Electoral district of Thomastown

Thomastown Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Thomastown (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Created	1985
MP	Bronwyn Halfpenny
Party	Australian Labor Party
Electors	39,826 (2014)
Area	103 km2 (39.8 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan

The Electoral district of Thomastown is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It currently includes the suburbs of Fawkner and Reservoir and has been in existence since 1985.

The seat is extremely safe for the Australian Labor Party. At the 2002 election, Labor frontbencher Peter Batchelor won the seat with over 80% of the two-party-preferred vote, making Thomastown the safest seat in the state.

The seat's first member, Beth Gleeson, died whilst in office in December 1989. The resulting February 1990 by-election, held when support for Labor had plummeted as a result of an economic crisis, was nearly won by the Australian Democrats.

Members for Thomastown

Member		Party	Term
	Beth Gleeson	Labor	1985–1989
	Peter Batchelor	Labor	1990–2010
	Bronwyn Halfpenny	Labor	2010–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Thomastown

Victorian state election, 2014: Thomastown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bronwyn Halfpenny	22,786	66.7	+3.4
	Liberal	Nitin Gursahani	5,801	17.0	−6.1
	Family First	Trent Schneider-Johnson	2,047	6.0	+1.3
	Greens	Ian Williamson	1,775	5.2	−3.2
	Independent	Thomas Di Palma	1,753	5.1	+5.1
Total formal votes			34,162	93.0	+0.3
Informal votes			2,584	7.0	−0.3
Turnout			36,746	92.3	−1.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bronwyn Halfpenny	26,611	78.4	+6.8
	Liberal	Nitin Gursahani	7,317	21.6	−6.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.8

See also

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

External links

• Electorate profile: Thomastown District, Victorian Electoral Commission