Electoral district of Forest Hill
| Forest Hill Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
 Location of Forest Hill (dark green) in Greater Melbourne | |
| State | Victoria |
| Created | 1976 |
| MP | Neil Angus |
| Party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Electors | 40,991 (2014) |
| Area | 25 km2 (9.7 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Outer Metropolitan |
Forest Hill is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.[1] It is a 25 km² electorate located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, encompassing the suburbs of Blackburn South, Burwood East and Vermont South and parts of Forest Hill and Vermont. The electorate had a population of 50,163 as of the 2006 census.
Forest Hill was created as a relatively safe Liberal seat in 1976, and was won by Liberal candidate John Richardson at the election that year. Richardson was re-elected at six consecutive elections, surviving some close races against Labor candidates at the height of the Cain government in the 1980s, and held the seat with a comfortable margin of over 7% when he retired at the 2002 election. However, Labor nominated high-profile skier and Winter Olympics medallist Kirstie Marshall as their candidate at that election, which combined with a statewide Labor landslide and the loss of Richardson's personal vote saw Labor easily win the seat for the first time. Marshall suffered a sharp swing back to the Liberal Party at the 2006 election, and held the seat by a margin of only 0.78%. At the 2010 election, Marshall was defeated by Liberal candidate Neil Angus.
Members for Forest Hill
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Richardson | Liberal | 1976–2002 | |
| Kirstie Marshall | Labor | 2002–2010 | |
| Neil Angus | Liberal | 2010–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Neil Angus | 18,340 | 49.7 | +0.9 | |
| Labor | Pauline Richards | 12,984 | 35.2 | −3.0 | |
| Greens | Brewis Atkinson | 3,289 | 8.9 | +1.1 | |
| Animal Justice | Kane Rogers | 999 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
| Christians | Lynne Maddison | 561 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
| Family First | Wendy Ross | 508 | 1.4 | −0.6 | |
| Country Alliance | Melissa Trotter | 211 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 36,892 | 95.7 | −0.6 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,646 | 4.3 | +0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 38,538 | 94.0 | −1.1 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Neil Angus | 20,286 | 54.8 | +1.3 | |
| Labor | Pauline Richards | 16,717 | 45.2 | −1.3 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +1.3 | |||
References
- ↑ "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 29 May 2014.