Electoral district of Eltham

The electoral district of Eltham is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is an outer metropolitan electorate and contains Eltham, Lower Plenty, Montmorency, Research, St Helena, Diamond Creek, Wattleglen as well as parts of Greensborough, Briar Hill and Kangaroo Ground.
Eltham was created prior to the 1992 election and although it had a notional [Australian Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)|Labor Party (Victorian Branch)|Labor] margin of 4.3%, it was easily won by Wayne Phillips for the Liberal Party with a swing of over 14%. Phillips held the seat before being defeated in the 'Brackslide' of 2002.
The current member is Labor MP Vicki Ward.