Electoral district of Tarneit

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Tarneit
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Electoral district of Tarneit (Victoria) 2022.svg
Electoral district of Tarneit
Interactive map of electoral district boundaries from the 2022 state election
State Victoria
Created2002
MP Dylan Wight
Party Labor Party
NamesakeSuburb of Tarneit
Electors 53,882 (2018)
Area76 km2 (29.3 sq mi)
DemographicUrban

The electoral district of Tarneit is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was created before the 2002 election where it replaced the seat of Werribee.

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The seat is located in the south western suburbs of Melbourne, including Tarneit, Williams Landing, Truganina and the eastern parts of Hoppers Crossing. It is a safe seat for the Labor Party with a current margin of 14.6%.

The first member for the seat, elected in 2002, was Mary Gillett, formerly member for abolished Werribee. She was defeated for Labor preselection for the 2006 election by Tim Pallas, then chief of staff to Premier Steve Bracks. Following an electoral redistribution for the 2014 election, Pallas moved to the recreated seat of Werribee, and Telmo Languiller, formerly member for abolished Derrimut, replaced him in Tarneit.

Members for Tarneit

MemberPartyTerm
  Mary Gillett Labor 2002–2006
  Tim Pallas Labor 2006–2014
  Telmo Languiller Labor 2014–2018
  Sarah Connolly Labor 2018–2022
  Dylan Wight Labor 2022–present

Election results

2022 Victorian state election: Tarneit [1] [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Dylan Wight 18,17346.6−9.8
Liberal Preet Singh10,43826.8+0.9
Greens Clare Miller2,8837.4−0.3
Victorian Socialists Claudio Uribe2,0725.3+5.3
Family First Thomas Jeffrey1,9775.1+5.1
New Democrats Jaydeep Patel1,1763.0+3.0
Freedom Erum Maqsood8822.3+2.3
Animal Justice Maurita Rahn8432.2+2.2
Ind. (United People's)Aijaz Moinuddin5341.4+1.4
Total formal votes38,97793.0+0.2
Informal votes2,9477.0−0.2
Turnout 41,92485.9+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Dylan Wight 24,27662.3−5.6
Liberal Preet Singh14,70137.7+5.6
Labor hold Swing −5.6

References

  1. Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  2. VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  3. Tarneit District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  4. Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 17 June 2023.