Forest Hill
- Held by: Neil Angus – Liberal Party
- Since: 2010
- Swing at 2010 election: 3.9 per cent to Liberal
- Redistribution details: Extended to include the areas of Vermont and Forest Hill north of Canterbury and Boronia Roads and east of Springvale Road
- Size of electorate: 25.5 sq. km
KEY COMMENTS: An established, low-medium density suburban area with a significant and growing immigrant population. The major issues are transport, education and, locally, the fate of the Healesville Freeway Reserve.
The daily commute a key issue in the home of Neighbours
Camouflaged among the winding, tree-lined streets of this otherwise unremarkable part of the city lies one of Melbourne’s most popular tourist attractions.
Every day, while local residents head out to stock up on undies at Big W or attempt one of several generally unsatisfactory routes to the city for work, busloads of mostly British tourists leave the CBD and head 24 km east to a nondescript cul-de-sac in Vermont South.
Pin Oak Court, recognisable to many as Ramsay Street in the television series Neighbours, is arguably the stereotype for suburban Melbourne.
This street is typical of the Forest Hill electorate, which spans the suburbs of Forest Hill, East Burwood, Blackburn South, Vermont, Vermont South, and the northeast part of Glen Waverley…
Candidate profiles
NEIL ANGUS MP
LIBERAL
Mr Neil Angus has spent most of his life in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Before entering parliament, the 53-year-old father of four was an accountant for 25 years. He is the only Forest Hill candidate who lives in the electorate.
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PAULINE RICHARDS
AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY
Jobs, education, health, and the Healesville Freeway Reserve. ALP candidate Ms Pauline Richards wants the voters of Forest Hill to think about these four things when they choose their local member in November.
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BREWIS ATKINSON
AUSTRALIAN GREENS
Mr Brewis Atkinson says retiring from the defence force two years ago was the best thing he has ever done. The army seems an unusual place to mould a future Greens candidate, but Mr Atkinson defies stereotypes.
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LYNNE MADDISON
AUSTRALIAN CHRISTIANS
The Labor and Liberal candidates for Forest Hill both profess to be Christians, but the Australian Christians party is not treating them well with preferences. Liberal MP Mr Neil Angus gets their third preference, and…
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KANE ROGERS
ANIMAL JUSTICE PARTY
Mr Kane Rogers doesn’t want to change people’s attitudes towards animals. He doesn’t think he needs to. The Forest Hill candidate for the Animal Justice Party just wants people to have the right information.
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MELISSA TROTTER
AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY ALLIANCE
The Australian Country Alliance website lists the names and biographies of 28 lower house and seven upper house candidates. The Australian Country Alliance Forest Hill candidate Ms Melissa Trotter is not on that list.
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WENDY ROSS
FAMILY FIRST
UniPollWatch contacted Family First seeking to get in touch with its Forest Hill candidate Ms Wendy Ross. Spokesman Shane Clark told UniPollWatch that all media enquiries are handled via its head office.
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Forest Hill news
The battle for middle-Melbourne – Forest Hill election wrap up
By Daryl Holland. The next member for Forest Hill will be either the incumbent, Mr Neil Angus of the Liberal party, or Labor’s Ms Pauline Richards. Whoever wins, it is going to be close, which means the real winners will be the people of Forest Hill.
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Liberal MP snubs environment campaigners
By Daryl Holland. The Liberal MP for Forest Hill, Mr Neil Angus, has avoided signing a pledge card committing him to think of the environment when voting.
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New residential zone has Forest Hill residents on edge over promised open space
By Daryl Holland. Recent changes to residential zones in the City of Whitehorse have created unease among residents campaigning to protect the Healesville Freeway Reserve from development.
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Environment campaigners attempt to swing election
By Daryl Holland. Environmentalists are targeting swinging voters in four marginal Melbourne electorates in an attempt to make climate change the issue ‘that swings the election’.
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Forest Hill MP heckled as candidates quizzed on environment
By Daryl Holland. Liberal MP Mr Neil Angus was heckled for failing to directly address questions about his belief in climate change at an environment forum with the Forest Hill candidates in Nunawading on Tuesday night.
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