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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 Victorian general election, 2002 state election, replacing the former electorate of electoral district of Tullamarine, Tullamarine. Included within its boundaries were Attwood, Victoria, Attwood, Craigieburn, Victoria, Craigieburn, Greenvale, Victoria, Greenvale, Kalkallo, Victoria, Kalkallo, Mickleham, Victoria, Mickleham and Yuroke, Victoria, Yuroke, as well as parts of Roxburgh Park, Victoria, Roxburgh Park, Somerton, Victoria, Somerton, and Westmeadows, Victoria, Westmeadows. It was considered to be a very safe Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch), Labor Party seat. The seat was abolished by the Electoral Boundaries Commission ahead of the 2022 election and replaced by the electoral districts of Electoral district of Kalkallo, Kalkallo and Electoral district of G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ros Spence
Rosalind Louise Spence (born 16 December 1970) is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2014, representing Yuroke from 2014 to 2022, then Kalkallo from 2022 onwards. Spence is presently the Minister for Prevention of Family Violence, Community Sport and Suburban Development in the Third Andrews Ministry. Early life, education and career Spence was raised in Eltham and graduated from Eltham High School in 1988. She later graduating with a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Tasmania in 2002. Prior to her election to Parliament, Spence worked as an electorate officer to various state and federal Members of Parliament, as operations manager for the Victorian branch of the Australian Labor Party, and as a volunteer solicitor at the Broadmeadows Legal Centre. Political career From 2008 to 2012, Spence served as a Councillor in the City of Hume, including as Mayor between 2011 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roxburgh Park, Victoria
Roxburgh Park is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Hume local government area. Roxburgh Park recorded a population of 24,129 at the 2021 census. The suburb is bound by Craigieburn to the north, to the west by Aitken Boulevard skirting the Greenvale Reservoir, to the east by the Craigieburn railway line and to the south by Somerton Road. History Originally part of Somerton, Roxburgh Park gets its name from the property "Roxburgh", which was named by local farmer Thomas Brunton in about 1885, after his house in Scotland. Prior to the construction of Roxburgh Park, the area was the subject of a design by architect Philip Treeby for a garden suburb called "Hopetoun" in 1889. Plans for the suburb included parks, schools, tennis courts and shops. The early 1890s economic depression prevented the construction of this design. In January 1951 the Moonee Valley Racing Club bought the "Roxburgh Park ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Members Of The Victorian Legislative Assembly
{{{Use dmy dates, date=June 2015 {{Use Australian English, date=June 2015 The following are lists of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly: * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856–1859 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1859–1861 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1861–1864 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1864–1865 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1866–1867 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1868–1871 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1871–1874 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1874–1877 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1877–1880 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1880–1880 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1880–1883 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1883–1886 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1886–1889 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliaments Of The Australian States And Territories
The Parliaments of the Australian states and territories are legislative bodies within the federal framework of the Commonwealth of Australia. All the parliaments are based on the Westminster system, and each is regulated by its own constitution. Queensland and the two territories have unicameral parliaments, with the single house being called Legislative Assembly. The other states have a bicameral parliament, with a lower house called the Legislative Assembly (New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia) or House of Assembly (South Australia and Tasmania), and an upper house called the Legislative Council. Unlike the Parliament of Australia Section 44 of the Constitution of Australia which prevents persons with dual citizenship to be in Parliament, In state Parliaments they have no laws preventing dual citizenship. Background Before the formation of the Commonwealth in 1901, the six Australian colonies were self-governing colonies, with parliaments which had come into e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Victorian State Election
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Liz Beattie
Elizabeth Jean Beattie is a former Australian politician. She was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2014. She represented the electorate of Yuroke from 2002; she previously represented the abolished electorate of Tullamarine. She was the Parliamentary Secretary assisting the Premier on Multicultural Affairs and Veteran Affairs in the Brumby Labor Government. Beattie was born in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond. Prior to entering politics, she worked as an office manager for the Australian Services Union from 1994 to 1996, and as a building manager at Melbourne Trades Hall from 1996 until her election to parliament in 1999. She was also involved in her party's local branches, serving as president of the Labor branch in Sunbury from 1993 to 1998. Beattie was preselected as the Labor candidate for Tullamarine for the 1999 state election, opposing outspoken conservative Bernie Finn. Finn had won the seat, in a traditionally Labor area, in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Greenvale
The electoral district of Greenvale is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was created in the redistribution of electoral boundaries in 2021, and came into effect at the 2022 Victorian state election. It covers an area in the north western suburbs of Melbourne that was previously covered by the districts of Yuroke and Broadmeadows. It includes the suburbs of Roxburgh Park, Somerton, Greenvale, Meadow Heights, Attwood, and parts of Westmeadows and Craigieburn. Members for Greenvale Election results See also *Parliaments of the Australian states and territories *List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly {{{Use dmy dates, date=June 2015 {{Use Australian English, date=June 2015 The following are lists of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly: * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856–1859 * Members of the Victorian Legislative ... References Greenvale, Electoral district of 2022 establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Kalkallo
The Electoral district of Kalkallo is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was created in the redistribution of electoral boundaries in 2021, and will come into effect at the 2022 Victorian state election. It covers an area in the north western suburbs of Melbourne and outlying northern towns that was previously covered by the districts of Yuroke and Yan Yean. It includes the suburbs of Craigieburn, Mickleham, Kalkallo, and the towns of Beveridge and Wallan. Members for Kalkallo Election results See also *Parliaments of the Australian states and territories *List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly {{{Use dmy dates, date=June 2015 {{Use Australian English, date=June 2015 The following are lists of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly: * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856–1859 * Members of the Victorian Legislative ... References Kalkallo, Electoral district of 2022 establishment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westmeadows, Victoria
Westmeadows is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Hume local government area. Westmeadows recorded a population of 6,502 at the . Mainly a residential suburb, Westmeadows includes the areas east and west of Mickleham Road. It borders include Yuroke Creek between Johnstone Street and Barry Road (the eastern limit), the border with Attwood (the water pipes path parallel to Toora Drive and Linga and Kenny Streets) as well as the Moonee Ponds Creek east of Mickleham Road (the northern limits) and just before the Cleanaway Landfill (the western limit). The area north of residential Westmeadows (still part of Westmeadows) contains the east–west flight path for the Melbourne Airport, Tullamarine. The land under the flight path has been kept undeveloped and is the Broadmeadows Valley Park. It contains two streams which flow into the Moonee Ponds Creek. History The Broadmeadows area, home to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somerton, Victoria
Somerton is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Hume local government area. Somerton recorded a population of 6 at the 2021 census. Somerton is predominantly an industrial and business suburb, and has a number of industrial parks, including the Austrak Business Park, Somerton Logistics Centre and the Northgate Distribution Centre. It is bounded by Patullos Lane in the north, the Merri Creek in the east, Somerton Road/Cooper Street in the south and the Craigieburn/ North East railway lines in the west. History The origin of Somerton's name is unclear, however records from 1847 show a "Summerton Inn". It may have also been named after Somers Town in London, England. Somerton Post Office first opened on 1 January 1854 and closed in 1864. It reopened in 1892, some time after the railway line opened and again closed in 1966. In 1994, the Somerton Business and Delivery Centre opened. Transport B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuroke, Victoria
Yuroke is a bounded rural locality in Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Hume local government area. Yuroke recorded a population of 123 at the . Yuroke is located adjacent to the Melbourne Metropolitan Area, beyond the Urban Growth Boundary. It is located between Mickleham and Greenvale, on Mickleham Road. History Yuroke gets its name from an Indigenous word, "Eurok Iguana", the meaning of which remains unclear. Yuroke Post Office opened around 1902 and closed in 1975. Yuroke was the filming location for Melbourne band Painters & Dockers' single '' Nude School''. See also * Shire of Bulla The Shire of Bulla was a local government area about northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1862 until 1994. History The Bulla Road District was created on 16 Septe ... – Yuroke was previously within this former local government a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
