2f4f6cc63c85eb8b3df6a6bb6a08fbe71204296c.txt Electoral district of Tarneit

Electoral district of Tarneit

Tarneit
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Tarneit (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created2002
MPDylan Wight
PartyLabor Party
NamesakeSuburb of Tarneit
Electors53,882 (2018)
Area76 km2 (29.3 sq mi)
DemographicUrban

The electoral district of Tarneit is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was created before the 2002 election where it replaced the seat of Werribee.

The seat is located in the south western suburbs of Melbourne, including Tarneit, Williams Landing, Truganina and the eastern parts of Hoppers Crossing. It is a safe seat for the Labor Party with a current margin of 14.6%.

The first member for the seat, elected in 2002, was Mary Gillett, formerly member for abolished Werribee. She was defeated for Labor preselection for the 2006 election by Tim Pallas, then chief of staff to Premier Steve Bracks. Following an electoral redistribution for the 2014 election, Pallas moved to the recreated seat of Werribee, and Telmo Languiller, formerly member for abolished Derrimut, replaced him in Tarneit.

Members for Tarneit

Member Party Term
  Mary Gillett Labor 2002–2006
  Tim Pallas Labor 2006–2014
  Telmo Languiller Labor 2014–2018
  Sarah Connolly Labor 2018–2022
  Dylan Wight Labor 2022–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Tarneit
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Tarneit.[edit]
2022 Victorian state election: Tarneit[1][2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Dylan Wight 18,173 46.6 −9.8
Liberal Preet Singh 10,438 26.8 +0.9
Greens Clare Miller 2,883 7.4 −0.3
Victorian Socialists Claudio Uribe 2,072 5.3 +5.3
Family First Thomas Jeffrey 1,977 5.1 +5.1
New Democrats Jaydeep Patel 1,176 3.0 +3.0
Freedom Erum Maqsood 882 2.3 +2.3
Animal Justice Maurita Rahn 843 2.2 +2.2
Ind. (United People's) Aijaz Moinuddin 534 1.4 +1.4
Total formal votes 38,977 93.0 +0.2
Informal votes 2,947 7.0 −0.2
Turnout 41,924 85.9 +0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Dylan Wight 24,276 62.3 −5.6
Liberal Preet Singh 14,701 37.7 +5.6
Labor hold Swing −5.6

References

  1. ^ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  2. ^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  3. ^ Tarneit District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  4. ^ Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.


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