Division of La Trobe

La Trobe Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of La Trobe (green) in Victoria
Created	1949
MP	Jason Wood
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Charles La Trobe
Electors	98,007 (2013)
Area	558 km² (215.4 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 on 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 election. It was named after Charles La Trobe, the first Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria. The Division is currently a marginal Liberal 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. In 1961, the division was the subject of a book, Parties and People: A Survey Based on the La Trobe Electorate, by Creighton Burns.

Members

	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	2010–2013
Jason Wood	Liberal	2013–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of La Trobe

Australian federal election, 2013: La Trobe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jason Wood	40,925	46.05	+3.01
	Labor	Laura Smyth	28,488	32.06	−7.35
	Greens	Michael Schilling	8,905	10.02	−1.98
	Palmer United	Jason Kennedy	4,514	5.08	+5.08
	Sex Party	Martin Leahy	2,475	2.79	+0.46
	Family First	Daniel Martin	1,680	1.89	−0.68
	Democratic Labour	Rachel Jenkins	1,168	1.31	+1.31
	Rise Up Australia	Kevin Seaman	711	0.80	+0.80
Total formal votes			88,866	95.61	−0.35
Informal votes			4,083	4.39	+0.35
Turnout			92,949	94.84	+0.41
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jason Wood	47,998	54.01	+5.67
	Labor	Laura Smyth	40,868	45.99	−5.67
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+5.67

References

External links

Division of La Trobe - Australian Electoral Commission

Electoral divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in Victoria

Aston Ballarat Batman Bendigo Bruce Calwell Casey Chisholm Corangamite Corio Deakin Dunkley Flinders Gellibrand Gippsland Goldstein Gorton Higgins Holt Hotham Indi Isaacs Jagajaga Kooyong Lalor La Trobe Mallee Maribyrnong McEwen McMillan Melbourne Melbourne Ports Menzies Murray Scullin Wannon Wills Abolished: Balaclava Bourke Burke (1949–55) Burke (1969–2004) Corinella (1901–06) Corinella (1990–96) Darebin Diamond Valley Echuca Fawkner Grampians Henty Higinbotham Hoddle Isaacs (1949–69) Laanecoorie Mernda Moira Northern Melbourne Scullin (1955–69) Southern Melbourne Streeton Wimmera Yarra

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Coordinates: 37°58′16″S 145°25′26″E / 37.971°S 145.424°E / -37.971; 145.424

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