Several sitting Labor members will contest seats in slightly altered electorates across Brimbank in next year’s state election.
Keilor MP Natalie Hutchins is seeking preselection for the newly named seat of Sydenham, which takes in Sydenham, Taylors Lakes, Calder Park, Taylors Hill, Hillside and Plumpton.
As reported by the Weekly in July, several Brimbank seats will be altered and others renamed as part of an overhaul of Victoria’s electoral boundaries.
The Electoral Boundaries Commission has completed redistributions in both houses of State Parliament.
Ms Hutchins said the Sydenham seat would see her represent about 40,000 residents who were part of her present electorate.
“This is a step towards equity,” she said. “I think it was unfair that members of the west have been representing 55,000 people, where other electorates had only 20,000.”
Kororoit MP Marlene Kairouz will seek preselection for an electorate that includes Caroline Springs and Burnside.
Niddrie MP Ben Carroll plans to recontest his seat, which includes Keilor, Keilor Park and parts of Taylors Lakes.
Footscray MP Marsha Thomson intends to stand again in her electorate, which takes in Sunshine West, Brooklyn and some sections of Ardeer and Derrimut.
Derrimut MP Telmo Languiller will run for the new Wyndham-based seat of Tarneit.
Mr Languiller has represented residents of the Derrimut electorate since 1999. Derrimut has been divided between Kororoit, Footscray and the newly created seat of St Albans.
