| Lalor AustralianHouse of RepresentativesDivision | |
|---|---|
    Interactive map of electorate boundaries | |
| Created | 1949 |
| MP | Joanne Ryan |
| Party | Labor |
| Namesake | Peter Lalor |
| Electors | 107,013 (2022) |
| Area | 464 km2 (179.2 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Outer metropolitan |
TheDivision of Lalor (/ˈlɔːlər/LAW-lor) is anAustralian Electoral Division in thestate ofVictoria. Located in the south-western suburbs ofMelbourne, it includes the south-western hub ofWerribee as well as the suburbs ofHoppers Crossing,Tarneit,Truganina,Wyndham Vale and part ofPoint Cook.
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%).
Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by theAustralian Electoral Commission. 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.[1]
The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 11 May 1949, and was first contested at the1949 Federal election. It was named afterPeter Lalor, the leader of the miners at theEureka Stockade, and a former member of theVictorian Legislative Assembly. It is a safe seat for theAustralian Labor Party, which has held it for all except three years of its existence, when it was lost in the1966 landslide. However, a redistribution ahead of the1969 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:Julia Gillard,Prime Minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013;Barry Jones, formerminister for science underBob Hawke and Labor national president; andJim Cairns, formertreasurer anddeputy prime minister underGough Whitlam. 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 the2013 election isJoanne Ryan.
| Image | Member | Party | Term | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Reg Pollard (1894–1981) | Labor | 10 December 1949 – 26 November 1966 | Previously held the Division ofBallarat. Lost seat | |
 | Mervyn Lee (1920–2009) | Liberal | 26 November 1966 – 25 October 1969 | Did not contest in1969. Failed to win the Division ofBendigo | |
.jpg) | Jim Cairns (1914–2003) | Labor | 25 October 1969 – 10 November 1977 | Previously held the Division ofYarra. Served as minister anddeputy prime minister underWhitlam. Retired | |
.jpg) | Barry Jones (1932–) | 10 December 1977 – 31 August 1998 | Previously held theVictorian Legislative Assembly seat ofMelbourne. Served as minister underHawke. Retired | ||
 | Julia Gillard (1961–) | 3 October 1998 – 5 August 2013 | Served as minister anddeputy prime minister underRudd. Served asprime minister from2010 to 2013. Retired | ||
 | Joanne Ryan (1961–) | 7 September 2013 – present | Incumbent. Currently serving asChief Government Whip in the House underAlbanese | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Joanne Ryan | 39,047 | 44.11 | −7.47 | |
| Liberal | Ravi Gaddipati | 22,083 | 24.95 | −5.13 | |
| Greens | Jack Boddeke | 9,192 | 10.38 | +2.41 | |
| United Australia | Juanita Paterson | 6,340 | 7.16 | +2.27 | |
| One Nation | James Ingarfill | 3,489 | 3.94 | +3.94 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Patrizia Barcatta | 3,403 | 3.84 | +3.84 | |
| Independent (United People's Party) | Aijaz Moinuddin | 2,535 | 2.86 | +1.72 | |
| Victorian Socialists | Claudio Uribe | 1,482 | 1.67 | +1.67 | |
| Federation | Peter Malliaros | 951 | 1.07 | +1.07 | |
| Total formal votes | 88,522 | 93.90 | −1.62 | ||
| Informal votes | 5,752 | 6.10 | +1.62 | ||
| Turnout | 94,274 | 88.15 | −0.62 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Joanne Ryan | 55,613 | 62.82 | +0.36 | |
| Liberal | Ravi Gaddipati | 32,909 | 37.18 | −0.36 | |
| Laborhold | Swing | +0.36 | |||
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