Electoral district of Broadmeadows

Broadmeadows Victoria—Legislative Assembly
State or territory:	Victoria
Created:	1952
MP:	Frank McGuire
Party:	Australian Labor Party
Electors:	37,424 (2010)
Area:	46 km² (18 sq mi)
Demographic:	Metropolitan

The Electoral district of Broadmeadows is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly created in 1952. The seat is currently based on the suburbs of Broadmeadows, Campbellfield, Coolaroo, Dallas and Jacana. Also contains parts of Fawkner, Glenroy, Hadfield, Roxburgh Park, Somerton and Westmeadows.

From 1993 to 2011, the district was represented by John Brumby, the former Premier of Victoria. As of the 2010 state election, it was the safest Labor seat in Victoria. He retired from parliament shortly after the election, sparking a Broadmeadows by-election, held 19 February 2011, at which Frank McGuire was elected.

Members for Broadmeadows

Member		Party	Term
	Harry Kane	Liberal Country	1955–1962
	John Wilton	Labor	1962–1985
	Jack Culpin	Labor	1985–1988
	Jim Kennan	Labor	1988–1993
	John Brumby	Labor	1993–2011
	Frank McGuire	Labor	2011–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Broadmeadows

Broadmeadows state by-election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank McGuire	14,305	53.4	-8.9
	Independent	Celal Sahin	5,396	20.2	+20.2
	Greens	Graham Dawson	1,626	6.1	-1.4
	Independent	Graeme Marr	1,620	6.1	+6.1
	Democratic Labor	Mark Hobart	1,501	5.6	+3.1
	Sex Party	Merinda Davis	1,343	5.0	+5.0
	Independent	Peter Byrne	530	2.0	-0.4
	Independent	Joseph Kaliniy	277	1.0	+1.0
	Independent	Gerrit Schorel-Hlavka	173	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			26,771	90.5	-1.9
Informal votes			2,810	9.5	+1.9
Turnout			29,581	78.5	-10.3
Two-candidate preferred result
	Labor	Frank McGuire	18,704	69.9	-1.1
	Independent	Celal Sahin	8,067	30.1	+30.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.1

Victorian state election, 2010: Broadmeadows
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Brumby	19,125	62.29	-5.35
	Liberal	Samli Ozturk	7,761	25.28	+12.38
	Greens	Jaime De Loma-Osorio	2,304	7.50	+0.90
	Democratic Labor	Kevin Butler	778	2.53	+2.53
	Independent	Peter Byrne	737	2.40	+2.40
Total formal votes			30,705	92.42	+0.68
Informal votes			2,517	7.58	-0.68
Turnout			33,222	88.77	-1.65
Two-candidate preferred result
	Labor	John Brumby	21,811	70.98	-10.91
	Liberal	Samli Ozturk	8,919	29.02	+10.91
	Labor hold		Swing	-10.91

See also

• Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
• List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

External links

• Electorate profile: Broadmeadows District, Victorian Electoral Commission