Electoral district of Gembrook

Gembrook Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Gembrook (dark green) in Victoria
State	Victoria
Created	2002
MP	Brad Battin
Party	Liberal Party of Australia
Electors	42,239 (2014)
Area	452 km^2 (174.5 sq mi)
Demographic	Mixed rural and urban fringe

The Electoral district of Gembrook is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is situated on the edge of metropolitan Melbourne. Included within its boundaries are Emerald, Cockatoo, Gembrook, Beaconsfield, and sizeable parts of Berwick and Pakenham. The district formerly extended north to Yarra Valley communities such as Warburton and Launching Place prior to the seat's redistribution at the 2014 election.

The electorate was created in 2002, replacing the abolished electorate of Pakenham, which had its namesake moved into Bass. It was widely considered to be a safe Liberal seat, and was to be contested by Shadow Treasurer Robert Dean, formerly the member for abolished Berwick. However, in a heavily publicised gaffe, it was discovered during the campaign that Dean was ineligible to stand as a candidate because he had not updated his enrolment after moving to his new electorate, and was therefore no longer a registered voter. ^[1] He was quickly replaced with Neil Lucas, the MLC for the corresponding upper house seat of Eumemmerring Province. In an upset result widely attributed to the Dean affair, Lucas was defeated by Labor candidate Tammy Lobato. Lobato was narrowly re-elected at the 2006 election, but was defeated at the 2010 election by Brad Battin.

Members for Gembrook

Member		Party	Term
	Tammy Lobato	Labor	2002–2010
	Brad Battin	Liberal	2010–present

Election results

Victorian state election, 2014: Gembrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brad Battin	20,646	54.7	+1.2
	Labor	Collin Ross	11,568	30.6	−2.3
	Greens	Michael Schilling	3,197	8.5	+0.3
	Christians	Simon Beard	659	1.7	+1.7
	Independent	Damian Heffernan	519	1.4	+1.4
	Country Alliance	Alan Stoops	518	1.4	−0.0
	Rise Up Australia	Ferdie Verdan	406	1.1	+1.1
	Independent	Frank Dean	248	0.7	+0.3
Total formal votes			37,761	94.7	−0.0
Informal votes			2,106	5.3	+0.0
Turnout			39,867	94.4	+7.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Brad Battin	22,324	59.0	+0.2
	Labor	Collin Ross	15,545	41.0	−0.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.2

References

1. Victorian Election 2002

External links

• Electorate profile: Gembrook District, Victorian Electoral Commission