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La Trobe
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of La Trobe (green) in VictoriaCreated: 1949 MP: Laura Smyth Party: Labor Namesake: Charles La Trobe Area: 558 km² (215 sq mi) Demographic: Outer Metropolitan The Division of La Trobe is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It is located in the outer eastern/south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. 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. As of 2005, the Division is roughly Y-shaped, centred around the Cardinia Reservoir. It includes the suburbs of Boronia, Belgrave and Ferntree Gully in the north-west, the suburbs of Berwick, Beaconsfield and Officer in the south, and the towns of Gembrook, Emerald and Cockatoo.
The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 11 May 1949, and was first contested at the 1949 Federal election. It was named after Charles La Trobe, the first Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria. The Division is currently a very marginal Labor seat. 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.
Members
Member Party Term Richard Casey Liberal 1949–1960 John Jess Liberal 1960–1972 Tony Lamb Labor 1972–1975 Marshall Baillieu Liberal 1975–1980 Peter Milton Labor 1980–1990 Bob Charles Liberal 1990–2004 Jason Wood Liberal 2004–2010 Laura Smyth Labor 2010–present Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of La TrobeAustralian federal election, 2010: La Trobe Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Jason Wood 39,053 43.88 -2.60 Labor Laura Smyth 33,970 38.17 -2.22 Greens Jim Reiher 10,931 12.28 +3.44 Sex Party Martin Leahy 2,539 2.85 +2.85 Family First David Barrow 1,917 2.15 -0.69 Liberal Democrats Shem Bennett 587 0.66 +0.56 Total formal votes 88,997 95.93 -0.79 Informal votes 3,773 4.07 +0.79 Turnout 92,770 94.70 -1.14 Two-candidate preferred result Labor Laura Smyth 45,308 50.91 +1.42 Liberal Jason Wood 43,689 49.09 -1.42 Labor gain from Liberal Swing +1.42 References
- Division of La Trobe, Australian Electoral Commission
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