The electoral district of Ivanhoe is an electoral district of the

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. It is located in the north-eastern suburbs of

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and includes the suburbs of

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, Ivanhoe, Rosanna and

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. Formed in 1945 the seat had usually been fairly safe for the

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having only been won by

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at its 1952 and 1982 landslides before the 1990s. However a redistribution prior to the 1992 election made the seat notionally Labor. Liberal candidate

Vin Heffernan Vincent Patrick "Vin" Heffernan (24 December 1935 – 15 November 2002) was an Australian politician. He was born in Ivanhoe to William Francis Heffernan and Mary Ninoe, ''née'' Downing. He attended St Thomas Christian Brothers College in ...

was able to win at that election, only to be one of just three sitting Liberals defeated at the 1996 election. Labor's

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held the seat comfortably until he resigned from the parliament on 25 August 2010, citing family and personal reasons, as well as "disloyalty and betrayal" from several of his colleagues. Langdon had failed to gain pre-selection for the 2010 state election, and there was speculation that his early resignation would trigger a by-election in Ivanhoe. In fact, on 13 September a by-election writ was issued, but the next day House Speaker

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announced that she would discharge the writ citing significant expense to hold a by-election three weeks before the full state election.Speaker decides against Ivanhoe by-election
''ABC News'', 14 September 2010.

Members for Ivanhoe

Election results

References

External links

Electorate profile: Ivanhoe District, Victorian Electoral Commission
Electoral districts of Victoria (Australia) 1945 establishments in Australia City of Banyule Electoral districts and divisions of Greater Melbourne {{VictoriaAU-gov-stub