Electoral district of Warrandyte

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Warrandyte
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Electoral district of Warrandyte (Victoria) 2022.svg
Location of Warrandyte (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State Victoria
Created1976
MP Nicole Werner
Party Liberal
Namesake Warrandyte
Electors 43,282 (2018)
Area107 km2 (41.3 sq mi)
DemographicOuter metropolitan
Coordinates 37°45′36″S145°13′48″E / 37.76000°S 145.23000°E / -37.76000; 145.23000

The electoral district of Warrandyte is an Australian electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. [1] It is an outer metropolitan electorate and contains the suburbs of Park Orchards, Ringwood North, Warrandyte, Warrandyte North, Warrandyte South, Warranwood, Wonga Park, most of Donvale, and parts of Chirnside Park, Doncaster East, and Ringwood.

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Warrandyte was originally a marginal seat, being held by the Liberal Party from the creation of the electorate at the 1976 election until it lost government at the 1982 election. The seat was then Labor-held until the 1988 election, when Phil Honeywood became the only Liberal to win a seat from Labor.

Honeywood made the seat very secure for the Liberals, to the extent that he comfortably held the seat at the 2002 election, despite over half of his Legislative Assembly colleagues losing their seats. Honeywood became Deputy Leader of the Opposition, before retiring at the 2006 election. Fellow Liberal, Ryan Smith, easily retained the seat.

Smith resigned just six months after being re-elected at the 2022 Victorian state election, causing the 2023 Warrandyte state by-election. Nicole Werner retained the seat for the Liberal Party.

Members for Warrandyte

MemberPartyTerm
  Norman Lacy Liberal 1976–1982
  Lou Hill Labor 1982–1988
  Phil Honeywood Liberal 1988–2006
  Ryan Smith Liberal 2006–2023
  Nicole Werner Liberal 2023–present

Election results

2023 Warrandyte state by-election [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Nicole Werner 21,92157.3+9.9
Greens Tomas Lightbody7,13018.6+6.9
Democratic Labour Cary de Wit2,2045.8+5.8
Independent Maya Tesa1,5564.1+4.1
Victorian Socialists Colleen Bolger1,4593.8+3.8
Family First Richard Griffith-Jones1,0732.8−1.2
Sustainable Australia Jack Corcoran1,0302.7+2.7
Freedom Greg Cheesman8462.2+2.2
Independent Wai Man Raymond Chow6941.8+1.8
Independent Morgan Ranieri1680.4+0.4
Independent Alan Max Menadue1210.3+0.3
Independent Philip Jenkins770.2+0.2
Total formal votes38,27994.2−2.4
Informal votes2,3445.8+2.4
Turnout 40,62379.7−11.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Nicole Werner 27,33471.0+16.7
Greens Tomas Lightbody11,17229.0+29.0
Liberal hold 

See also

References

  1. "Find a Member". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  2. "Warrandyte District by-election provisional results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  3. "Results - Warrandyte by-election 2023". ABC Elections. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 4 September 2023.