Electoral district of Yuroke

The electoral district of Yuroke was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was situated in the outer northern suburbs of Melbourne and was created in a redistribution before the 2002 state election, replacing the former electorate of Tullamarine.

Yuroke
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Location of Yuroke (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created2002
Abolished2022
MPRos Spence
PartyLabor Party
Electors58,068 (2018)
Area180 km2 (69.5 sq mi)
DemographicOuter metropolitan

Included within its boundaries were Attwood, Craigieburn, Greenvale, Kalkallo, Mickleham and Yuroke, as well as parts of Roxburgh Park, Somerton, and Westmeadows.

It was considered to be a very safe Labor Party seat.

The seat was abolished by the Electoral Boundaries Commission ahead of the 2022 election and replaced by the electoral districts of Kalkallo and Greenvale.[1]

Members for Yuroke

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Member Party Term
  Liz Beattie Labor 2002–2014
  Ros Spence Labor 2014–2022

Election results

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2018 Victorian state election: Yuroke[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ros Spence 28,519 59.42 +5.33
Liberal Jim Overend 12,692 26.44 +2.83
Greens Louise Sampson 3,070 6.40 +0.38
Independent Golda Zogheib 2,102 4.38 +4.38
Victorian Socialists Emma Dook 1,612 3.36 +3.36
Total formal votes 47,995 93.11 −0.39
Informal votes 3,549 6.89 +0.39
Turnout 51,544 88.76 −3.68
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ros Spence 33,730 70.26 +1.74
Liberal Jim Overend 14,278 29.74 −1.74
Labor hold Swing +1.74

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Green, Antony. "New Victorian State Electoral Boundaries Finalised – Antony Green's Election Blog". Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  2. ^ State Election 2018: Yuroke District, VEC.
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