Tarneit – Victoria 2014

ALP 11.0%

Incumbent MP
Tim Pallas, since 2006.

Geography
South-Western Melbourne. Tarneit covers the north-eastern corner of the City of Wyndham, including the suburbs of Laverton North, Tarneit, Truganina and Williams Landing and most of Hoppers Crossing.

Map of Tarneit's 2010 and 2014 boundaries. 2010 boundaries marked as red lines, 2014 boundaries marked as white area. Click to enlarge.
Map of Tarneit’s 2010 and 2014 boundaries. 2010 boundaries marked as red lines, 2014 boundaries marked as white area. Click to enlarge.

Redistribution
Tarneit shifted significantly compared to its previous boundaries, losing Werribee, which previously made up a large part of the Tarneit electorate. In exchange for Werribee and other areas to the south of Werribee going to the restored seat of Werribee, Tarneit gained Williams Landing, Truganina and Laverton North from Altona.

History
Tarneit has only existed as an electoral district since 2002, and it has been won by the ALP at both the 2002 and 2006 election.

Tarneit was won in 2002 by Mary Gillett. She had previously won the seat of Werribee in 1996 and 1999, but her seat was abolished for the 2002 election.

Gillett was defeated for preselection before the 2006 election by Tim Pallas, former chief of staff to Premier Steve Bracks. Tim Pallas was re-elected in 2010.

Candidates
Sitting Labor MP for Tarneit Tim Pallas is running for the new seat of Werribee. Sitting Labor MP for Derrimut Telmo Languiller is running in Tarneit.

Assessment
Tarneit is a safe Labor seat.

2010 election result

Candidate Party Votes % Swing Redist
Tim Pallas Labor 20,521 49.08 -4.32 50.45
Glenn Goodfellow Liberal 13,458 32.19 +4.64 31.83
Bro Sheffield-Brotherton Greens 3,716 8.89 +2.51 8.95
Lori McLean Family First 2,128 5.09 -1.29 4.80
Michael Freeman Democratic Labor 1,988 4.75 +4.75 3.06
Other independents 0.91

2010 two-party-preferred result

Candidate Party Votes % Swing Redist
Tim Pallas Labor 25,553 61.13 -1.34 60.95
Glenn Goodfellow Liberal 16,248 38.87 +1.34 39.05
Polling places in Tarneit at the 2010 Victorian state election. East in green, West in orange. Click to enlarge.
Polling places in Tarneit at the 2010 Victorian state election. East in green, West in orange. Click to enlarge.

Booth breakdown
Booths in Tarneit have been split between the east and west of the electorate. Nearly all booths were clustered around the centre of the seat.

Labor won the two-party-preferred vote in both areas: 60.2% in the east, and 63.7% in the west.

Voter group GRN % ALP 2PP % Total % of votes
West 8.41 63.71 9,407 29.67
East 9.73 60.17 9,097 28.69
Other votes 8.79 59.51 13,200 41.64
Two-party-preferred votes in Tarneit at the 2010 Victorian state election.
Two-party-preferred votes in Tarneit at the 2010 Victorian state election.

2 COMMENTS

  1. Intriguing that Languiller is shifting to Tarneit – a seat that has nothing in common with the old Derrimut – rather than following many of his constituents to St Albans.

    Perhaps he lives closer to Tarneit than St Albans. Or perhaps it’s one of those weird factional dealings that only Labor insiders understand.

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