Electoral district of Bundoora
- Electoral district of Bundoora
Bundoora is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It is a 28km² electorate located in northern Melbourne, encompassing the suburbs of Watsonia and Yallambie and parts of Bundoora, Greensborough, Macleod and Rosanna. It also includes the central campus of La Trobe University and the Simpson Barracks. The electorate had a population of 49,402 as of the 2001 census.
Bundoora has been a safe seat for the Labor Party since its inception in 1976. It was won at the election that year by John Cain Jr., son of former Premier John Cain Sr., who rapidly rose through the parliamentary ranks to become Labor leader in 1981 and Premier himself in 1982. Cain was comfortably re-elected throughout the 1980s, and retired in 1992 after handing over the premiership to Joan Kirner. He was succeeded at the 1992 election by Sherryl Garbutt, formerly the member for the abolished neighbouring electorate of Greensborough. Garbutt served as a minister in the Bracks government from 1999 until her retirement at the 2006 election. Justin Madden, a state minister based in the Legislative Council, was initially preselected as her replacement, but a last minute factional deal saw Banyule City Council member Colin Brooks confirmed as the Labor candidate instead. Brooks was easily elected, suffering only a slight swing, and currently holds the seat by a 15.1% margin.
Members for Bundoora
ee also
*Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
*List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
External links
* [http://www.vec.vic.gov.au/BundooraDistrictprofile.html Electorate profile: Bundoora District, Victorian Electoral Commission]
* [http://www.vec.vic.gov.au/state2006resultBundooraDistrict.html State Election 2006: Bundoora District, Victorian Electoral Commission]
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