Mill Park – Victoria 2018

ALP 19.9%

Incumbent MP
Lily D’Ambrosio, since 2002.

Geography
Outer northern Melbourne. Mill Park covers southern parts of the Ctiy of Whittlesea, specifically the suburb of South Morang and parts of Epping, Mill Park and Wollert.

History
The electoral district of Mill Park was first created prior to the 1992 redistribution. It has been won by the ALP at all five elections since it’s creation.

Mill Park was first won in 1992 by Alex Andrianopoulos who had held the seat of St Albans since 1985, before his district was abolished in 1992. He was elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly after the ALP’s election win in 1999 and served in the role until his retirement in 2002.

Andrianopoulos was succeeded in 2002 by his former electorate officer Lily D’Ambrosio. D’Ambrosio was re-elected in 2006, 2010 and 2014.

Candidates

Assessment
Mill Park is a very safe Labor seat.

2014 result

Candidate Party Votes % Swing
Lily D’Ambrosio Labor 22,807 59.8 +1.7
George Varughese Liberal 10,317 27.0 -0.9
Jeremy Graham Greens 2,640 6.9 -0.1
Peter Simmons Family First 2,383 6.2 +1.3
Informal 2,306 5.7

2014 two-party-preferred result

Candidate Party Votes % Swing
Lily D’Ambrosio Labor 26,314 69.9 +2.9
George Varughese Liberal 11,356 30.1 -2.9

Booth breakdown

Booths in Mill Park have been divided into three areas: east, south and west.

Labor won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote in all three areas, ranging from 67.8% in the east to 73.5% in the west.

Voter group ALP 2PP % Total votes % of votes
West 73.5 7,997 21.0
South 71.3 7,416 19.4
East 67.8 6,148 16.1
Other votes 68.6 5,880 15.4
Pre-poll 67.9 10,706 28.1

Two-party-preferred votes in Mill Park at the 2014 Victorian state election

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