Labor appears to have fended off a strong challenge from independents and the Liberal Party to retain the west suburban seat of Melton.
Labor’s primary vote slipped backwards in the 2014 and 2018 elections in the traditionally blue-collar seat, as a fast-growing population on Melbourne’s fringe put a strain on roads, transport, hospitals and schools. Labor’s margin in Melton fell to 4 per cent in 2018 with a primary vote of 34.9 per cent, but won the seat on preference flows. On the first count, Labor polled 38.1 per cent of Melton’s primary votes and the Liberals 24.5 per cent.
McGhie said he did “reasonably well” with multicultural groups in Melton, whom he courted during his four-year term, and believed enough voters were “satisfied that things were being done” in the electorate, such as the forthcoming Melton hospital, level crossing removals and new schools.
It’s just such small town shit. Stop publicising these nobodies.
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