Melton shrunk considerably, although the electorate’s main centres of Bacchus Marsh and Melton remained within the electorate, with a relatively small population contained in those areas transferred to Buninyong, Kororoit, Macedon and Sunbury. The ALP’s margin was increased from 12.8% to 13.6%.

History
Melton was first created as an electoral district in 1992. It has always been won by the Labor Party.

It was first won in 1992 by David Cunningham, who had previously been elected to the newly-created seat of Derrimut in 1985. Derrimut was abolished after only two elections in 1992, and Cunningham moved to Melton. He was re-elected in 1996 and retired in 1999.

In 1999, he was succeeded by Don Nardella. He had served as a Labor MLC for Melbourne North province for one term from 1992 to 1999 before moving to the Legislative Assembly. Nardella was re-elected in 2002, 2006 and 2010.

Candidates

Assessment
Melton is a safe Labor seat.

2010 election result

Candidate Party Votes % Swing Redist
Don Nardella Labor 18,520 49.44 -5.00 50.05
Braidy Kean Liberal 11,615 31.01 +3.17 29.96
Katrina Bradfield Greens 3,247 8.67 +2.24 8.74
Samir Sabeh Family First 1,431 3.82 -2.80 3.99
Matt DeLeon Independent 1,260 3.36 +3.36 3.44
Sav Mangion Country Alliance 893 2.38 +2.38 2.44
Ron Guy Socialist Alliance 494 1.32 +1.32 1.38

2010 two-party-preferred result

Candidate Party Votes % Swing Redist
Don Nardella Labor 23,525 62.78 -0.76 63.62
Braidy Kean Liberal 13,947 37.22 +0.76 36.38
Polling places in Melton at the 2010 Victorian state election. Central in green, South in blue, West in orange. Click to enlarge.
Polling places in Melton at the 2010 Victorian state election. Central in green, South in blue, West in orange. Click to enlarge.

Booth breakdown
Booths in Melton have been divided into three areas: central, west and south. “West” covers those booths around Bacchus Marsh, while those in “Central” cover the centre of Melton. “South” covers booths to the south of Melton.

The ALP won a majority in all three areas, ranging from 58% in the west to 67% in the south.

Voter group GRN % ALP 2PP % Total % of votes
Central 8.48 65.00 10,345 31.85
West 9.82 58.23 7,068 21.76
South 7.82 67.10 5,407 16.65
Other votes 8.76 64.14 9,662 29.75
Two-party-preferred votes in Melton at the 2010 Victorian state election.
Two-party-preferred votes in Melton at the 2010 Victorian state election.

5 COMMENTS

  1. Two more independents have formally nominated with the VEC here. Victor Bennett and Mohamad Aljofan. I haven’t located further details on either.

  2. Victor Bennett? If you find a news story, please post it Nick.

    If it’s the same one I know, he is a Melton-based organiser for the ANF and was, along with Don Nardella, heavily involved in trying to save Reg Geary House (a public nursing home that was shut because of Napthine’s cuts to Western Health).

    Being a unionist and having worked side-by-side with Don on the Reg Geary issue, I would imagine most of Victor’s votes would be from the Labor side of the ledger, but would also preference straight back to Don.

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