Narracan Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Location of Narracan (dark green) in Victoria | |||||||||||||||
State | Victoria | ||||||||||||||
Created | 1967 | ||||||||||||||
MP | Wayne Farnham | ||||||||||||||
Party | Liberal | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 52,203 (2018) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 4,503 km2 (1,738.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Rural | ||||||||||||||
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The electoral district of Narracan is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was first proclaimed in 1967 and has usually been held by the Liberal Party.
The electorate covers the provincial Warragul-Drouin urban area, as well as many smaller rural towns in north west Gippsland.
The electoral district of Narracan is named after Narracan, a rural locality located in the narrow Narracan Creek Valley, 14km south of Moe. The word "narracan" is believed to be derived from an Aboriginal word describing a crow. [2]
Member | Party | Term | |
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Jim Balfour | Liberal | 1967–1982 | |
John Delzoppo | Liberal | 1982–1996 | |
Florian Andrighetto | Liberal | 1996–1999 | |
Ian Maxfield | Labor | 1999–2006 | |
Gary Blackwood | Liberal | 2006–2022 | |
Wayne Farnham | Liberal | 2023–present | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Wayne Farnham | 16,047 | 45.0 | −11.9 | |
Greens | Alyssa Weaver | 4,009 | 11.3 | +5.6 | |
Independent | Tony Wolfe | 3,999 | 11.2 | +11.2 | |
Democratic Labour | Sophia De Wit | 2,467 | 6.9 | +6.9 | |
Freedom | Leonie Blackwell | 2,216 | 6.2 | +6.2 | |
One Nation | Casey Murphy | 2,147 | 6.0 | +6.0 | |
Independent | Annemarie McCabe | 1,384 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Abelman | 1,245 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
Family First | Brendan Clarke | 1,038 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
Animal Justice | Austin Cram | 744 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Independent | Ian Honey | 364 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Total formal votes | 35,660 | 94.10 | –0.41 | ||
Informal votes | 2,234 | 5.90 | +0.50 | ||
Turnout | 37,894 | 75.02 | −15.83 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Wayne Farnham | 22,355 | 62.75 | +5.49 | |
Independent | Tony Wolfe | 13,273 | 37.25 | +37.25 | |
Liberal hold | Swing |
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