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| Australian federal election, 2016
Division of Goldstein, Victoria
Inner Melbourne: Beaumaris, Bentleigh, Brighton, Sandringham
Sitting member: Hon Andrew Robb (Liberal), elected 2004
Enrolment at close of rolls: 104,931
2013 Liberal majority over Labor: 11.0%
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Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Cheryl Hercus
Australian Greens |
2. Trevor Bishop
Family First |
3. Naren Chellappah
Animal Justice Party |
4. Lee Kavanagh
Drug Law Reform |
5. Tim Wilson
Liberal Party |
6. Matthew Coote
Australian Labor Party |
2013 results
Statistics and history
Goldstein was created in 1984, but is in fact the old federation seat of Balaclava renamed. It has always been located in the affluent bayside suburbs of Melbourne, based on the Liberal strongholds of Brighton and Sandringham. Successive redistributions have extended it into somewhat more marginal territory to the east of the Nepean Highway, but it remains one of most affluent seats in Australia, with a high level of median family income and a high proportion of people in professional occupations.
Goldstein is the only seat in Australia which has been won by the major non-Labor party of the day (Protectionist, Liberal, Nationalist, UAP, Liberal) at every election since Federation. Seven of its nine members have been ministers, from the first federal Treasurer, Sir George Turner, to Liberal Cabinet ministers Ian Macphee and Dr David Kemp.
Andrew Robb, Liberal MP for Goldstein since 2004, originally an agricultural economist, was Federal Director of the Liberal Party and a very influential figure in the party before entering parliament. He was rapidly promoted and was a minister in the Howard Government and a member of the Abbott and Turnbull cabinets until his resignation in early 2016. He is retiring at this election.
The new Liberal candidate for Goldstein is Tim Wilson, who was policy director of the Liberal think-tank the Institute of Public Affairs until 2014, when Attorney-General George Brandis appointed him Australian Human Rights Commissioner. Wilson is an unorthodox Liberal candidate - he is openly gay and an outspoken libertarian who has been critical of some policies of the Abbott-Turnbull Government. The Labor candidate is Matthew Coote, a researcher and tutor at RMIT University.
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