Seat of Malvern

(Northern Victoria)
Safe. Liberal 16.3%

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The seat of Malvern includes the suburbs of Toorak, Kooyong, Armadale, Malvern and Malvern East.

The seat contains some of Melbourne's most wealthiest "blue ribbon" suburbs and accordingly, it has always been held by the Liberal Party - usually by very large margins.

Incumbent MP:

Michael O'Brien (Liberal) - since 2006. Pictured right.

Electorate Boundaries and 2014 Polling Places:

The numbers on the map below represent the two party preferred result (percentage) for each polling place.

Candidates:

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	Michaela Moran	SUS
	Candace Feild	AJP
	Oliver Squires	ALP
	Michael O'Brien	LIB
	Polly Morgan	GRN

Candace Feild
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Political Party: Animal Justice Party

Oliver Squires
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Political Party: Labor

Oliver Squires is the Head of Maths at a local Catholic high school in Windsor. He has taught science and math for six years across a number of schools, in Australia and the UK. He has previously worked as a scientist, researching cancer diagnostics. He has completed a scientific PhD as well as a postgraduate qualification in education. He is passionate about innovation, sustainability and social justice.

Michael O'Brien
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Political Party: Liberal (Incumbent MP)

Michael O'Brien has been the MP for Malvern since the 2006 State Election and was Treasurer in the Napthine government. He worked as a barrister at the Victorian Bar practising in the fields of trade practices and commercial law. While at the Bar he also lectured part-time in trade practices at the Leo Cussen Institute of Continuing Legal Education and performed pro bono work.

Polly Morgan
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Political Party: Greens.

Prediction:

Liberal retain

Malvern is the safest Liberal-held seat in the state. It is also a reletively strong area for The Greens who could challenge for (albeit a distant) second place in 2018.

2014 Results:

This electorate was a pretty standard affair in 2014, with no parties standing candidates other than the main three.

MALVERN 2014 Primary Vote by Polling Place
	Michael O'Brien (LIB) ✓	James Bennett (GRN)	Les Tarczon (ALP)
Armadale	61.9%	17.7%	20.4%
Armadale East	57.0%	18.9%	25.1%
Carnegie North	56.3%	14.8%	28.9%
Chadstone	51.9%	15.9%	32.2%
Darling	62.3%	15.9%	21.8%
Gardiner	49.9%	20.3%	29.8%
Kooyong	65.6%	18.2%	16.2%
Malvern	63.5%	13.8%	22.7%
Malvern Central	56.3%	20.6%	23.1%
Malvern East	54.4%	17.9%	27.7%
Malvern Lower	76.1%	11.4%	12.6%
Malvern South	62.6%	14.7%	22.8%
Toorak	77.5%	10.5%	12.0%
Toorak Central	68.0%	16.6%	15.4%
Absent Votes	53.8%	23.8%	22.4%
Early Votes	65.8%	15.4%	18.8%
Postal Votes	69.0%	12.6%	18.4%
Provisional Votes	53.7%	19.1%	27.2%
TOTALS	62.5%	16.0%	21.4%

Data provided by the VEC.

2014 Two Party Preferred Vote by Polling Place
	Michael O'Brien (LIB) ✓	Les Tarczon (ALP)
Armadale	66.4%	33.6%
Armadale East	60.4%	39.6%
Carnegie North	59.5%	40.5%
Chadstone	56.2%	43.8%
Darling	66.2%	33.8%
Gardiner	53.9%	46.1%
Kooyong	71.3%	28.7%
Malvern	67.7%	32.3%
Malvern Central	61.2%	38.8%
Malvern East	59.9%	40.1%
Malvern Lower	78.8%	21.2%
Malvern South	65.7%	34.3%
Toorak	80.6%	19.4%
Toorak Central	72.2%	27.8%
Absent Votes	58.6%	41.4%
Early Votes	68.7%	31.3%
Postal Votes	72.3%	27.7%
Provisional Votes	56.1%	43.9%
TOTALS	66.3%	33.7%

Data provided by the VEC.

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