Electoral results for the district of Ferntree Gully

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This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Ferntree Gully in Victorian state elections.

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Members for Ferntree Gully

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

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

2018 Victorian state election: Ferntree Gully [1]
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
2014 Victorian state election: Ferntree Gully
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Nick Wakeling 19,45253.9−0.9
Labor Matt Posetti11,96733.2+2.8
Greens Steve Raymond3,2799.1+1.0
Christians Robert Roytel9402.6+2.6
Country Alliance Russell Wulf4511.2+1.2
Total formal votes36,08995.3+0.2
Informal votes1,7814.7−0.2
Turnout 37,87092.9−4.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Nick Wakeling 20,84957.8−3.7
Labor Matt Posetti15,23842.2+3.7
Liberal hold Swing −3.7
2010 Victorian state election: Ferntree Gully
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Nick Wakeling 22,02055.54+11.38
Labor Josh Cullinan11,76829.68−12.39
Greens Steve Bullock2,8507.19+0.08
Sex Party Martin Leahy1,4923.76+3.76
Family First Allister Rouse9572.41−2.15
Democratic Labor Tanya Murphy5601.41+1.41
Total formal votes39,46794.77+0.10
Informal votes2,1895.23−0.10
Turnout 41,83694.62+0.16
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Nick Wakeling 24,59162.00+11.96
Labor Josh Cullinan15,07038.00−11.96
Liberal hold Swing +11.96

Elections in the 2000s

2006 Victorian state election: Ferntree Gully
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Nick Wakeling 16,18744.16−1.04
Labor Anne Eckstein 15,42042.07−5.00
Greens Steve Bullock2,6087.11−0.61
Family First Allister Rouse1,6734.56+4.56
People Power Adrian Dowell6351.73+1.73
Citizens Electoral Council Ross Russell1340.37+0.37
Total formal votes36,65794.67−2.45
Informal votes2,0645.33+2.45
Turnout 38,72194.46−0.11
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Nick Wakeling 18,34250.04+2.35
Labor Anne Eckstein 18,31549.96−2.35
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +2.35
2002 Victorian state election: Ferntree Gully
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Anne Eckstein 16,70047.1+7.2
Liberal Hurtle Lupton 16,03645.2−11.2
Greens Stephen Bullock2,7407.7+7.7
Total formal votes35,47697.1−0.4
Informal votes1,0522.9+0.4
Turnout 36,52894.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Anne Eckstein 18,54852.3+9.9
Liberal Hurtle Lupton 16,92847.7−9.9
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +9.9

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