| La Trobe Australian House of Representatives Division |
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| State or territory: | Victoria |
| Created: | 1949 |
| MP: | Jason Wood |
| Party: | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Namesake: | Charles La Trobe |
| Electors: | 92,029 |
| Area: | 558 km² (215. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers of the Parliament of Australia; it is the Lower house, the Upper house being the Senate The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. The Commonwealth of Australia is made up of 8 states and territories controlled under a federal system of government Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Jason Wood (born 24 May 1968) Australian politician was elected to the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of La Trobe Political parties in Australia lists political parties in Australia. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Charles Joseph La Trobe ( 20 March 1801 – 4 December 1875) was the first lieutenant-governor of the colony of Victoria Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 4 sq mi) |
| Demographic: | Outer Metropolitan |
The Division of La Trobe is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. The Commonwealth of Australia is made up of 8 states and territories controlled under a federal system of government It is located in the outer eastern/south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 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. Croydon is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Maroondah City Council. See also Mount Dandenong Victoria for the mountain and a different suburb with similar name Ferntree Gully is a Suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. Ringwood is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Maroondah. As of 2005, the Division is roughly Y-shaped, centred around the Cardinia Reservoir. Cardinia Reservoir is a 287000 megalitre water storage located in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. 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. Boronia is an outer eastern Suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. Belgrave is a Suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia located east of Melbourne. Berwick ( pronounced Berrick) is a Suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located south-east of Melbourne Beaconsfield is an outer suburb on the south-eastern outskirts of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Officer is an outer suburb to the southeast of Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria, Australia, along Princes Highway beyond Beaconsfield Gembrook is a small picturesque town located roughly 54 km from Melbourne 's CBD Emerald ( Post code: 3782 is an outer-eastern-suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Cockatoo is a town in the Dandenong Ranges, 50 km east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, named after Cockatoo Creek which runs through the town
The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of May 11, 1949, and was first contested at the 1949 Federal election. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Electoral reform As of this election single transferrable vote with Proportional representation became the method for electing the Senate It was named after Charles La Trobe, the first Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria. Charles Joseph La Trobe ( 20 March 1801 – 4 December 1875) was the first lieutenant-governor of the colony of Victoria The Governor of Victoria is the representative in the Australian state of Victoria of Australia's monarch Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia The Division is currently a very marginal Liberal seat. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. 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. Richard Gardiner Casey Baron Casey KG GCMG CH DSO MC, (29 August 1890&ndash17 June 1976 was an Australian politician The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia is the representative in Australia of the monarch of Australia (currently Elizabeth II Queen of Australia) The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The House of Lords is the second house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as "the Lords" The Division of Casey, which borders this Division to the north, is named after him. The Division of Casey is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria.
Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Richard Casey | Liberal | 1949—1960 | |
| John Jess | Liberal | 1960—1972 | |
| Antony Lamb | Labor | 1972—1975 | |
| Marshall Baillieu | Liberal | 1975—1980 | |
| Peter Milton | Labor | 1980—1990 | |
| Bob Charles | Liberal | 1990—2004 | |
| Jason Wood | Liberal | 2004—present | |
Election results
| Australian federal election, 2007: La Trobe | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Jason Wood | 39,636 | 46. Richard Gardiner Casey Baron Casey KG GCMG CH DSO MC, (29 August 1890&ndash17 June 1976 was an Australian politician The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Electoral reform As of this election single transferrable vote with Proportional representation became the method for electing the Senate Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Issues The 1972 Election was largely focused on domestic policy issues and the role of the federal government in resolving these issues Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Federal elections were held in Australia on 13 December 1975 All 127 seats in the House of Representatives, and all 64 seats in the Senate were up for Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Issues The mood in the electorate was moving against the Fraser Government by 1980 Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Robert Edwin "Bob" Charles (born 24 July 1936) Australian politician was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Jason Wood (born 24 May 1968) Australian politician was elected to the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of La Trobe The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Federal elections were held in Australia on 9 October, 2004. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member Federal elections for the Parliament of Australia were held on Saturday 24 November 2007 after a 6-week campaign in which 13 The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Jason Wood (born 24 May 1968) Australian politician was elected to the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of La Trobe 48 | -4. 74 | |
| Labor | Rodney Cocks | 34,448 | 40. Rodney Damon Cocks CSM (born 1976 Australian army officer and political candidate was born in Melbourne and grew up in the eastern suburbs attending 39 | +6. 62 | |
| Greens | Bree Taylor | 7,539 | 8. The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is a Green Australian political party. 84 | -0. 57 | |
| Family First | Jim Zubic | 2,423 | 2. The Family First Party is a socially conservative minor Political party in Australia. 43 | +0. 49 | |
| Democrats | Craig Beale | 1,012 | 1. The Australian Democrats is an Australian Political party espousing a centrist or Social liberal ideology 19 | -0. 30 | |
| Citizens Electoral Council | Kurt Beilharz | 140 | 0. The Citizens Electoral Council of Australia ( CEC) is a minor nationalist political party in Australia affiliated with the international LaRouche Movement 16 | -0. 01 | |
| Liberty and Democracy | Surome Singh | 85 | 0. The Liberty & Democracy Party (LDP is a moderate libertarian or classical liberal Australian Political party founded in 2001. 10 | +0. 10 | |
| Total formal votes | 85,283 | 96. 72 | +0. 74 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,896 | 3. 28 | -0. 74 | ||
| Turnout | 88,179 | 95. Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a Ballot in an Election. 82 | +0. 36 | ||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Liberal | Jason Wood | 43,077 | 50. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Jason Wood (born 24 May 1968) Australian politician was elected to the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of La Trobe 51 | -5. 32 | |
| Labor | Rodney Cocks | 42,206 | 49. Rodney Damon Cocks CSM (born 1976 Australian army officer and political candidate was born in Melbourne and grew up in the eastern suburbs attending 49 | +5. 32 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | -5. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. The term swing is used in Australia in a different sense from that employed in Britain, where the term originated (see Swing (politics) 32 | |||
| Australian federal election, 2004: La Trobe | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Jason Wood | 39,810 | 51. Federal elections were held in Australia on 9 October, 2004. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Jason Wood (born 24 May 1968) Australian politician was elected to the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of La Trobe 22 | +4. 68 | |
| Labor | Susan Davies | 26,251 | 33. 77 | -0. 45 | |
| Greens | Craig Smith | 7,313 | 9. The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is a Green Australian political party. 41 | +2. 01 | |
| Democrats | Tony Holland | 1,160 | 1. The Australian Democrats is an Australian Political party espousing a centrist or Social liberal ideology 49 | -6. 53 | |
| Family First | Darryl Bridges | 1,830 | 2. The Family First Party is a socially conservative minor Political party in Australia. 35 | +2. 35 | |
| Independent | Frank Dean | 777 | 1. In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. 00 | +0. 52 | |
| Christian Democrats | Wolf Voigt | 459 | 0. The Christian Democratic Party (CDP is a minor Political party in Australia. 59 | -0. 45 | |
| Citizens Electoral Council | Kurt Beilharz | 131 | 0. The Citizens Electoral Council of Australia ( CEC) is a minor nationalist political party in Australia affiliated with the international LaRouche Movement 17 | +0. 17 | |
| Total formal votes | 77,731 | 95. 98 | +0. 20 | ||
| Informal votes | 3,254 | 4. 02 | -0. 20 | ||
| Turnout | 80,985 | 95. Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a Ballot in an Election. 46 | +0. 59 | ||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Liberal | Jason Wood | 43,394 | 55. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Jason Wood (born 24 May 1968) Australian politician was elected to the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of La Trobe 83 | +2. 16 | |
| Labor | Susan Davies | 34,337 | 44. 17 | -2. 16 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +2. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. The term swing is used in Australia in a different sense from that employed in Britain, where the term originated (see Swing (politics) 16 | |||
External links
- Division of La Trobe. Australian Electoral Commission Divisional Profiles. Retrieved on 2007-06-29. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland. (PDF, 209 kB)
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