Electoral district of Laverton

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Laverton
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Electoral district of Laverton (Victoria) 2022.svg
Location of Laverton (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State Victoria
Created2022
MP Sarah Connolly
Party Labor
Namesake Laverton, Victoria
Electors 48,545 (2022)
Area87 km2 (33.6 sq mi)
DemographicUrban

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]

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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

MemberPartyTerm
  Sarah Connolly Labor 2022–present

Election results

2022 Victorian state election: Laverton [3] [4] [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Sarah Connolly 17,02645.9−11.6
Liberal Raja Reddy8,23322.2+1.9
Greens Braishna Durzada3,4969.4−2.5
Victorian Socialists Catherine Robertson2,2065.9+5.9
Democratic Labour Michael Wirth2,0515.5+5.5
Family First David Fry1,3533.6+3.6
New Democrats Gurneet Soni1,0822.9+2.9
Animal Justice Pouya Bagheri6941.9−2.0
Freedom Trent Raymond6411.7+1.7
Independent Rufo Paredes3551.0+1.0
Total formal votes37,13292.2−1.1
Informal votes3,1497.8+1.1
Turnout 40,28183.0+5.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Sarah Connolly 25,39368.4−5.0
Liberal Raja Reddy11,73931.6+5.0
Labor hold Swing −5.0

See also

References

  1. "Summary of Changes". Victorian Electoral Boundary Commission. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  2. "Map of Laverton District" (PDF). Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission.
  3. Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  4. VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  5. Laverton District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  6. Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.