Electoral district of Yan Yean

The electoral district of Yan Yean is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.[1] It is located on the fringes of Melbourne's northern suburbs and contains the towns of Hurstbridge, Plenty, Whittlesea and Yan Yean.

Yan Yean
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Location of Yan Yean (dark green) in Victoria
StateVictoria
Created1992
MPLauren Kathage
PartyLabor Party
NamesakeYan Yean, Victoria
Electors58,159 (2018)
Area611 km2 (235.9 sq mi)
DemographicOuter metropolitan
Electorates around Yan Yean:
Euroa Euroa Eildon
Kalkallo Yan Yean Eildon
Kalkallo Thomastown
Mill Park
Bundoora
Eltham

Yan Yean was created for the 1992 election and has always been held by Labor, although usually marginally. The seat became notionally Liberal after the Craigieburn end of the electorate was removed due to population growth in a redistribution prior to the 2002 election, leading to Andre Haermeyer's decision to contest Kororoit instead. Nevertheless, Labor's Danielle Green easily won the seat, winning with a margin of 9.5% over her Liberal opponent, future party leader Matthew Guy.

Green held on to the seat in 2006 and 2010, however with swings against her. After another redistribution ahead of the 2014 election made the seat notionally Liberal again, Green managed a swing to her this time and was reelected. In 2018, she was reelected to a fifth term in parliament with a 13-point swing in her favor on the 2PP. She retired at the 2022 election however, and Labor kept her seat with the election of Lauren Kathage, a community worker. The 2018 swing to Labor was in large part erased in 2022.

Members for Yan Yean

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Image Member Party Term Notes
    Andre Haermeyer Labor 3 October 1992
30 November 2002
Moved to district of Kororoit
    Danielle Green Labor 30 November 2002
26 November 2022
Retired
    Lauren Kathage Labor 26 November 2022
present
Incumbent

Election results

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2022 Victorian state election: Yan Yean[2][3][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Lauren Kathage 16,328 41.4 −14.5
Liberal Richard Welch 13,361 33.9 +6.2
Greens Samantha Mason 2,537 6.4 +1.1
Democratic Labour Jack Wooldridge 2,028 5.1 +1.6
Family First James Hall 1,284 3.3 +3.3
Animal Justice Ruth Parramore 1,043 2.7 +2.4
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Alexandar Krstic 1,024 2.6 −1.1
Freedom Con Bouroutzis 1,021 2.6 +2.6
Justice Mandy Anne Grimley 793 2.0 +2.0
Total formal votes 39,415 94.1 +1.4
Informal votes 2,475 5.9 −1.4
Turnout 41,890 88.5 +8.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Lauren Kathage 21,390 54.3 −12.7
Liberal Richard Welch 18,025 45.7 +12.7
Labor hold Swing −12.7

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  2. ^ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  3. ^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  4. ^ Yan Yean District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  5. ^ Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.
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