Electoral district of Preston

Not to be confused with Preston (UK Parliament constituency) or Preston (electoral district).

The electoral district of Preston is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It currently centres on the northern Melbourne suburbs of Preston and Reservoir. It has always been a safe Labor Party seat.

Preston Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Preston (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Created	1945
MP	Nathan Lambert
Party	Labor Party
Namesake	Suburb of Preston
Electors	45,253 (2018)
Area	27 km2 (10.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan

The most prominent former member was Victoria Cross recipient William Ruthven. At the 2006 election Robin Scott was elected to succeed the retiring Michael Leighton who had been the member since the 1988 election. In 2022, Scott was succeeded by Nathan Lambert.

Members for Preston

Image		Member	Party	Term	Notes
		William Ruthven (1893–1970)	Labor	10 November 1945 – 28 May 1955
		Charlie Ring (1899–1975)	Labor	28 May 1955 – 30 May 1970
		Carl Kirkwood (1929–2020)	Labor	30 May 1970 – 1 October 1988
		Michael Leighton (1954–2014)	Labor	1 October 1988 – 25 November 2006
		Robin Scott (1973–)	Labor	25 November 2006 – 26 November 2022
		Nathan Lambert	Labor	26 November 2022 – present	Incumbent

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Preston

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Preston.[edit]

2022 Victorian state election: Preston^[1][2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Nathan Lambert	14,999	37.6	−14.7
	Liberal	Amanda Paliouras	6,883	17.3	+0.6
	Greens	Patchouli Paterson	6,027	15.1	+0.5
	Independent	Gaetano Greco	5,473	13.7	+7.2
	Victorian Socialists	Steph Price	2,458	6.2	+2.4
	Freedom	Angelique Matias	1,150	2.9	+2.9
	Reason	Carmen Lahiff-Jenkins	890	2.2	−0.7
	Family First	Raouf Soliman	885	2.2	+2.2
	Animal Justice	Rachel Unicomb	822	2.1	−0.8
	Independent	Brian Sanaghan	270	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			39,857	92.2	−0.5
Informal votes			3,392	7.8	+0.5
Turnout			43,249	85.9	+0.3
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Labor	Nathan Lambert	27,769	69.7	–8.6
	Liberal	Amanda Paliouras	12,088	30.3	+8.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Nathan Lambert	20,761	52.1	−19.2
	Greens	Patchouli Paterson	19,096	47.9	+19.2
	Labor hold		Swing	–19.2