PDF download: See the new boundaries here, via The Age
KEILOR, Derrimut, St Albans, Sunbury, Sydenham and Werribee are among abolished, moved and renamed seats as part of an overhaul of Victoria’s electoral boundaries.
New seats of Sunbury and Werribee have been created.
Two seats have been completely scrapped, one in Doncaster and Rodney in the state’s northern border, and replaced by new seats in the growth corridors in the west and north-west.
The Community Services Minister is the biggest loser. Ms Wooldridge holds the seat of Doncaster, which will subsumed by the surrounding seats of Warrandyte and Bulleen.
Under the proposed changes, more than 1.1 million people – or 30 per cent of Victorian voters – would be transferred to different seats.
The electoral commission on Thursday morning released maps of proposed boundaries of the state’s 88 lower house seats and eight upper house regions.
The electoral commission said in most cases, seats had effectively been renamed.
The new seat of Werribee covers most of recently deposed Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s electorate, and should favour Labor.
The state’s electoral boundaries were last changed in 2005 and there have been 20 redivisions since 1851.
The major parties are now analysing the proposed boundaries and what it means for their MPs and next year’s state election.
– with The Age
Abolished, moved and renamed seats:
Ballarat East
Ballarat West
Benalla
Clayton
DERRIMUT
Doncaster (abolished)
KEILOR
Kilsyth
Lyndhurst
Mitcham
Murray Valley
Rodney (abolished)
New or renamed seats:
Ballarat
Buninyong
Clarinda
Croydon
Eildon
Keysborough
Ovens Valley
Ringwood
ST ALBANS
SUNBURY (new)
SYDENHAM
WERRIBEE (new)
