Division of Lalor

Lalor Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Lalor (green) in Victoria
Created:	1949
MP:	Julia Gillard
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Peter Lalor
Area:	991 km² (383 sq mi)
Demographic:	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Lalor ( /ˈlɔːlər/, locally [ˈloːlə])^[1] is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It is located in the outer western suburbs of Melbourne. It includes the suburbs of Werribee, Point Cook, Laverton, Rockbank and Melton.

The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 11 May 1949, and was first contested at the 1949 Federal election. It was named after Peter Lalor, the leader of the miners at the Eureka Stockade, and a former member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is currently held by Julia Gillard, who became Prime Minister of Australia on 24 June 2010. It has previously been held by Barry Jones, former Minister for Science under Bob Hawke and Labor National President, and by Jim Cairns, former Treasurer and Deputy Prime Minister under Gough Whitlam. As Julia Gillard was Deputy Prime Minister prior to becoming Prime Minister, Lalor is therefore the only federal electorate to have been held by two Deputy Prime Ministers.

The seat is considered a very safe seat for the Australian Labor Party, which has held it for all but three years of its existence.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Reg Pollard	Labor	1949–1966
	Mervyn Lee	Liberal	1966–1969
	Jim Cairns	Labor	1969–1977
	Barry Jones	Labor	1977–1998
	Julia Gillard	Labor	1998–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Lalor

Australian federal election, 2010: Lalor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Julia Gillard	66,298	64.25	+4.36
	Liberal	Sheridan Ingram	23,791	23.06	-6.71
	Greens	Peter Taylor	7,045	6.83	+2.81
	Family First	Lori McLean	2,880	2.79	-1.61
	Secular	Paul Sheehan	881	0.85	+0.85
	Independent	Joanne Clarke	708	0.69	+0.69
	Independent	Brian Shaw	659	0.64	+0.64
		Van Rudd	516	0.50	+0.50
	Independent	Marc Aussie-Stone	410	0.40	+0.40
Total formal votes			103,188	93.76	-2.75
Informal votes			6,864	6.24	+2.75
Turnout			110,052	94.04	-1.38
Two-candidate preferred result
	Labor	Julia Gillard	74,452	72.15	+6.62
	Liberal	Sheridan Ingram	28,736	27.85	-6.62
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.62

References

• Division of Lalor, Australian Electoral Commission

Notes

1. ^ Those familiar with the suburb, but not the electorate, may erroneously pronounce it [ˈlæɪloː] or [ˈlæɪlə].

Coordinates: 37°47′46″S 144°36′50″E / 37.796°S 144.614°E / -37.796; 144.614