Electoral district of Warrandyte

Warrandyte Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Warrandyte (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Created	1976
MP	Nicole Werner
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Warrandyte
Electors	43,282 (2018)
Area	107 km2 (41.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer metropolitan
Coordinates	37°45′36″S 145°13′48″E

The electoral district of Warrandyte is an Australian electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is an outer metropolitan electorate and contains the suburbs of Park Orchards, Ringwood North, Warrandyte, Warrandyte North, Warrandyte South, Warranwood, Wonga Park, most of Donvale, and parts of Chirnside Park, Doncaster East, and Ringwood.

Warrandyte was originally a marginal seat, being held by the Liberal Party from the creation of the electorate at the 1976 election until it lost government at the 1982 election. The seat was then Labor-held until the 1988 election, when Phil Honeywood became the only Liberal to win a seat from Labor.

Honeywood made the seat very secure for the Liberals, to the extent that he comfortably held the seat at the 2002 election, despite over half of his Legislative Assembly colleagues losing their seats. Honeywood became Deputy Leader of the Opposition, before retiring at the 2006 election. Fellow Liberal, Ryan Smith, easily retained the seat.

Smith resigned just six months after being re-elected at the 2022 Victorian state election, causing the 2023 Warrandyte state by-election. Nicole Werner retained the seat for the Liberal Party.

Members for Warrandyte

Member		Party	Term
	Norman Lacy	Liberal	1976–1982
	Lou Hill	Labor	1982–1988
	Phil Honeywood	Liberal	1988–2006
	Ryan Smith	Liberal	2006–2023
	Nicole Werner	Liberal	2023–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Warrandyte

This section is an excerpt from 2023 Warrandyte state by-election § Results.[edit]

2023 Warrandyte state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Nicole Werner	21,921	57.3	+9.9
	Greens	Tomas Lightbody	7,130	18.6	+6.9
	Democratic Labour	Cary de Wit	2,204	5.8	+5.8
	Independent	Maya Tesa	1,556	4.1	+4.1
	Victorian Socialists	Colleen Bolger	1,459	3.8	+3.8
	Family First	Richard Griffith-Jones	1,073	2.8	−1.2
	Sustainable Australia	Jack Corcoran	1,030	2.7	+2.7
	Freedom	Greg Cheesman	846	2.2	+2.2
	Independent	Wai Man Raymond Chow	694	1.8	+1.8
	Independent	Morgan Ranieri	168	0.4	+0.4
	Independent	Alan Max Menadue	121	0.3	+0.3
	Independent	Philip Jenkins	77	0.2	+0.2
Total formal votes			38,279	94.2	−2.4
Informal votes			2,344	5.8	+2.4
Turnout			40,623	79.7	−11.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Nicole Werner	27,334	71.0	+16.7
	Greens	Tomas Lightbody	11,172	29.0	+29.0
	Liberal hold

See also

• Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
• List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

External links

• Electorate profile: Warrandyte District, Victorian Electoral Commission