Electoral district of Laverton

The Electoral district of Laverton is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was created in the redistribution of electoral boundaries in 2021, and came into effect at the 2022 Victorian state election.^[1]

Laverton Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Laverton (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Created	2022
MP	Sarah Connolly
Party	Labor
Namesake	Laverton, Victoria
Electors	48,545 (2022)
Area	87 km2 (33.6 sq mi)
Demographic	Urban

It covers an area in the south western suburbs of Melbourne that was previously covered by the districts of Footscray, Tarneit, Altona, Kororoit and St Albans. It includes the suburbs of Sunshine, Braybrook, Albion, Ardeer, Sunshine West, Truganina, Laverton and Williams Landing.^[2]

Members for Laverton

Member		Party	Term
	Sarah Connolly	Labor	2022–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Laverton

2022 Victorian state election: Laverton^[3][4][5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Sarah Connolly	17,026	45.9	−11.6
	Liberal	Raja Reddy	8,233	22.2	+1.9
	Greens	Braishna Durzada	3,496	9.4	−2.5
	Victorian Socialists	Catherine Robertson	2,206	5.9	+5.9
	Democratic Labour	Michael Wirth	2,051	5.5	+5.5
	Family First	David Fry	1,353	3.6	+3.6
	New Democrats	Gurneet Soni	1,082	2.9	+2.9
	Animal Justice	Pouya Bagheri	694	1.9	−2.0
	Freedom	Trent Raymond	641	1.7	+1.7
	Independent	Rufo Paredes	355	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			37,132	92.2	−1.1
Informal votes			3,149	7.8	+1.1
Turnout			40,281	83.0	+5.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Sarah Connolly	25,393	68.4	−5.0
	Liberal	Raja Reddy	11,739	31.6	+5.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.0

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Laverton.[edit]

See also

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

References

1. "Summary of Changes". Victorian Electoral Boundary Commission. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
2. "Map of Laverton District" (PDF). Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission.
3. Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
4. VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
5. Laverton District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
6. Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.

External links

• Electorate profile: Laverton District, Victorian Electoral Commission