Electoral district of Kororoit

Kororoit
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Kororoit (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created2002
MPLuba Grigorovitch
PartyLabor
NamesakeKororoit Creek
Electors51,161 (2018)
Area124 km2 (47.9 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan

The electoral district of Kororoit is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly covering Aintree, Albanvale, Burnside, Burnside Heights, Caroline Springs, Kings Park, Ravenhall, and Rockbank as well as some parts of Deer Park and Derrimut in the western suburbs of Melbourne.[1][2] The district's namesake is the Kororoit Creek. Often considered to be a very safe Labor seat, the seat has been won by Labor in every election since its creation in 2002.[3]

History

The seat was created prior to the 2002 election during a redistribution of Victoria's electorate boundaries in 2001.[4] The seat consisted of electors from the districts of Keilor, Melton, and Sunshine.[5] The same redistribution turned Labor Party powerbroker and cabinet minister Andre Haermeyer's seat of Yan Yean into a marginal Liberal seat, which led to Haermeyer deciding to contest Kororoit.[6][3] He won the seat with a margin of 27.1% making it the fourth-safest Labor seat in the state.[7][8] Haermeyer retained the seat in the 2006 election.[9]

On 2 June 2008, Haermeyer retired, prompting a by-election for the seat of Kororoit.[10] Labor candidate Marlene Kairouz won the seat, with 59.4% of the two-party preferred vote, compared to 40.6% for independent candidate Les Twentyman.[11] Before the by-election, Labor held Kororoit by a 26% margin.[12] Kairouz retained the seat in the 2010, 2014, and 2018 elections.[13][14][15]

During a redistribution of Victoria's electoral boundaries in 2013, Kororoit's boundaries were expanded to cover part of the abolished electoral district of Derrimut, as well as part of the electoral district of Melton.[16] Kororoit also lost part of the suburb of St Albans to the new electoral district of the same name.[17]

As of 2022, the seat is held by Luba Grigorovitch, who was elected at the 2022 Victorian state election following the retirement of Marlene Kairouz.[18] Kairouz was not pre-selected for the 2022 election due to her connections with Adem Somyurek, who was allegedly involved in branch stacking.[19] During the redistribution that preceded the election, Kororoit lost Cairnlea to the district of St Albans, as well as Thornhill Park to the district of Melton.[18]

Members for Kororoit

Member Party Term
  Andre Haermeyer Labor 2002–2008
  Marlene Kairouz Labor 2008–2022
  Luba Grigorovitch Labor 2022–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Kororoit
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Kororoit.[edit]
2022 Victorian state election: Kororoit[20][21][22][23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Luba Grigorovitch 17,468 43.3 −20.1
Liberal John Fletcher 9,801 24.3 +3.5
Victorian Socialists Belle Gibson 2,768 6.9 +6.9
Greens Ben Chester 2,650 6.6 −1.7
Democratic Labour Zuzanna Brown 2,517 6.2 +6.2
Family First Melanie Milutinovic 2,326 5.8 +5.8
Animal Justice Katherine Divita 1,242 3.1 −4.5
Independent Joh Bauch 978 2.4 +2.4
New Democrats Jaz Chandok 623 1.5 +1.5
Total formal votes 40,373 91.6 –1.2
Informal votes 3,683 8.4 +1.2
Turnout 44,056 86.3 +3.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Luba Grigorovitch 26,047 64.5 −10.8
Liberal John Fletcher 14,326 35.5 +10.8
Labor hold Swing −10.8

References

  1. ^ "Kororoit District". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Kororoit District map" (PDF). Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Kororoit - VIC Electorate, Candidates, Results". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 26 November 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Electoral Boundaries Redivision 2001 - Electoral Boundaries Commission". Electoral Boundaries Commission. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Electoral District of Kororoit Map" (PDF). Electoral Boundaries Commission. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Kororoit – Victoria 2022". The Tally Room. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Elections" (PDF). Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 17 June 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  8. ^ Lucas, Clay (6 March 2022). "Luba Grigorovitch departs for political career, leaving a brawl behind". The Age. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  9. ^ "2006 State election results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  10. ^ "Former police minister retires". ABC News. 2 June 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  11. ^ "Labor wins Kororoit by-election". ABC News. 28 June 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  12. ^ "Labor retains Kororoit". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 June 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  13. ^ "2010 State election results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  14. ^ "2014 State election results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  15. ^ "2018 State election results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  16. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  17. ^ "Kororoit – Victoria 2014". The Tally Room. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  18. ^ a b "Kororoit - VIC Electorate, Candidates, Results". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 26 November 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  19. ^ "Departing MPs - VIC Election 2022". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  20. ^ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  21. ^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  22. ^ Kororoit District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  23. ^ Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.


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