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Encyclopedia > Electoral district of Melbourne

The Electoral district of Melbourne is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is currently based around the suburbs of Carlton, North Carlton, East Melbourne, West Melbourne, North Melbourne, Parkville, Newmarket, Kensington and Flemington, and also includes the CBD and Melbourne University. The district has been in existence since 1856 (it was abolished in 1859 and reestablished in 1889). The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of Victoria in Australia. ... Carlton is the name of many places: Carlton, Bedfordshire is a small village in the county of Bedfordshire in the United Kingdom. ... Carlton North is an inner-city suburb of Melbourne, Australia. ... East Melbourne is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... West Melbourne is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... North Melbourne is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia in the state of Victoria. ... An inner northern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, bordered by North Melbourne to the south-west, Carlton and Carlton North to the south and east, Brunswick to the north, and Flemington to the west. ... Kensington is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Flemington is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Melbourne (3000) is a suburb of Greater Melbourne. ... The University of Melbourne, located in Melbourne, in Victoria, is the second oldest university in Australia (the University of Sydney is the oldest). ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...


The district has been traditional Labor territory since 1908, but it became a marginal seat at the 2002 state election when Dr Richard DiNatale of the Greens came to within 2% of unseating the current member, Labor cabinet minister Bronwyn Pike. Both are candidates again at the 2006 state election. 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Victorian Greens is a Green Party located in Victoria, a member of the federation of the Australian Greens party. ... The statewide election for the 56th Parliament of Victoria is scheduled for 25 November 2006. ...


External Links

  • Victorian Electoral Commission profile of the district of Melbourne
  • Map of the district of Melbourne (.pdf file)
  • Article "Seat of many faces, many landmarks" from The Age


 
Victorian Legislative Assembly electoral districts

Albert Park | Altona | Ballarat East | Ballarat West | Bass | Bayswater | Bellarine | Benalla | Benambra | Bendigo East | Bendigo West | Bentleigh | Box Hill | Brighton | Broadmeadows | Brunswick | Bulleen | Bundoora | Burwood | Carrum | Caulfield | Clayton | Cranbourne | Dandenong | Derrimut | Doncaster | Eltham | Essendon | Evelyn | Ferntree Gully | Footscray | Forest Hill | Frankston | Geelong | Gembrook | Gippsland East | Gippsland South | Hastings | Hawthorn | Ivanhoe | Keilor | Kew | Kilsyth | Kororoit | Lara | Lowan | Lyndhurst | Macedon | Malvern | Melbourne | Melton | Mildura | Mill Park | Mitcham | Monbulk | Mordialloc | Mornington | Morwell | Mount Waverley | Mulgrave | Murray Valley | Narracan | Narre Warren North | Narre Warren South | Nepean | Niddrie | Northcote | Oakleigh | Pascoe Vale | Polwarth | Prahran | Preston | Richmond | Ripon | Rodney | Sandringham | Scoresby | Seymour | Shepparton | South Barwon | South-West Coast | Swan Hill | Tarneit | Thomastown | Warrandyte | Williamstown | Yan Yean | Yuroke The Victorian Legislative Assembly is elected from 88 single-member electorates called districts. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Victoria_(Australia). ... The Electoral district of Albert Park is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Altona is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Ballarat East is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Ballarat West is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Bass is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Bayswater is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Bellarine is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Benalla is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Benambra is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Bentleigh is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... Box Hill is an eastern metropolitan electorate approximately 12 kilometres east of Melbourne, Australia in Victorias Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Brighton is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Brunswick is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... Burwood District is an electorate for the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. ... The Electoral district of Carrum is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Caulfield is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Clayton is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral District of Cranbourne is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Dandenong is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Derrimut is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Doncaster is a metropolitan electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, located approximately 13 kilometres north-east of Melbourne. ... The Electoral district of Eltham is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Essendon is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Evelyn is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly covering the urban fringe north east of Melbourne. ... The Electoral district of Ferntree Gully is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Frankston is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Geelong is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Gembrook is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Gippsland East is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Hastings is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Hawthorn is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Ivanhoe is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Kew is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Kororoit is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly covering Albanvale, Caroline Springs as well as some parts of Deer Park and St Albans in the western suburbs of Melbourne. ... The Electoral district of Lara is an seat in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Lyndhurst is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly and is located in the south eastern suburbs of Melbourne. ... The Electoral district of Malvern is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly including the Malvern area. ... The Electoral district of Melton is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Mildura is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Mitcham is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Monbulk is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Mordialloc is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly including the suburbs of Braeside, Dingley Village, Mordialloc and Parkdale; and parts of Cheltenham, Heatherton, Highett, Mentone and Springvale South. ... The Electoral district of Morwell is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral District of Mount Waverley is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Murray Valley is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Narracan is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Narre Warren North is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly and includes the suburbs of Narre Warren, Harkaway, Narre Warren North and Endeavour Hills. ... The Electoral district of Narre Warren South is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly and is based around the suburbs of Narre Warren South, Cranbourne North and Hallam. ... The Electoral district of Nepean is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly covering the southern most part of the Mornington Peninsula. ... The Electoral district of Northcote is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Polwarth is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... Prahran is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. ... The Electoral district of Preston is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Richmond is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Rodney is a Victorian Legislative Assembly electorate in Northern Victoria. ... The Electoral district of Seymour is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... South Barwon is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. ... The Electoral district of South-West Coast is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Tarneit is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Thomastown is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Warrandyte is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... Williamstown is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. ... The Electoral district of Yan Yean is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ...



 

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