Electoral district of Ferntree Gully

The electoral district of Ferntree Gully is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.[1] It was created in 2002 as a replacement for the abolished electorate of Knox.

Ferntree Gully
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Ferntree Gully (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created2002
MPNick Wakeling
PartyLiberal Party
Electors41,141 (2018)
Area34 km2 (13.1 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan

The district comprises 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 be a fairly safe Liberal seat. However, Labor Party's Anne Eckstein won the seat at the 2002 election on the back of the Labor landslide. But 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
MemberPartyTerm
  Anne Eckstein Labor 2002–2006
  Nick Wakeling Liberal 2006–present

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Ferntree Gully
2018 Victorian state election: Ferntree Gully[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Nick Wakeling 17,614 49.41 −4.49
Labor Julie Buxton 14,618 41.01 +7.85
Greens Steve Raymond 3,414 9.58 +0.49
Total formal votes 35,646 94.28 −1.02
Informal votes 2,162 5.72 +1.02
Turnout 37,808 91.90 −0.97
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Nick Wakeling 18,407 51.64 −6.10
Labor Julie Buxton 17,239 48.36 +6.10
Liberal hold Swing−6.10

References
  1. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  2. State Election 2018: Ferntree Gully District, VEC.


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