Electoral district of Lara

State electoral district of Victoria, Australia

Australian electorate

Lara
Victoria—Legislative Assembly

Location of Lara (dark green) in Victoria

State| Victoria
Created| 2002
MP| Ella George
Party| Labor Party
Namesake| Lara, Victoria
Electors| 47,026 (2018)
Area| 702 km2 (271.0 sq mi)
Demographic| Mixed urban and rural
| Electorates around Lara:

Eureka | Eureka | Eureka
Eureka | Lara | Werribee
Geelong | Port Phillip Bay | Port Phillip Bay

Lara is a seat in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers much of the area between the western suburbs of Melbourne and the regional city of Geelong. Most of the voters come from the very northern suburbs of Geelong, including Lara, Bell Post Hill and Corio. The district also includes the country towns of Anakie, Balliang and Little River but these add very few voters to the district.

The electorate was created at the 2002 state election, replacing the abolished Geelong North. A safe Labor seat like its predecessor, it was easily won by Peter Loney, formerly the MP for Geelong North. Loney faced a preselection challenge ahead of the 2006 election from upper house member John Eren, whose seat was being abolished as part of sweeping government reforms to the chamber. Facing certain defeat at the hands of the factionally connected Eren, Loney chose to retire. Eren faced little challenge in the general election, and was easily returned as the new member for Lara.

## Members for Lara

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Member | Party | Term

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| Peter Loney | Labor | 2002–2006
| John Eren | Labor | 2006–2022
| Ella George | Labor | 2022–present

## Election results

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Main article: Electoral results for the district of Lara

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Lara.[edit]

2022 Victorian state election: Lara[1][2][3][4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labor | Ella George | 19,635  | 49.7  | −8.2
| Liberal | Ralph Krein  | 8,460  | 21.4  | −2.7
| Greens | Courtney Gardner  | 4,473  | 11.3  | +3.8
| Family First | Steve Rankine  | 1,775  | 4.5  | +4.5
| Liberal Democrats | Max Payne  | 1,688  | 4.3  | +4.3
| Animal Justice | Peter Kelly  | 1,502  | 3.8  | −3.1
| Ind. (Socialist Alliance)  | Sarah Hathway  | 1,050  | 2.6  | +2.6
| Angry Victorians | Ash Taylor  | 938  | 2.4  | +2.4
Total formal votes  | 39,512  | 93.7  | –0.4
Informal votes  | 2,677  | 6.3  | +0.4
Turnout | 42,189  | 86.2  | –1.5
Two-party-preferred result
| Labor | Ella George | 26,027  | 65.9  | −3.3
| Liberal | Ralph Krein  | 13,485  | 34.1  | +3.3
| Labor hold | Swing | −3.3 |

## References

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1. ^ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
2. ^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
3. ^ Lara District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
4. ^ Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.

## External links

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* Electorate profile: Lara District, Victorian Electoral Commission

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Electoral districts of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

Labor (54)|

* Albert Park
* Ashwood
* Bass
* Bayswater
* Bellarine
* Bendigo East
* Bendigo West
* Bentleigh
* Box Hill
* Broadmeadows
* Bundoora
* Carrum
* Clarinda
* Cranbourne
* Dandenong
* Eltham
* Essendon
* Eureka
* Footscray
* Frankston
* Geelong
* Glen Waverley
* Greenvale
* Hastings
* Ivanhoe
* Kalkallo
* Kororoit
* Lara
* Laverton
* Macedon
* Melton
* Mill Park
* Monbulk
* Mordialloc
* Mulgrave
* Narre Warren North
* Narre Warren South
* Niddrie
* Northcote
* Oakleigh
* Pakenham
* Pascoe Vale
* Point Cook
* Preston
* Ripon
* St Albans
* Sunbury
* Sydenham
* Tarneit
* Thomastown
* Wendouree
* Werribee
* Williamstown
* Yan Yean

Coalition (29)|

| Liberal (20)|

* Benambra
* Berwick
* Brighton
* Bulleen
* Caulfield
* Croydon
* Eildon
* Evelyn
* Hawthorn
* Kew
* Malvern
* Mornington
* Narracan
* Nepean
* Polwarth
* Prahran
* Rowville
* Sandringham
* South-West Coast
* Warrandyte

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National (9)|

* Euroa
* Gippsland East
* Gippsland South
* Lowan
* Mildura
* Morwell
* Murray Plains
* Ovens Valley
* Shepparton

Greens (3)|

* Brunswick
* Melbourne
* Richmond

Independent (1)|

* Ringwood

Independent Labor (1)|

* South Barwon

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Electoral districts of the Western Victoria Region

District|

* Bellarine
* Eureka
* Geelong
* Lara
* Lowan
* Melton
* Polwarth
* Ripon
* South Barwon
* South-West Coast
* Wendouree

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