Electoral district of Warrandyte

Warrandyte Victoria—Legislative Assembly
State or territory:	Victoria
Created:	1976
MP:	Ryan Smith
Party:	Liberal Party of Australia
Electors:	41,472 (2010)
Area:	59 km² (23 sq mi)
Demographic:	Outer metropolitan

The Electoral district of Warrandyte is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is an outer metropolitan electorate and contains Warrandyte, Warranwood as well as parts of Croydon and Ringwood.

Warrandyte was traditionally a marginal seat, having been held by the Liberal from the seats foundation at the 1976 election until they lost government at the 1982 election. It then was Labor held until the 1988 election when it was the only seat won which the Liberals gained from Labor.

In recent years the seat has become quite safe for the Liberals, to the extent that Phil Honeywood comfortably held the seat at the 2002 election when over half of his Legislative Assembly colleagues lost their seats.

Honeywood retired at the 2006 election and fellow Liberal Ryan Smith easily retained the seat.

Members for Warrandyte

Member		Party	Term
	Norman Lacy	Liberal	1976–1982
	Lou Hill	Labor	1982–1988
	Phil Honeywood	Liberal	1988–2006
	Ryan Smith	Liberal	2006–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Warrandyte

Victorian state election, 2010: Warrandyte
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ryan Smith	22,150	58.53	+7.73
	Labor	Meghan Hopper	9,920	26.21	-2.98
	Greens	Chris Padgham	4,221	11.15	-3.19
	Family First	Yasmin De Zilwa	1,106	2.92	-2.75
	Independent	Paul Slattery	446	1.18	+1.18
Total formal votes			37,843	96.31	-0.39
Informal votes			1,448	3.69	+0.39
Turnout			39,291	94.74	+0.61
Two-candidate preferred result
	Liberal	Ryan Smith	24,176	63.87	+4.88
	Labor	Meghan Hopper	13,675	36.13	-4.88
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.88

See also

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

External links

• Electorate profile: Warrandyte District, Victorian Electoral Commission