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Victorian state election, 28 November 2026
Thomastown District
Location: Lalor, Thomastown, Wallert
Legislative Council:
Northern Metropolitan Region
Enrolment 2022 election: 47,657
Enrolment June 2026: 54,892 (up 15.2%)
Relevant demographics (2021 census)
High income: 14.4% (Aust average 22.6%)
Renting: 26.8% (Aust average 30.6%)
Paying a mortgage: 38.0% (Aust average 35.0%)
Couples with children: 64.0% (Aust average 43.7%)
Born overseas: 48.3% (Aust average 27.7%)
Born in India: 9.7% (Aust average 2.8%)
Indian language speakers: 9.7% (Aust average 1.7%)
Italian speakers: 6.0% (Aust average 1.0%)
No religion: 15.3% (Aust average 38.9%)
Islam: 15.0% (Aust average 3.2%)
Hinduism: 8.0% (Aust average 2.7%)
University graduate: 22.0% (Aust average 26.3%)
Professional / managerial: 25.7% (Aust average 37.7%)
Sitting member: Bronwyn Halfpenny (Labor): Elected 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022
2018 Labor majority over Liberal: 27.2%
2022 Labor majority over Liberal: 16.0%
Status: Very safe Labor
Thomastown was created in 1985, in Melbourne's fast-growing outer northern suburbs. It has a high proportion of young families paying off mortgages, and also a large Indian-Australian community. It has always been a very safe Labor seat, and remains so despite an 11.2% swing at the 2022 election. Members, all Labor, have been Beth Gleeson 1985-89, Peter Batchelor 1990-2010, and Bronwyn Halfpenny since 2010.
2022 results
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Boundaries following
2021 redistricting |
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Candidates:
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Bronwyn Halfpenny
Australian Labor Party |
Priya Reddy
Victorian Socialists |
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