He defeated the sitting Liberal member, Phil Barresi, who had held the seat since 1996. The seat had been one of the most marginal Liberal seats in the country for almost three decades. Barresi led for most of the night, but on the fifth count a large flow of Green preferences allowed Symon to become only the second Labor MP in the seat's 70-year history. At the 2010 election, Symon faced Barresi again, and was reelected with a slight swing in his favour—again due to Green preferences.
Symon currently serves as the Jubilee Ward councillor at the City of Maroondah; he had previously served as Councillor in the former Mullum Ward from 2016-2020 and was the municipality's Deputy Mayor in 2017/18 and Mayor in 2019/20.[3]
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^. Australian Parliament. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2008.
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