The Division of Lalor is an Australian Electoral Division in the

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. Located in the south-western suburbs of

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, it includes the south-western hub of

Werribee Werribee is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Wyndham local government area. Werribee recorded a population of 50,027 at the 2021 census. Werribee i ...

as well as the suburbs of

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, Tarneit,

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, Wyndham Vale and part of

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. At 9.0%, Lalor has the nation's highest proportion of children aged under 4 years old. It has the nation's lowest proportion of residents aged 65 and over (7.0%), is sixth highest nationally for families being couples with dependent children (44.4%), and has the sixth highest rate of residents purchasing their own homes (49.3%).

Geography

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the

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. 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.

History

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 Peter Fintan Lalor (; 5 February 1827 – 9 February 1889) was an Irish-Australian rebel and, later, politician who rose to fame for his leading role in the Eureka Rebellion, an event identified with the "birth of democracy" in Australia. ...

, the leader of the miners at the

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, and a former member of the

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. It is a safe seat for the

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, which has held it for all except three years of its existence, when it was lost in the 1966 landslide. However, a redistribution ahead of the 1969 election made it a notional Labor seat. Labor retook the seat easily and has since held it without difficulty. It has been held by a succession of senior Labor members:

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from 2010 to 2013; Barry Jones, former Minister for Science under

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and Labor National President; and Jim Cairns, former

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and

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under

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. As 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 current member for Lalor since the 2013 election is Joanne Ryan.

Members

Election results

References

External links

Division of Lalor - Australian Electoral Commission
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lalor, Division of Electoral divisions of Australia Constituencies established in 1949 1949 establishments in Australia City of Wyndham Werribee, Victoria Electoral districts and divisions of Greater Melbourne