Electoral district of Sunbury

The electoral district of Sunbury is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was created in the redistribution of electoral boundaries in 2013, and came into effect at the 2014 state election.[1]

Sunbury
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Sunbury (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created2014
MPJosh Bull
PartyLabor
Electors45,588 (2018)
Area342 km2 (132.0 sq mi)
DemographicOuter Metropolitan

It is a new district that was created in the fast-growing outer northwestern fringe of Melbourne from areas in the district of Macedon. It is centred on the city of Sunbury, and includes the towns of Diggers Rest, Bulla, Westmeadows and Gladstone Park.[2]

Sunbury was estimated to be a fairly safe Labor seat with a margin of 6.5% at the time of its creation.[3] Labor member Josh Bull became the first member for Sunbury at the 2014 election.[4] So far no female candidates have won the seat, despite efforts from the Liberal Party to pre-select and support female candidates in the 2014[5] and 2018[6] elections.

Members
MemberPartyTerm
  Josh Bull Labor 2014–present

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Sunbury
2018 Victorian state election: Sunbury[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Josh Bull 22,749 58.40 +14.30
Liberal Cassandra Marr 13,178 33.83 −2.26
Greens Ryan Keable 3,028 7.77 −0.09
Total formal votes 38,955 94.02 −0.28
Informal votes 2,476 5.98 +0.28
Turnout 41,431 90.88 −3.04
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Josh Bull 25,011 64.33 +10.03
Liberal Cassandra Marr 13,868 35.67 −10.03
Labor hold Swing+10.03

References
  1. "Summary of Changes". Victorian Electoral Boundary Commission. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  2. "Map of Sunbury District". Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission.
  3. Green, Antony. "2013 Victorian Redistribution Analysis of Electoral Boundaries". ABC.
  4. "Victorian state election: Huge numbers of rookie MPs take their seats". Sydney Morning Herald. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  5. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/north/state-election-results-and-wrap-up-for-north-seats/news-story/7c5e23fc3a9bc11d91cee4d146fd6204
  6. http://www.starweekly.com.au/uncategorized/sunbury-liberal-candidate-cassandra-marr-a-loyal-local/
  7. State Election 2018: Sunbury District, VEC.

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