The Division of La Trobe is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It covers the outer south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. At first it was closer to the city, but boundaries have since been changed. It originally included the suburbs of Croydon, Dandenong, Ferntree Gully and Ringwood. It now includes Boronia, Belgrave, Ferntree Gully, Berwick, Beaconsfield, Officer, Gembrook, Emerald and Cockatoo.[1]
The Division was set up in 1949, and named after Charles La Trobe, the first Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria.[1]
Members
The first person to hold the seat was Richard Casey, Baron Casey, later the 16th Governor-General of Australia. He was later given a seat in the British House of Lords. The Division of Casey, which is next to La Trobe, is named after him. In 1961, the division was the subject of a book, Parties and People: A Survey Based on the La Trobe Electorate, by Creighton Burns.
Election results
| 2022 Australian federal election: La Trobe[2]
|
| Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±%
|
|
|
Liberal
|
Jason Wood
|
41,786
|
45.58
|
−0.20
|
|
|
Labor
|
Abi Kumar
|
23,918
|
26.09
|
−7.55
|
|
|
Greens
|
Michael Schilling
|
9,980
|
10.89
|
+3.32
|
|
|
United Australia
|
Merryn Mott
|
6,182
|
6.74
|
+3.80
|
|
|
One Nation
|
Hadden Ervin
|
4,555
|
4.97
|
−0.62
|
|
|
Animal Justice
|
Helen Jeges
|
2,450
|
2.67
|
+2.67
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats
|
Michael Abelman
|
1,911
|
2.08
|
+2.08
|
|
|
Australian Federation
|
Rebecca Skinner
|
890
|
0.97
|
+0.97
|
| Total formal votes
|
91,672
|
95.34
|
−0.11
|
| Informal votes
|
4,483
|
4.66
|
+0.11
|
| Turnout
|
96,155
|
90.89
|
+1.67
|
| Two-party-preferred result
|
|
|
Liberal
|
Jason Wood
|
53,803
|
58.69
|
+3.56
|
|
|
Labor
|
Abi Kumar
|
37,869
|
41.31
|
−3.56
|
|
|
Liberal hold
|
Swing
|
+3.56
|
|
References
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