The electoral district of Yuroke was 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 was situated in the outer northern suburbs of
Melbourne
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and was created in a redistribution before the
2002 state election, replacing the former electorate of
Tullamarine
Tullamarine is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities of Brimbank, Hume and Merri-bek local government areas. Tullamarine recorded a population of 6,733 at t ...
.
Included within its boundaries were
Attwood,
Craigieburn,
Greenvale,
Kalkallo
Kalkallo is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Hume local government area. Kalkallo recorded a population of 5,548 at the 2021 census.
Located on the Hume Fr ...
,
Mickleham and
Yuroke
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 ...
, as well as parts of
Roxburgh Park
Roxburgh Park is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's Melbourne city centre, Central Business District, located within the City of Hume Local government areas of Victoria, local government area ...
,
Somerton Somerton may refer to:
Places Australia
* Somerton, New South Wales
* Somerton Park, South Australia, a seaside Adelaide suburb
** Somerton Man, unsolved case of an unidentified man found dead in 1948 on the Somerton Park beach
* Somerton, Victoria ...
, and
Westmeadows
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 sub ...
.
It was considered to be a very safe
Labor Party seat.
The seat was abolished by the Electoral Boundaries Commission ahead of the 2022 election and replaced by the electoral districts of
Kalkallo
Kalkallo is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Hume local government area. Kalkallo recorded a population of 5,548 at the 2021 census.
Located on the Hume Fr ...
and
Greenvale.
Members for Yuroke
Election results
See also
*
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 constitut ...
*
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
External links
Electorate profile: Yuroke District, Victorian Electoral Commission
2002 establishments in Australia
Former electoral districts of Victoria (Australia)
2022 disestablishments in Australia
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