Melton – Victoria 2010

ALP 13.5%

Incumbent MP
Don Nardella, since 1999.

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.

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 and 2006.

Candidates

• Matt DeLeon (Independent)
• Ron Guy (Socialist Alliance)
• Sav Mangion (Country Alliance)
• Katrina Bradfield (Greens)
• Samir Sabeh (Family First)
• Don Nardella (Labor)
• Braidy Kean (Liberal)

Political situation
Melton is a safe Labor seat.

2006 result

2006 two-candidate-preferred result

Booth breakdown
Polling booths in Melton have been divided into three areas. Booths in Moorabool Shire have been grouped as “West”. Booths in Melton Shire have been divided between those in urban Melton and the remainder of the shire (“East”).

A majority of voters live in Melton itself, where the ALP polled over 67%, compared to 58-59% in the remainder of the seat. Family First outpolled the Greens in Melton and the East, while the Greens substantially outpolled Family First in the West.