By Alesha Capone
Residents living in Point Cook, Truganina and Williams Landing may find themselves living in a different federal electorate in the near future.
The Redistribution Committee for Victoria released a document outlining its proposed changes to federal electorate divisions on Friday.
The redistribution was undertaken due to the estimated population growth within some electorates before January 2025, which required rebalancing under the Electoral Act.
The Redistribution Committee has proposed the Lalor electorate gains Williams Landing from the Gellibrand electorate.
Point Cook east of Hacketts Road (currently in the division of Lalor) and Truganina would be transferred to Gellibrand.
“The Redistribution Committee considered the Hacketts Road boundary as a sensible extension of the existing boundary through Point Cook,” the proposal stated.
Altering the boundary between the two electorates would result in Lalor gaining 4824 voters from Gellibrand.
Gellibrand, in turn, would gain 21,025 voters from Lalor.
Lalor is presently represented by Labor MP Joanne Ryan and Gellibrand by Labor MP, Tim Watts.
An augmented Electoral Commission will be established to consider any objections to the Redistribution Committee’s proposals and make the final determination of the names and boundaries of national electoral divisions, in each state and territory. The commission’s final report will be tabled in Parliament.
Members of the public have been invited to submit written objections to the proposed redistribution of Victoria’s electorates by 6pm on Friday, April 16.
Details: www.aec.gov.au
