Electoral district of Yuroke

The electoral district of Yuroke was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was situated in the outer northern suburbs of Melbourne and was created in a redistribution before the 2002 state election, replacing the former electorate of Tullamarine.

Yuroke Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Yuroke (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Created	2002
Abolished	2022
MP	Ros Spence
Party	Labor Party
Electors	58,068 (2018)
Area	180 km2 (69.5 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer metropolitan

Included within its boundaries were Attwood, Craigieburn, Greenvale, Kalkallo, Mickleham and Yuroke, as well as parts of Roxburgh Park, Somerton, and Westmeadows.

It was considered to be a very safe Labor Party seat.

The seat was abolished by the Electoral Boundaries Commission ahead of the 2022 election and replaced by the electoral districts of Kalkallo and Greenvale.^[1]

Members for Yuroke

Member		Party	Term
	Liz Beattie	Labor	2002–2014
	Ros Spence	Labor	2014–2022

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Yuroke

2018 Victorian state election: Yuroke^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ros Spence	28,519	59.42	+5.33
	Liberal	Jim Overend	12,692	26.44	+2.83
	Greens	Louise Sampson	3,070	6.40	+0.38
	Independent	Golda Zogheib	2,102	4.38	+4.38
	Victorian Socialists	Emma Dook	1,612	3.36	+3.36
Total formal votes			47,995	93.11	−0.39
Informal votes			3,549	6.89	+0.39
Turnout			51,544	88.76	−3.68
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ros Spence	33,730	70.26	+1.74
	Liberal	Jim Overend	14,278	29.74	−1.74
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.74

See also

• Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
• List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly