Electoral district of Thomastown
State electoral district of Victoria, Australia
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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.
| Thomastown Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
Interactive map of electoral district boundaries from the 2022 state election | |
| State | Victoria |
| MP | Bronwyn Halfpenny |
| Party | Labor Party |
| Namesake | Thomastown |
| Electors | 44,619 (2018) |
| Area | 91 km2 (35.1 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Metropolitan |
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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
| 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 | |||
