| Lalor AustralianHouse of RepresentativesDivision | |
|---|---|
 Division of Lalor (green) inVictoria | |
| Created | 1949 |
| MP | Joanne Ryan |
| Party | Labor |
| Namesake | Peter Lalor |
| Area | 991 km2 (382.6 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Outer Metropolitan |
TheDivision of Lalor is aFederal Electoral Division for theAustralian House of Representatives in the state ofVictoria. It is located in the outer westernsuburbs ofMelbourne. It includes the suburbs ofWerribee,Point Cook,Laverton,Rockbank andMelton.
The Division was drawn up on 11 May 1949, for the 1949 Federal election. It was named afterPeter Lalor, the leader of the miners at theEureka Stockade, and a former member of theVictorian Legislative Assembly.
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reg Pollard | Labor | 1949–1966 | |
| Mervyn Lee | Liberal | 1966–1969 | |
| Jim Cairns | Labor | 1969–1977 | |
| Barry Jones | Labor | 1977–1998 | |
| Julia Gillard | Labor | 1998–2013 | |
| Joanne Ryan | Labor | 1998–2013 | |
Barry Jones was the Minister for Science underBob Hawke and Labor National President.Jim Cairns, was theTreasurer and Deputy Prime Minister underGough Whitlam. As Julia Gillard was Deputy Prime Minister prior to becoming Prime Minister, Lalor is the only federal electorate to have been held by two Deputy Prime Ministers.
| 2022 Australian federal election: Lalor[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| United People's Party | Aijaz Moinuddin | 2,535 | 2.86 | +1.72 | |
| Victorian Socialists | Claudio Uribe | 1,482 | 1.67 | +1.67 | |
| Australian 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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