Electoral district of Bundoora

Bundoora is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It is a 28km² electorate located in northern Melbourne, encompassing the suburbs of Watsonia and Yallambie and parts of Bundoora, Greensborough, Macleod and Rosanna. It also includes the central campus of La Trobe University and the Simpson Barracks. The electorate had a population of 51,432 as of the 2006 census, with 35,488 enrolled electors at the 2010 state election.

Bundoora has been a seat for the Labor Party since its inception in 1976. It was won at the election that year by John Cain Jr., son of former Premier John Cain Sr., who rapidly rose through the parliamentary ranks to become Labor leader in 1981 and Premier himself in 1982. Cain was comfortably re-elected throughout the 1980s, and retired in 1992 after handing over the premiership to Joan Kirner. He was succeeded at the 1992 election by Sherryl Garbutt, formerly the member for the abolished neighbouring electorate of Greensborough. Garbutt served as a minister in the Bracks government from 1999 until her retirement at the 2006 election. Justin Madden, a state minister based in the Legislative Council, was initially preselected as her replacement, but a last minute factional deal saw Banyule City Council member Colin Brooks confirmed as the Labor candidate instead. Brooks was elected in 2006 with 65.1 per cent of the two-party preferred vote and re-elected in 2010 with 57.6 per cent.

Members for Bundoora

Election results

See also

• Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
• List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

External links

• Electorate profile: Bundoora District, Victorian Electoral Commission