Division of La Trobe

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La Trobe
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of La Trobe 2022.png
Division of La Trobe in Victoria, as of the 2022 federal election
Created1949
MP Jason Wood
Party Liberal
Namesake Charles La Trobe
Electors 105,857 (2022)
Area1,327 km2 (512.4 sq mi)
DemographicProvincial

The Division of La Trobe is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It is a semi-urban electorate extending from the outer south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne to the westernmost areas of Gippsland. It fully incorporates the suburbs of Beaconsfield, Officer and Pakenham, the majority of Clyde North and Harkaway, and eastern portions of Berwick. The division also covers towns beyond the metropolitan area such as Beaconsfield Upper, Bunyip, Cockatoo, Emerald, Garfield, Gembrook, Koo Wee Rup, Lang Lang, Nar Nar Goon and Pakenham Upper.

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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

Charles La Trobe, the division's namesake Charles La Trobe Portrait.jpg
Charles La Trobe, the division's namesake

The division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 11 May 1949, and was first contested at the 1949 election. It was named after Charles La Trobe, the first Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria. It was originally located closer to the city, but redistributions moved it further south-east. It originally included the suburbs of Croydon, Dandenong, Ferntree Gully and Ringwood.

The first person to hold the seat was Richard Casey, Baron Casey, later the sixteenth Governor-General of Australia and the last of three Australian politicians to be elevated to the British House of Lords. The Division of Casey, which borders this division to the north, is named after him. In 1961, the division was the subject of a book, Parties and People: A Survey Based on the La Trobe Electorate, by Creighton Burns.

Members

ImageMemberPartyTermNotes
  Lord Casey.jpg Richard Casey
(1890–1976)		 Liberal 10 December 1949 –
10 February 1960		Previously held the Division of Corio. Served as minister under Menzies. Resigned to take up a seat in the British House of Lords
  JohnJess1964.jpg John Jess
(1922–2003)		 Liberal 9 April 1960 –
2 December 1972 		Lost seat
  Tony Lamb.jpg Tony Lamb
(1939–)		 Labor 2 December 1972 –
13 December 1975 		Lost seat. Later elected to the Division of Streeton in 1984
  No image.svg Marshall Baillieu
(1937–)		 Liberal 13 December 1975 –
18 October 1980 		Lost seat
  No image.svg Peter Milton
(1928–2009)		 Labor 18 October 1980 –
24 March 1990 		Lost seat
  No image.svg Bob Charles
(1936–2016)		 Liberal 24 March 1990 –
31 August 2004 		Retired
  No image.svg Jason Wood
(1968–)		 Liberal 9 October 2004 –
21 August 2010 		Lost seat
  Laura Smyth 2011.jpg Laura Smyth
(1976–)		 Labor 21 August 2010 –
7 September 2013 		Lost seat
  No image.svg Jason Wood
(1968–)		 Liberal 7 September 2013 –
present		Incumbent

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Victoria § La Trobe.[ edit ]
2022 Australian federal election: La Trobe [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jason Wood 41,78645.58−0.20
Labor Abi Kumar23,91826.09−7.55
Greens Michael Schilling9,98010.89+3.32
United Australia Merryn Mott6,1826.74+3.80
One Nation Hadden Ervin4,5554.97−0.62
Animal Justice Helen Jeges2,4502.67+2.67
Liberal Democrats Michael Abelman1,9112.08+2.08
Australian Federation Rebecca Skinner8900.97+0.97
Total formal votes91,67295.34−0.11
Informal votes4,4834.66+0.11
Turnout 96,15590.89+1.67
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jason Wood 53,80358.69+3.56
Labor Abi Kumar37,86941.31−3.56
Liberal hold Swing +3.56

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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. ↑ La Trobe, VIC, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.

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