Electoral district of Laverton
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| Laverton Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
Interactive map of electoral district boundaries from the 2022 state election | |
| 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 |
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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]
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]
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Connolly | Labor | 2022–present | |
Election results
| 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 | |||
