Electoral district of Macedon

Macedon
VictoriaLegislative Assembly

Location of Macedon (dark green) in Victoria
State Victoria
Created 2002
MP Mary-Anne Thomas
Party Australian Labor Party
Electors 41,580 (2014)
Area 3,465 km2 (1,337.8 sq mi)
Demographic Rural

The Electoral district of Macedon is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was created in 2002, replacing the abolished electorate of Gisborne. It was won at that election by Joanne Duncan, the former member for Gisborne. She was re-elected in 2006 and 2010, and retired at the 2014 election, at which she was succeeded by Labor candidate Mary-Anne Thomas.

Members for Macedon

MemberPartyTerm
  Joanne Duncan Labor 2002–2014
  Mary-Anne Thomas Labor 2014–present

Election results

Victorian state election, 2014: Macedon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Donna Petrovich 16,376 43.1 +0.5
Labor Mary-Anne Thomas 14,677 38.7 −0.4
Greens Neil Barker 5,841 15.4 +2.2
Family First Peter Harland 1,061 2.8 +0.9
Total formal votes 37,955 96.3 +0.9
Informal votes 1,445 3.7 −0.9
Turnout 39,400 94.8 +5.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Mary-Anne Thomas 20,417 53.8 +1.4
Liberal Donna Petrovich 17,538 46.2 −1.4
Labor hold Swing +1.4

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