Electoral district of Ferntree Gully

Ferntree Gully Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Ferntree Gully (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Created	2002
MP	Nick Wakeling
Party	Liberal Party of Australia
Electors	40,780 (2014)
Area	34 km2 (13.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan

The Electoral district of Ferntree Gully is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was created in 2002 as a replacement for the abolished electorate of Knox.

The district comprises Ferntree Gully and its neighbouring suburbs at the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges.

When it was created, it had a notional Liberal majority of 7.6% suggesting it would be a fairly safe Liberal seat. However, Labor Party's Anne Eckstein won the seat at the 2002 election on the back of the Labor landslide. But at the following election in 2006, Eckstein lost Ferntree Gully to Liberal Nick Wakeling in a very close contest for the seat. The final result revealed a margin of 27 votes, or 0.04%.

Members for Ferntree Gully

Member		Party	Term
	Anne Eckstein	Labor	2002–2006
	Nick Wakeling	Liberal	2006–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Ferntree Gully

Victorian state election, 2014: Ferntree Gully

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Nick Wakeling	19,452	53.9	−0.9
	Labor	Matt Posetti	11,967	33.2	+2.8
	Greens	Steve Raymond	3,279	9.1	+1.0
	Christians	Robert Roytel	940	2.6	+2.6
	Country Alliance	Russell Wulf	451	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			36,089	95.3	+0.2
Informal votes			1,781	4.7	−0.2
Turnout			37,870	92.9	−4.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Nick Wakeling	20,849	57.8	−3.7
	Labor	Matt Posetti	15,238	42.2	+3.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.7

External links

• Electorate profile: Ferntree Gully, Victorian Electoral Commission