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State electoral district of Victoria, Australia

Australian electorate
Lara
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Lara (dark green) in Victoria
StateVictoria
Created2002
MPElla George
PartyLabor Party
NamesakeLara, Victoria
Electors47,026 (2018)
Area702 km (271.0 sq mi)
DemographicMixed urban and rural
Electorates around Lara:
Eureka Eureka Eureka
Eureka Lara Werribee
Geelong Port Phillip Bay Port Phillip Bay

Lara is a seat in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers much of the area between the western suburbs of Melbourne and the regional city of Geelong. Most of the voters come from the very northern suburbs of Geelong, including Lara, Bell Post Hill and Corio. The district also includes the country towns of Anakie, Balliang and Little River but these add very few voters to the district.

The electorate was created at the 2002 state election, replacing the abolished Geelong North. A safe Labor seat like its predecessor, it was easily won by Peter Loney, formerly the MP for Geelong North. Loney faced a preselection challenge ahead of the 2006 election from upper house member John Eren, whose seat was being abolished as part of sweeping government reforms to the chamber. Facing certain defeat at the hands of the factionally connected Eren, Loney chose to retire. Eren faced little challenge in the general election, and was easily returned as the new member for Lara.

Members for Lara

Member Party Term
  Peter Loney Labor 2002–2006
  John Eren Labor 2006–2022
  Ella George Labor 2022–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Lara This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Lara.
2022 Victorian state election: Lara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ella George 19,635 49.7 −8.2
Liberal Ralph Krein 8,460 21.4 −2.7
Greens Courtney Gardner 4,473 11.3 +3.8
Family First Steve Rankine 1,775 4.5 +4.5
Liberal Democrats Max Payne 1,688 4.3 +4.3
Animal Justice Peter Kelly 1,502 3.8 −3.1
Ind. (Socialist Alliance) Sarah Hathway 1,050 2.6 +2.6
Angry Victorians Ash Taylor 938 2.4 +2.4
Total formal votes 39,512 93.7 –0.4
Informal votes 2,677 6.3 +0.4
Turnout 42,189 86.2 –1.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ella George 26,027 65.9 −3.3
Liberal Ralph Krein 13,485 34.1 +3.3
Labor hold Swing −3.3

References

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

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