Division of Jagajaga

Jagajaga Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Jagajaga in Victoria, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created	1984
MP	Jenny Macklin
Party	Labor
Namesake	Three Wurundjeri Aborigines
Electors	103,112 (2016)
Area	128 km^2 (49.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Jagajaga is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It is located in the north-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, and lies north of the Yarra River. It covers an area of approximately 128 square kilometres and comprises the suburbs of Ivanhoe, Eaglemont, Bellfield, Heidelberg, Rosanna, Viewbank, Lower Plenty, Macleod, Yallambie, Eltham, Watsonia, Bundoora, Greensborough, Montmorency, Briar Hill, St Helena, Research, North Warrandyte and Kangaroo Ground.

The area is predominantly residential and light industrial, and includes the Australian Army's Simpson Barracks, the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, the Mercy Hospital for Women and the Austin Hospital. The Olympic Village in Heidelberg West housed the thousands of athletes who participated in the 1956 Olympic Games.

The area is closely associated with the Heidelberg School art movement of the late 19th century, and in 1915 architect Walter Burley Griffin was commissioned to design a residential subdivision in the area. Griffin became a resident and designed numerous houses in the area. The renowned Montsalvat artists' colony is also located within the Division.

Most of the City of Banyule and parts of the Shire of Nillumbik local government areas are contained within the Division's boundaries. Four Victorian Parliamentary Districts (Legislative Assembly) are represented in the Division, namely Ivanhoe, Eltham, Bundoora and Yan Yean. The Legislative Council Regions of Northern Metropolitan and Eastern Metropolitan are also represented.

The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 14 September 1984, and was first contested at the 1984 election. It was named after three Wurundjeri Aboriginal Australian men who supposedly made the Batman Treaty with the party of early colonial settler and one of the founders of Melbourne, John Batman in 1835.

The current member for Jagajaga since the 1996 election is Jenny Macklin, the former Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Peter Staples	Labor	1984–1996
	Jenny Macklin	Labor	1996–present

Election results

Australian federal election, 2016: Jagajaga^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	David Mulholland	37,920	41.03	−0.91
	Labor	Jenny Macklin	36,238	39.21	+1.21
	Greens	Hugh McKinnon	13,696	14.82	+1.87
	Family First	Jessica Ward	2,341	2.53	+0.90
	Animal Justice	Nathan Schram	2,235	2.42	+2.42
Total formal votes			92,430	97.29	+1.02
Informal votes			2,572	2.71	−1.02
Turnout			95,002	92.13	−1.89
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jenny Macklin	50,536	54.67	+1.54
	Liberal	David Mulholland	41,894	45.33	−1.54
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.54

References

1. Jagajaga, VIC, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

External links

• Division of Jagajaga - Australian Electoral Commission

Coordinates: 37°43′44″S 145°07′01″E / 37.729°S 145.117°E