Electoral district of Lara

Lara Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of electoral district boundaries from the 2022 state election
State	Victoria
Created	2002
MP	Ella George
Party	Labor Party
Namesake	Lara, Victoria
Electors	47,026 (2018)
Area	702 km2 (271.0 sq mi)
Demographic	Mixed urban and rural
Electorates around Lara: Eureka Eureka Eureka Eureka Lara Werribee Geelong Port Phillip Bay Port Phillip Bay

Lara is a seat in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers much of the area between the western suburbs of Melbourne and the regional city of Geelong. Most of the voters come from the very northern suburbs of Geelong, including Lara, Bell Post Hill and Corio. The district also includes the country towns of Anakie, Balliang and Little River but these add very few voters to the district.

The electorate was created at the 2002 state election, replacing the abolished Geelong North. A safe Labor seat like its predecessor, it was easily won by Peter Loney, formerly the MP for Geelong North. Loney faced a preselection challenge ahead of the 2006 election from upper house member John Eren, whose seat was being abolished as part of sweeping government reforms to the chamber. Facing certain defeat at the hands of the factionally connected Eren, Loney chose to retire. Eren faced little challenge in the general election, and was easily returned as the new member for Lara.

Members for Lara

Member		Party	Term
	Peter Loney	Labor	2002–2006
	John Eren	Labor	2006–2022
	Ella George	Labor	2022–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Lara

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Lara.[ edit ]

2022 Victorian state election: Lara ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ella George	19,635	49.7	−8.2
	Liberal	Ralph Krein	8,460	21.4	−2.7
	Greens	Courtney Gardner	4,473	11.3	+3.8
	Family First	Steve Rankine	1,775	4.5	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Max Payne	1,688	4.3	+4.3
	Animal Justice	Peter Kelly	1,502	3.8	−3.1
	Ind. (Socialist Alliance)	Sarah Hathway	1,050	2.6	+2.6
	Angry Victorians	Ash Taylor	938	2.4	+2.4
Total formal votes			39,512	93.7	–0.4
Informal votes			2,677	6.3	+0.4
Turnout			42,189	86.2	–1.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ella George	26,027	65.9	−3.3
	Liberal	Ralph Krein	13,485	34.1	+3.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.3

References

1. Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
2. VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
3. Lara District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
4. Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 17 June 2023.

External links

• Electorate profile: Lara District, Victorian Electoral Commission