The Division of Lalor 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. Maps of electoral Divisions The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member constituencies called Divisions. ... Australia, having a federal system of government, is divided into states and territories. ... Motto: Peace and Prosperity Nickname: Garden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Government Governor Premier Const. ... Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 3,600,650 in the Melbourne metropolitan area (June 2004) and 52,118 in the City of Melbourne (which covers only the central city area). ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Point Cook is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Laverton is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Rockbank is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Melton is a satellite city outside Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of May 11, 1949, and was first contested at the 1949 Federal election. It was named after Peter Lalor, a leader of the miners at the Eureka Stockade, and a former member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. The Division is currently a fairly safe Labor seat. It is currently held by Julia Gillard, Labor frontbencher and Shadow Minister for Health. 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. May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (132nd in leap years). ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Peter Lalor (5 February 1827 - 9 February 1889) was one of the key leaders of the Eureka Stockade rebellion, one of Australias few armed uprisings and sometimes characterised as the birth of democracy in Australia. ... The Eureka Flag The Eureka Stockade was a miners revolt in 1854 in Victoria, Australia against the officials supervising the gold-mining region of Ballarat due to many reasons, including heavily priced mining items and the expense of a digging license. ... The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of Victoria in Australia. ... Julia Gillard Julia Eileen Gillard (born 29 September 1961), Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since October 1998, representing the Division of Lalor, Victoria. ... Barry Jones, AO, is an Australian politician. ... Hon Bob Hawke Robert James Lee Hawke (born December 9, 1929), Australian trade union leader and politician, was the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia. ... Dr Jim Cairns James Ford Cairns (4 October 1914 - 12 October 2003), Australian politician, was prominent in the Labor movement through the 1960s and 1970s, and was briefly Deputy Prime Minister in the Whitlam government. ... The Department of the Treasury, Canberra The Australian Treasurer is the minister responsible for government expenditure and revenue raising. ... Australias second-highest ranked political post is the position of Deputy Prime Minister of Australia. ... Honourable Gough Whitlam The Honourable Edward Gough Whitlam AC, QC (born 11 July 1916), Australian politician and 21st Prime Minister of Australia, was the only Australian Prime Minister to be dismissed by the Governor-General. ...

Members

• Reginald Pollard (Labor) 1949-1966
• Mervyn Lee (Liberal) 1966-1969
• Jim Cairns (Labor) 1969-1977
• Barry Jones (Labor) 1977-1998
• Julia Gillard (Labor) 1998-

1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian liberal conservative political party. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Dr Jim Cairns James Ford Cairns (4 October 1914 - 12 October 2003), Australian politician, was prominent in the Labor movement through the 1960s and 1970s, and was briefly Deputy Prime Minister in the Whitlam government. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... Barry Jones, AO, is an Australian politician. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Julia Gillard Julia Eileen Gillard (born 29 September 1961), Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since October 1998, representing the Division of Lalor, Victoria. ...

External Links

• "Division of Lalor". Australian Electoral Commission Divisional Profiles. Accessed on July 2, 2005. (PDF, 180 kB)