Electoral district of Tarneit

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.

Tarneit Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Tarneit (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Created	2002
MP	Sarah Connolly
Party	Labor Party
Electors	53,882 (2018)
Area	124 km^2 (47.9 sq mi)
Demographic	Urban

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–present

Election results

2018 Victorian state election: Tarneit[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Sarah Connolly	25,084	56.20	+9.40
	Liberal	Glenn Goodfellow	11,460	25.67	−0.72
	Greens	Beck Sheffield-Brotherton	3,398	7.61	−1.40
	Independent	Arnav Sati	1,740	3.90	+3.90
	Independent	Harkamal Batth	1,145	2.57	+2.57
	Independent	Aaron An	1,006	2.25	+2.25
	Independent	Zulfi Syed	802	1.80	+1.80
Total formal votes			44,635	92.86	+0.94
Informal votes			3,432	7.14	−0.94
Turnout			48,067	89.21	−3.03
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Sarah Connolly	30,525	68.02	+3.44
	Liberal	Glenn Goodfellow	14,350	31.98	−3.44
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.44

References

1. State Election 2018: Tarneit District, VEC.

External links

• Electorate profile: Tarneit District, Victorian Electoral Commission