Electoral district of Gembrook

Gembrook Victoria—Legislative Assembly
State or territory:	Victoria
Created:	2002
MP:	Brad Battin
Party:	Liberal Party of Australia
Electors:	43,410 (2010)
Area:	2,053 km² (793 sq mi)
Demographic:	Mixed rural and urban fringe

The Electoral district of Gembrook is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is situated just outside metropolitan Melbourne. Included within its boundaries are Cockatoo, Emerald, Gembrook, Narre Warren East, Warburton as well as parts of Belgrave and Berwick.

The electorate was created in 2002, replacing the abolished electorate of Pakenham, which had its namesake moved into Bass. It was widely considered to be a safe Liberal seat, and was to be contested by Shadow Treasurer Robert Dean, formerly the member for abolished Berwick. However, in a heavily-publicised gaffe, it was discovered during the campaign that Dean was ineligible to stand as a candidate due to his enrolment having lapsed. He was quickly replaced with Neil Lucas, the MLC for the corresponding upper house seat of Eumemmerring Province. In an upset result widely attributed to the Dean affair, Lucas was defeated by Labor candidate Tammy Lobato. Lobato was narrowly re-elected at the 2006 election, but was defeated at the 2010 election by Brad Battin.

Gembrook is a bellwether in state elections, having been won by the party winning government at every state election since its creation in 2002.

Members for Gembrook

Member		Party	Term
	Tammy Lobato	Labor	2002–2010
	Brad Battin	Liberal	2010–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Gembrook

Victorian state election, 2010: Gembrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brad Battin	18,427	47.93	+7.77
	Labor	Tammy Lobato	12,638	32.87	-6.35
	Greens	Brent Hall	3,689	9.60	-1.42
	Family First	Rebecca Filliponi	1,032	2.68	-1.08
	National	Peter McConachy	904	2.35	-1.60
	Country Alliance	Alex Krstic	871	2.27	+2.27
	Democratic Labor	Larry Norman	372	0.97	+0.97
	Independent	Hayden Ostrom Brown	227	0.59	+0.59
	Independent	Frank Dean	145	0.38	-0.40
	Independent	Robert Belcher	142	0.37	+0.37
Total formal votes			38,447	94.20	-1.54
Informal votes			2,366	5.80	+1.54
Turnout			40,813	94.02	+0.03
Two-candidate preferred result
	Liberal	Brad Battin	21,926	56.75	+7.35
	Labor	Tammy Lobato	16,707	43.25	-7.35
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+7.35

See also

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

External links

• Electorate profile: Gembrook District, Victorian Electoral Commission