Division of Jagajaga

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Jagajaga
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Jagajaga 2022.png
Division of Jagajaga in Victoria, as of the 2022 federal election.
Created1984
MP Kate Thwaites
Party Labor
NamesakeThree Wurundjeri elders
Electors 113,239 (2022)
Area126 km2 (48.6 sq mi)
DemographicOuter metropolitan

The Division of Jagajaga is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It is located in the north-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, and lies north of the Yarra River. It covers an area of approximately 104 square kilometres and comprises the suburbs of Bellfield, Briar Hill, Diamond Creek, Eaglemont, Greensborough, Heidelberg, Heidelberg Heights, Heidelberg West, Ivanhoe, Ivanhoe East, Lower Plenty, Montmorency, Plenty, Rosanna, St Helena, Viewbank, Yallambie, Watsonia and Watsonia North; and parts of Bundoora, Eltham, Eltham North, Hurstbridge, Macleod, Wattle Glen and Yarrambat.

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The area is predominantly residential and light industrial, and includes the Australian Army's Simpson Barracks, the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, the Mercy Hospital for Women and the Austin Hospital.

Most of the City of Banyule and parts of the Shire of Nillumbik local government areas are contained within the Division's boundaries. Four Victorian Parliamentary Districts (Legislative Assembly) are represented in the Division, namely Ivanhoe, Eltham, Bundoora and Yan Yean. The Legislative Council Regions of Northern Metropolitan and Eastern Metropolitan are also represented.

Geography

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned. [1]

History

The Wurundjeri Aboriginal Australian men who supposedly made the Batman Treaty with John Batman. The division's namesake comes from three of these elders. Batman signs treaty artist impression.jpg
The Wurundjeri Aboriginal Australian men who supposedly made the Batman Treaty with John Batman. The division's namesake comes from three of these elders.

The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 14 September 1984, and was first contested at the 1984 election. The division replaced the western half of the abolished Division of Diamond Valley, with the eastern half becoming the Division of Menzies. It was named after three Wurundjeri Aboriginal Australian men who supposedly made the Batman Treaty with the party of early colonial settler and one of the founders of Melbourne, John Batman in 1835.

The area is closely associated with the Heidelberg School art movement of the late 19th century, and in 1915 architect Walter Burley Griffin was commissioned to design a residential subdivision in the area. Griffin became a resident and designed numerous houses in the area. The renowned Montsalvat artists' colony is also located within the Division. The Olympic Village in Heidelberg West housed the thousands of athletes who participated in the 1956 Olympic Games.

The Division has always been a marginal-to-safe Labor seat. It was first held by Peter Staples, who served as a minister under Bob Hawke and Paul Keating. Staples retired in 1996 and was replaced by Jenny Macklin, who has held the seat prior to her retirement in 2018. Macklin served as Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party under Simon Crean, Mark Latham and Kim Beazley, as well as a minister under Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard. In 2018, Macklin announced her retirement from politics. Kate Thwaites replaced Macklin as Labor's candidate for the area and subsequently won the seat in the 2019 Australian federal election.

Members

ImageMemberPartyTermNotes
  No image.svg Peter Staples
(1947–)		 Labor 1 December 1984 –
29 January 1996 		Previously held the Division of Diamond Valley. Served as minister under Hawke and Keating. Retired
  Jenny Macklin (cropped).jpg Jenny Macklin
(1953–)		 Labor 2 March 1996 –
11 April 2019 		Served as minister under Rudd and Gillard. Retired. [2]
  Kate Thwaites 2019 (cropped).jpg Kate Thwaites
(1980–)		 Labor 18 May 2019 –
present		Incumbent

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Victoria § Jagajaga.[ edit ]
2022 Australian federal election: Jagajaga [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Kate Thwaites 41,41240.90+0.00
Liberal Sahil Tomar29,53529.17−10.04
Greens Liz Chase16,85516.65+2.26
Liberal Democrats Maya Tesa3,7603.71+3.71
United Australia Allison Zelinka3,4933.45−0.04
Independent Zahra Mustaf3,1503.11+3.11
One Nation John Booker2,2742.25+2.25
Australian Federation Brendan Palmarini7640.75+0.75
Total formal votes101,24396.20−0.74
Informal votes4,0033.80+0.74
Turnout 105,24693.00−2.26
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kate Thwaites 63,12262.35+6.46
Liberal Sahil Tomar38,12137.65−6.46
Labor hold Swing +6.46
Primary vote results in Jagajaga (Parties that did not get 5% of the vote are omitted)
  Labor
  Liberal
  Greens
  Australian Democrats
Two-candidate-preferred results in Jagajaga

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References

  1. ↑ Muller, Damon (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "Hon Jenny Macklin MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia . Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  3. ↑ Jagajaga, VIC, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.

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