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Divisions · Victoria · 126,139 enrolled

Goldstein

Tim Wilson (Liberal) won Goldstein in 2025 with 50.08% of the final two-candidate vote against Zoe Daniel (Independent), a marginal margin of 0.08 points, taking the seat from Independent.

Member now Tim Wilson Liberal · in Parliament since 2 July 2016

ChisholmHothamIsaacsKooyongMacnamaraMelbourneMenzies
Boundaries: AEC, March 2025 (CC BY 4.0)
Turnout
94.24%
Informal
2.69%
Labor TPP
46.03%
TPP swing to Labor
−0.25
Formal votes
115,673
2022 winner
Zoe Daniel (Independent)

2025 · first preferences

7 candidates

Votes, share of formal votes and swing on 2022 (AEC, notional for redrawn boundaries).

After preferences

The final two

Tim Wilson · Liberal 50.08% 57,924
Zoe Daniel · Independent 49.92% 57,749

Lead: 175 of 115,673 votes. The final two were not Labor and the Coalition; the AEC's separate Labor–Coalition count gives Labor 46.03%.

Distribution of preferences · 6 counts
CandidateFirstCount 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
Vicki Jane Williams · Trumpet of Patriots 2,0662,320excl.
Nildhara Gadani · Labor 15,81215,91116,31916,58819,235excl.
David Segal · Libertarian 1,677excl.
Alana Galli-McRostie · Greens 8,3208,4098,5308,728excl.
Leon Gardiner · One Nation 2,0372,8063,846excl.
Zoe Daniel · Independent 35,53335,65635,88036,59242,23257,749
Tim Wilson · Liberal 50,22850,57151,09853,76554,20657,924

Each count excludes the candidate with the fewest votes and passes their papers on. Step through it on /au/seats.

Photos: Tim Wilson — Australian Parliament House, CC BY 2.0 . Via Wikimedia Commons.