Division of Goldstein

[1] As a result of a periodical boundary redistribution, from the next Australian federal election, Goldstein’s boundaries will move east to include the suburbs of Moorabbin (part) and Bentleigh East (part) and take more of the suburbs of Cheltenham and Highett.

[2] The division is named after Vida Goldstein, an early parliamentary candidate who contested five separate elections within the first two decades after Federation.

Its most prominent members include Ian Macphee, a minister under Malcolm Fraser and prominent Liberal moderate; and Andrew Robb, a former federal director of the Liberal Party who served as a minister under John Howard, Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull.

The long Liberal run in the seat ended in 2022, when teal independent and former ABC News reporter Zoe Daniel defeated Robb's successor, Tim Wilson.

The swing against the Liberals was large enough to drop Goldstein down to marginal in a "traditional" two-party matchup with Labor.

Vida Goldstein , the division's namesake
Alluvial diagram for preference flows in the seat of Goldstein in the 2022 federal election . check Y indicates at what stage the winning candidate had over 50% of the votes and was declared the winner.