When residents in Wyndham head to a polling booth on Saturday, May 21 to elect the next government, they will weigh up a number of candidates and local issues.
The City of Wyndham sits mainly in the electoral division of Lalor, which encompasses Werribee, Hoppers Crossing, Manor Lakes, Wyndham Vale, Mambourin and Cororoc.
Remaining suburbs share boundaries with neighbouring electorates.
Point Cook, Williams Landing, Laverton and Truganina crossover with the division of Gellibrand. People living in Little River intersect with the division of Corio and parts of Mount Cottrell and Truganina are in the electorate of Gorton.
Labor’s Joanne Ryan has represented Lalor since 2013 and, in the 2019 federal election, Ms Ryan drew a two party preferred result of 62.41 per cent.
Despite a 1.78 per cent swing towards the Liberal party at the last election, Lalor is considered a safe Labor seat as it has been held by the party for all except three years since its inception.
There are currently eight candidates running against Ms Ryan.
Ravi Gaddipati is representing the Liberal party, IT support officer Jack Boddeke is running for The Greens, United Australia Party has put forward Juanita Coral Paterson and Aijaz Mounuddin will stand as an independent candidate. Peter Malliaros, Patrizia Barcatta and Claudio Uribe will run on behalf of the Australian Federation party, Liberal Democratic party and the Victorian Socialists respectively.
Both Gorton, held by Brendan O’Connor and Gellibrand, represented by Tim Watts, are also considered safe Labor seats.
Residents who are unable to get to a polling place on election day can apply for a postal vote to ensure their vote is counted.
Information about early voting locations or local polling day booths can be found on the Australian Electoral College website.
Details: www.aec.gov.au/election/voting.htm#start
