Electoral district of Gembrook
Gembrook Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
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State | Victoria |
Created | 2002 |
MP | Brad Battin |
Party | Liberal Party of Australia |
Electors | 43,410 (2010) |
Area | 2,053 km2 (792.7 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. [1] 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 | |
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Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor| | Tammy Lobato | Labor | 2002–2010 |
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal| | Brad Battin | Liberal | 2010–present |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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-party-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 |
References
See also
- Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
- List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
External links