Electoral district of Ferntree Gully

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Ferntree Gully
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
VIC Ferntree Gully District 2014.png
Location of Ferntree Gully (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State Victoria
Created2002
Abolished2022
MP Nick Wakeling
Party Liberal Party
Electors 41,141 (2018)
Area34 km2 (13.1 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan

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

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The district comprised 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%.

The seat was abolished by the Electoral Boundaries Commission ahead of the 2022 election and split into the electoral districts of Bayswater, Rowville and Monbulk. [2]

Members for Ferntree Gully

MemberPartyTerm
  Anne Eckstein Labor 2002–2006
  Nick Wakeling Liberal 2006–2022

Election results

2018 Victorian state election: Ferntree Gully [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Nick Wakeling 17,61449.41−4.49
Labor Julie Buxton14,61841.01+7.85
Greens Steve Raymond3,4149.58+0.49
Total formal votes35,64694.28−1.02
Informal votes2,1625.72+1.02
Turnout 37,80891.90−0.97
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Nick Wakeling 18,40751.64−6.10
Labor Julie Buxton17,23948.36+6.10
Liberal hold Swing −6.10

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References

  1. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  2. Green, Antony. "New Victorian State Electoral Boundaries Finalised – Antony Green's Election Blog" . Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  3. State Election 2018: Ferntree Gully District, VEC.