The Electoral district of Lyndhurst was an electorate of the
Victorian Legislative Assembly
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The presiding ...
. It was located in the south eastern
suburb
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s of
Melbourne
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. Included within its boundaries were
Bangholme
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Located adjac ...
and
Lyndhurst and parts of other surrounding suburbs, such as
Noble Park
Noble Park is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Greater Dandenong local government area. Noble Park recorded a population of 32,257 at the . ...
and
Springvale.
The seat was created at the
2002 election, replacing the
district of Springvale. At that election it recorded the second biggest swing to
Labor
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in the state, extending Labor's margin in the electorate to around 25%.
On 15 February 2013 the sitting member
Tim Holding
Timothy James Holding (born 21 August 1972) is a former Australian politician. He was a Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch), Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2013. He served as minister for water; mini ...
resigned, the resulting
Lyndhurst by-election on 27 April saw
Martin Pakula
Martin Philip Pakula (born 7 January 1969) is a former Australian politician. He has been a Labor Party member of the Parliament of Victoria since 2006: in the Legislative Council for Western Metropolitan Region from 2006 to 2010, and then in ...
retain the seat for Labor. The seat was abolished prior to the
2014 election and largely replaced by
Keysborough
Keysborough is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 27 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Greater Dandenong local government area. Keysborough recorded a population of 30,018 at the .
...
.
Members for Lyndhurst
Election results
See also
*
Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
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All the parliaments are based on the Westminster system, and each is regulated by its own constitut ...
*
Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly {{{Use dmy dates, date=June 2015
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The following are lists of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly:
* Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856–1859
* Members of the Victorian Legislative ...
External links
Electorate profile: Lyndhurst, Victorian Electoral Commission
2002 establishments in Australia
2014 disestablishments in Australia
Former electoral districts of Victoria (state)
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