Electoral district of Forest Hill

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
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Forest Hill (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created1976
MPNeil Angus
PartyLiberal Party
Electors39,830 (2018)
Area25 km2 (9.7 sq mi)
DemographicOuter Metropolitan

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
MemberPartyTerm
  John Richardson Liberal 1976–2002
  Kirstie Marshall Labor 2002–2010
  Neil Angus Liberal 2010–present

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Forest Hill
2018 Victorian state election: Forest Hill[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Neil Angus 16,970 48.61 −1.11
Labor Manoj Kumar 14,164 40.57 +5.37
Greens Naresh Bhalla 3,083 8.83 −0.08
Independent Claude Bai 696 1.99 +1.99
Total formal votes 34,913 95.44 −0.29
Informal votes 1,670 4.57 +0.29
Turnout 36,583 91.85 −2.17
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Neil Angus 17,858 51.15 −3.67
Labor Manoj Kumar 17,055 48.85 +3.67
Liberal hold Swing−3.67

References
  1. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  2. State Election 2018: Forest Hill District, VEC.
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