HOLT

Marginal ALP, 1.5%.

Outer suburban: south-east of Melbourne, including Endeavour Hills, Hampton Park and Cranbourne, plus parts of Dandenong and Berwick.

Member: Mr Anthony Byrne (born 1962), since 1999.

After a close call in 2004, Labor should do better in Holt this time round. They have been assisted by the local Liberals, who got their campaign off to a false start by preselecting the erratic former MP Ken Aldred as their candidate, a decision that was swiftly overturned by the state executive.

Declared Candidates

• Anthony Byrne, Australian Labor Party 
• Emanuele Cicchiello, Liberal Party
• Lynette Keleher, Greens