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Lalor Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Lalor (green) in Victoria
Created:	1949
MP:	Julia Gillard
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Peter Lalor
Electors:	103,761
Area:	991 km² (383 sq mi)
Demographic:	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Lalor (pronounced /ˈlɔːlər/, locally [ˈloːlə])^[1] is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It is located in the outer western suburbs of Melbourne. It includes the suburbs of Werribee, Point Cook, Laverton, Rockbank and Melton.

The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 11 May 1949, and was first contested at the 1949 Federal election. It was named after Peter Lalor, the leader of the miners at the Eureka Stockade, and a former member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is currently held by Julia Gillard, who became Deputy Prime Minister of Australia in December 2007. It has previously been held by Barry Jones, former Minister for Science under Bob Hawke and Labor National President, and by Jim Cairns, former Treasurer and Deputy Prime Minister under Gough Whitlam. It is thus the only federal electorate to have been held by two Deputy Prime Ministers.

[edit] Members

Australian federal election, 2007: Lalor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Julia Gillard	57,208	59.89	+6.64
	Liberal	Peter Curtis	28,435	29.77	-7.68
	Family First	Steve Gleeson	4,199	4.40	+1.22
	Greens	Jay Tilley	3,836	4.02	-0.10
	Democratic Labor	Libby Krepp	969	1.01	+1.01
	Democrats	Roger Howe	879	0.92	-0.52
Total formal votes			95,526	96.51	+1.36
Informal votes			3,457	3.49	-1.36
Turnout			98,983	95.40	-0.04
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Labor	Julia Gillard	62,600	65.53	+6.74
	Liberal	Peter Curtis	32,936	34.47	-6.74
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.74

"Division of Lalor". Australian Electoral Commission Divisional Profiles. http://www.aec.gov.au/pdf/profiles/l/lalor.pdf. Retrieved 2007-06-29. (PDF, 180 kB)

^ Those familiar with the suburb, but not the electorate, may erroneously pronounce it [ˈlæɪloː] or [ˈlæɪlə].

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