Electoral district of Laverton
| Laverton Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
_2022.svg) Location of Laverton (dark green) in Greater Melbourne | |
| State | Victoria |
| Created | 2022 |
| MP | Sarah Connolly |
| Party | Labor |
| Namesake | Laverton, Victoria |
| Electors | 48,545 (2022) |
| Area | 87 km2 (33.6 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Urban |
The Electoral district of Laverton is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was created in the redistribution of electoral boundaries in 2021, and came into effect at the 2022 Victorian state election.[1]
It covers an area in the south western suburbs of Melbourne that was previously covered by the districts of Footscray, Tarneit, Altona, Kororoit and St Albans. It includes the suburbs of Sunshine, Braybrook, Albion, Ardeer, Sunshine West, Truganina, Laverton and Williams Landing.[2]
Members for Laverton
[edit]| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Connolly | Labor | 2022–present | |
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Sarah Connolly | 17,026 | 45.9 | −11.6 | |
| Liberal | Raja Reddy | 8,233 | 22.2 | +1.9 | |
| Greens | Braishna Durzada | 3,496 | 9.4 | −2.5 | |
| Victorian Socialists | Catherine Robertson | 2,206 | 5.9 | +5.9 | |
| Democratic Labour | Michael Wirth | 2,051 | 5.5 | +5.5 | |
| Family First | David Fry | 1,353 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
| New Democrats | Gurneet Soni | 1,082 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
| Animal Justice | Pouya Bagheri | 694 | 1.9 | −2.0 | |
| Freedom | Trent Raymond | 641 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
| Independent | Rufo Paredes | 355 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 37,132 | 92.2 | −1.1 | ||
| Informal votes | 3,149 | 7.8 | +1.1 | ||
| Turnout | 40,281 | 83.0 | +5.8 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Sarah Connolly | 25,393 | 68.4 | −5.0 | |
| Liberal | Raja Reddy | 11,739 | 31.6 | +5.0 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | −5.0 | |||
See also
[edit]- Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
- List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
References
[edit]- ^ "Summary of Changes". Victorian Electoral Boundary Commission. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ "Map of Laverton District" (PDF). Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission.
- ^ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ Laverton District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.
External links
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