The electoral district of Yan Yean is an electoral district of the
Victorian Legislative Assembly
The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria in Australia; the upper house being the Victorian Legislative Council. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne.
The presiding ...
.
[
] It is located on the fringes of
Melbourne's northern
suburbs
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and contains the towns of
Hurstbridge,
Plenty,
Whittlesea and
Yan Yean
Yan Yean is a locality in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 34 km north-east of Melbourne's central business district, located within the City of Whittlesea and Shire of Nillumbik local government areas. Yan Yean recorded a population of 246 ...
.
Yan Yean was created for the
1992 election and has always been held by
Labor, although usually marginally. The seat became notionally
Liberal
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** Liberalism by country
* an adherent of a Liberal Party
* Liberalism (international relations)
* Sexually liberal feminism
* Social liberalism
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after the
Craigieburn end of the electorate was removed due to population growth in a redistribution prior to the
2002 election, leading to
Andre Haermeyer's decision to contest
Kororoit instead. Nevertheless, Labor's
Danielle Green
Danielle Louise Green (born 19 September 1963) is a former Australian politician, who served as the member for Yan Yean in the Victorian Legislative Assembly until 2022. She represented the Labor Party
Before entering Parliament, she had comp ...
easily won the seat, winning with a margin of 9.5%.
Members for Yan Yean
Election results
See also
*
Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
*
List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
References
External links
Electorate profile: Yan Yean District, Victorian Electoral Commission
1992 establishments in Australia
Electoral districts of Victoria (Australia)
City of Whittlesea
Shire of Mitchell
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