Division of La Trobe

The Division of La Trobe is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It is located in the outer eastern/south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It includes the suburbs of Berwick, Beaconsfield, Officer and Pakenham, and the towns of Gembrook, Emerald and Cockatoo.

La Trobe
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of La Trobe in Victoria, as of the 2022 federal election.
Created1949
MPJason Wood
PartyLiberal
NamesakeCharles La Trobe
Electors110,740 (2019)
Area748 km2 (288.8 sq mi)
DemographicOuter metropolitan

Geography

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.[1]

History
Charles La Trobe, the division's namesake

The division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 11 May 1949, and was first contested at the 1949 election. It was named after Charles La Trobe, the first Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria. It was originally located closer to the city, but redistributions moved it further south-east. It originally included the suburbs of Croydon, Dandenong, Ferntree Gully and Ringwood. The division is currently a marginal Liberal seat.

The first person to hold the seat was Richard Casey, Baron Casey, later the sixteenth Governor-General of Australia and the last of three Australian politicians to be elevated to the British House of Lords. The Division of Casey, which borders this Division to the north, is named after him. In 1961, the division was the subject of a book, Parties and People: A Survey Based on the La Trobe Electorate, by Creighton Burns.

Members
Image Member Party Term Notes
  Richard Casey
(1890–1976)		 Liberal 10 December 1949 –
10 February 1960		 Previously held the Division of Corio. Served as minister under Menzies. Resigned to take up a seat in the British House of Lords
  John Jess
(1922–2003)		 Liberal 9 April 1960 –
2 December 1972		 Lost seat
  Tony Lamb
(1939–)		 Labor 2 December 1972 –
13 December 1975		 Lost seat. Later elected to the Division of Streeton in 1984
  Marshall Baillieu
(1937–)		 Liberal 13 December 1975 –
18 October 1980		 Lost seat
  Peter Milton
(1928–2009)		 Labor 18 October 1980 –
24 March 1990		 Lost seat
  Bob Charles
(1936–2016)		 Liberal 24 March 1990 –
31 August 2004		 Retired
  Jason Wood
(1968–)		 Liberal 9 October 2004 –
21 August 2010		 Lost seat
  Laura Smyth
(1976–)		 Labor 21 August 2010 –
7 September 2013		 Lost seat
  Jason Wood
(1968–)		 Liberal 7 September 2013 –
present		 Incumbent

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of La Trobe
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 Australian federal election in Victoria § La Trobe.[edit]
2019 Australian federal election: La Trobe[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jason Wood 45,123 45.72 +1.59
Labor Simon Curtis 34,040 34.49 +2.35
Greens Amy Gregorovich 7,752 7.86 −0.43
One Nation Esther Baker 4,796 4.86 +4.86
Justice Asher Calwell-Browne 3,525 3.57 +0.70
United Australia Duncan Dean 2,506 2.54 +2.54
Rise Up Australia Norman Baker 947 0.96 −1.01
Total formal votes 98,689 95.53 +1.21
Informal votes 4,616 4.47 −1.21
Turnout 103,305 93.30 +5.19
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jason Wood 53,776 54.49 +1.27
Labor Simon Curtis 44,913 45.51 −1.27
Liberal hold Swing+1.27

References
  1. Muller, Damon (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  2. La Trobe, VIC, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.

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