More than 24,000 Craigieburn residents will vote in a different electorate at the next federal election under proposed changes to seat boundaries.
Craigieburn is presently represented by two federal electorates, with residents south of Craigieburn Road residing in the Calwell electorate, while those living to the north are in McEwen. But, under proposed changes to electoral boundaries, all of Craigieburn will be located in Calwell, which is represented by Labor MP Maria Vamvakinou.
The changes, released by the Australian Electoral Commission’s redistribution committee, would see 25,000 voters from Craigieburn, Mickleham, Greenvale and Bulla move to Calwell. The electorate will take in all of Hume, with the exception of Sunbury.
It is also proposed to make McEwen smaller, with voters in Epping, South Morang and part of Mernda to be transferred to the Scullin electorate.
Mernda voters living north of Bridge Inn Road and east of Plenty River will remain in McEwen, as will voters in Whittlesea and Doreen.
McEwen is currently represented by Labor MP Rob Mitchell.
“The proposed division of McEwen loses some, but not all, of its urban fringes and remains an electoral division which serves as an interface between greater Melbourne and the provincial and rural electoral divisions to the north,” the committee said.
Scullin, represented by Labor’s Andrew Giles, will be redistributed to take in the southern portion of the City of Whittlesea, uniting Thomastown in one electorate. Currently, part of the suburb is located in the Batman electorate.
Victoria’s electoral boundaries are being redistributed to allow the creation of a new electorate in the western suburbs and to ensure voters are evenly distributed among electorates.
Voters can object to the proposed changes until Friday, May 4. Details: aec.gov.au
