Electoral district of Ferntree Gully

Ferntree Gully Victoria—Legislative Assembly
State or territory:	Victoria
Created:	2002
MP:	Nick Wakeling
Party:	Liberal Party of Australia
Electors:	44,293 (2010)
Area:	43 km² (17 sq mi)
Demographic:	Metropolitan

The Electoral district of Ferntree Gully is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was created in 2002 as a replacement for the abolished electorate of Knox.

The seat is based around Ferntree Gully and its neighbouring suburbs at the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges.

When it was created, it had a notional Liberal majority of 7.6% suggesting it would usually be a fairly safe Liberal seat. However the Labor Party's Anne Eckstein won the seat at the 2002 election on the back of the Labor landslide. However, at the following election in 2006, Eckstein lost Ferntree Gully to Liberal Nick Wakeling in a very close contest for the seat. The final result revealed a margin of 27 votes, or 0.04%.

Members for Ferntree Gully

Member		Party	Term
	Anne Eckstein	Labor	2002–2006
	Nick Wakeling	Liberal	2006–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Ferntree Gully

Victorian state election, 2010: Ferntree Gully
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Nick Wakeling	22,020	55.54	+11.38
	Labor	Josh Cullinan	11,768	29.68	-12.39
	Greens	Steve Bullock	2,850	7.19	+0.08
	Sex Party	Martin Leahy	1,492	3.76	+3.76
	Family First	Allister Rouse	957	2.41	-2.15
	Democratic Labor	Tanya Murphy	560	1.41	+1.41
Total formal votes			39,467	94.77	+0.10
Informal votes			2,189	5.23	-0.10
Turnout			41,836	94.62	+0.16
Two-candidate preferred result
	Liberal	Nick Wakeling	24,591	62.00	+11.96
	Labor	Josh Cullinan	15,070	38.00	-11.96
	Liberal hold		Swing	+11.96

See also

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

External links

• Electorate profile: Ferntree Gully, Victorian Electoral Commission