Electoral district of Thomastown

Thomastown Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Thomastown (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Created	1985
MP	Bronwyn Halfpenny
Party	Labor Party
Namesake	Thomastown
Electors	44,619 (2018)
Area	91 km2 (35.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan

The electoral district of Thomastown is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ^[1] It currently includes the suburbs of Lalor and Thomastown, and parts of Fawkner, Reservoir and Wollert, and has been in existence since 1985.

The seat is extremely safe for the 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

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Thomastown.[ edit ]

2022 Victorian state election: Thomastown ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bronwyn Halfpenny	19,396	51.7	−10.1
	Liberal	Gurdawar Singh	9,003	24.0	+8.8
	Victorian Socialists	Kelly Cvetkova	2,873	7.7	+4.8
	Family First	Colleen McNamara	2,571	6.9	+6.9
	Greens	Matt Sinapi	2,557	6.8	+2.7
	Animal Justice	Evie Levens	1,076	2.9	+0.4
Total formal votes			37,429	92.2	+4.2
Informal votes			3,151	7.8	−4.2
Turnout			40,580	85.2	+1.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bronwyn Halfpenny	24,628	65.8	−11.6
	Liberal	Gurdawar Singh	12,801	34.2	+11.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−11.6

See also

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

References

1. "Find a Member". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
2. Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
3. VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
4. Thomastown District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
5. Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.

External links

• Electorate profile: Thomastown District, Victorian Electoral Commission