Electorate profile: Oakleigh District

Map of Oakleigh District showing the suburbs of Carnegie and Oakleigh. The district boundaries include Dandenong Road and the Monash Freeway for parts of the north, Clayton Road in the east, North Road for part of the south, and the Railway in the west.
Click here for a more detailed electorate map (81kB, PDF).
Features of the District
| Location: | Oakleigh District is a metropolitan electorate approximately 12 kilometres south-east of Melbourne. |
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| Area: | 17 square kilometres. |
| Region: | Southern Metropolitan Region |
| Suburbs: | Carnegie, Murrumbeena, Oakleigh and Oakleigh East.Parts of the suburbs of Chadstone, Glenhuntly, Glen Waverley, Hughesdale, Mount Waverley and Ormond. |
| Features: | Oakleigh District is a residential electorate which features a number of recreational reserves. |
| Member: | Ann Barker |
A statistical profile (external link) based on 2006 Census data is available from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Election results
2006 State election results for Oakleigh District.2002 State election results for Oakleigh District.
Seat position within the swing.
Historical pattern
| 1927-32 | ALP |
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| 1932 | Independent UAP |
| 1932-37 | UAP |
| 1937-47 | ALP |
| 1947-50 | Liberal/LCP |
| 1950 | Independent Liberal |
| 1950-61 | ALP |
| 1961-79 | LCP/Liberal |
| 1979-92 | ALP |
| 1992-99 | Liberal |
| 1999-present | ALP |


