NEW proposed boundaries for state electorates have been released by Victoria’s Electoral Boundaries Commission.
The electoral boundary for Mordialloc is set to change, providing a boost to the Labor party whose margin may slightly increase.
The EBC has proposed to abolish the Keysborough seat currently held by Labor minister Martin Pakula. Its voters will be redistributed to surrounding electorates in Dandenong, Clarinda, Mulgrave, and Mordialloc.
A report prepared by the EBC on the proposal read that Mordialloc will “be expanded east to gain about 10,000 electors in Braeside, Waterways and most of the Keysborough locality, offsetting its losses to Clarinda District in the north. This would greatly improve the shape of Mordialloc District, while also bringing in the relatively isolated Waterways locality where community links are potentially strongest. Importantly, the communities facing Port Phillip Bay would be maintained.”
The boundaries of the Carrum electorate may also change slightly. It is proposed that it gains nearly 5000 electors by encompassing the remaining share of Lyndhurst from the Cranbourne district.
The proposed changes, if they proceed, will come into effect at the 2022 state election.
Electoral Commissioner Warwick Gately said “the EBC in December 2020 invited submissions from the public, and received 58 submissions – five from political parties, 15 from organisations and community groups and 38 from individuals. Anyone interested in providing comment on the proposed boundaries should lodge a written submission before 5pm Friday 30 July 2021.”
To see the proposed boundaries and make a submission visit ebc.vic.gov.au
Final boundaries are expected to be known by October.
First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 7 July 2021