Electoral district of Yuroke

Yuroke Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Yuroke (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Created	2002
MP	Ros Spence
Party	Australian Labor Party
Electors	43,811 (2014)
Area	180 km^2 (69.5 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer metropolitan

The Electoral district of Yuroke is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is situated in the outer northern suburbs of Melbourne and was created in a redistribution before the 2002 state election, replacing the abolished electorate of Tullamarine.

Included within its boundaries are Attwood, Craigieburn, Greenvale, Kalkallo, Mickleham and Yuroke, as well as parts of Roxburgh Park, Somerton, and Westmeadows.

It is considered to be a very safe Australian Labor Party seat.

Members for Yuroke

Member		Party	Term
	Liz Beattie	Labor	2002–2014
	Ros Spence	Labor	2014–present

Election results

Victorian state election, 2014: Yuroke[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ros Spence	20,484	54.1	−2.2
	Liberal	Phulvinderjit Grewal	8,943	23.6	−6.7
	Christians	Imad Hirmiz	2,689	7.1	+7.1
	Greens	Natalie Abboud	2,277	6.0	−3.2
	Family First	Rodney Le Nepveu	1,868	4.9	+0.8
	Independent	Mick Wilkins	1,606	4.2	+4.2
Total formal votes			37,867	93.5	−0.1
Informal votes			2,632	6.5	+0.1
Turnout			40,499	92.4	+7.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ros Spence	25,839	68.5	+2.5
	Liberal	Phulvinderjit Grewal	11,869	31.5	−2.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.5

See also

• Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
• List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

References

1. State Election 2014: Yuroke District, VEC.

External links

• Electorate profile: Yuroke District, Victorian Electoral Commission