Electoral district of Yan Yean

The electoral district of Yan Yean is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is located on the fringes of Melbourne's northern suburbs and contains the towns of Hurstbridge, Plenty, Whittlesea and Yan Yean.

Yan Yean was created for the 1992 election and has always been held by Labor, although usually marginally. The seat became notionally Liberal after the Craigieburn end of the electorate was removed due to population growth in a redistribution prior to the 2002 election, leading to Andre Haermeyer's decision to contest Kororoit instead. Nevertheless, Labor's Danielle Green easily won the seat, winning with a margin of 9.5% over her Liberal opponent, future party leader Matthew Guy.

Green held on to the seat in 2006 and 2010, however with swings against her. After another redistribution ahead of the 2014 election made the seat notionally Liberal again, Green managed a swing to her this time and was reelected. In 2018, she was reelected to a fifth term in parliament with a 13-point swing in her favor on the 2PP. She retired at the 2022 election however, and Labor kept her seat with the election of Lauren Kathage, a community worker. The 2018 swing to Labor was in large part erased in 2022.

Members for Yan Yean

Member	Party	Term	Notes
Andre Haermeyer	Labor	3 October 1992 – 30 November 2002	Moved to district of Kororoit
Danielle Green	Labor	30 November 2002 – 26 November 2022	Retired
Lauren Kathage	Labor	26 November 2022 – present	Incumbent

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Yan Yean This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Yan Yean.

2022 Victorian state election: Yan Yean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lauren Kathage	16,328	41.4	−14.5
	Liberal	Richard Welch	13,361	33.9	+6.2
	Greens	Samantha Mason	2,537	6.4	+1.1
	Democratic Labour	Jack Wooldridge	2,028	5.1	+1.6
	Family First	James Hall	1,284	3.3	+3.3
	Animal Justice	Ruth Parramore	1,043	2.7	+2.4
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Alexandar Krstic	1,024	2.6	−1.1
	Freedom	Con Bouroutzis	1,021	2.6	+2.6
	Justice	Mandy Anne Grimley	793	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			39,415	94.1	+1.4
Informal votes			2,475	5.9	−1.4
Turnout			41,890	88.5	+8.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lauren Kathage	21,390	54.3	−12.7
	Liberal	Richard Welch	18,025	45.7	+12.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−12.7

References

"Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
Yan Yean District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.

External links

Electorate profile: Yan Yean District, Victorian Electoral Commission

Electoral districts of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

Labor (54)

Coalition (28)

Liberal (19)	Benambra Berwick Brighton Bulleen Caulfield Croydon Eildon Evelyn Hawthorn Kew Malvern Mornington Narracan Nepean Polwarth Rowville Sandringham South-West Coast Warrandyte
National (9)	Euroa Gippsland East Gippsland South Lowan Mildura Morwell Murray Plains Ovens Valley Shepparton

Greens (3)

Independent (1)

Ringwood

Independent Labor (1)

South Barwon

Vacant (1)

Prahran

v t e Electoral districts of the Northern Victoria Region
District	Benambra Bendigo East Bendigo West Eildon Euroa Macedon Mildura Murray Plains Ovens Valley Shepparton Yan Yean

v t e Former electoral districts of Victoria
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Former electoral districts of Victoria

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