Electoral district of Warrandyte

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.

Warrandyte
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Warrandyte (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created1976
MPRyan Smith
PartyLiberal Party
Electors43,282 (2018)
Area107 km2 (41.3 sq mi)
DemographicOuter metropolitan
Coordinates37°45′36″S 145°13′48″E

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.

Lots of parks and schools fill this lush green area outside of Melbourne. It is known for the Mullum Mullum Creek, Currawong Bush Park and The Yarra River. Lots of families and retirees live in this area, thus making it more Liberal.

Members for Warrandyte
MemberPartyTerm
  Norman Lacy Liberal 1976–1982
  Lou Hill Labor 1982–1988
  Phil Honeywood Liberal 1988–2006
  Ryan Smith Liberal 2006–present

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Warrandyte
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Warrandyte.[edit]
2022 Victorian state election: Warrandyte[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ryan Smith 21,344 47.3 −2.8
Labor Naomi Oakley 14,946 33.2 −2.3
Greens Deepak Joshi 5,283 11.7 +1.1
Family First Richard Vernay 1,823 4.0 +4.0
Animal Justice Nicola Rae 1,020 2.3 −1.5
Independent Cynthia Pilli 659 1.5 +1.5
Total formal votes 45,075 96.6 +1.5
Informal votes 1,582 3.4 −1.5
Turnout 46,657 91.6 +1.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ryan Smith 24,426 54.2 +0.4
Labor Naomi Oakley 20,682 45.8 −0.4
Liberal hold Swing+0.4

See also

References
  1. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  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. Warrandyte District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.


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