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La Trobe

La Trobe is a federal electorate in Victoria, held by Jason Wood of the Liberal Party since the 2025 election, by a margin of 2.06 points — a marginal seat.

Member for La Trobe

Jason Wood

Liberal

Their voting record and expenses →

The 2025 result

Final two candidates after preferences were distributed, from the election held 3 May 2025.

  • Jason WOODLiberal52.06%53,944 votes
  • Jeff SPRINGFIELDAustralian Labor Party47.94%49,674 votes
Margin
2.06%
Marginal
Two-party-preferred swing
+6.37%
to Australian Labor Party
Turnout
92.97%
115,425 enrolled

First preferences in 2025

How the seat voted before preferences were distributed. The Coalition is counted as one figure across its four registrations, and the Greens across both of theirs — in Victoria they contest as GVIC and elsewhere as GRN, which read as two separate minor parties if left unmerged.

  • Coalition39.1%
  • Labor32.1%
  • Greens12.9%
  • Minor parties8.1%
  • One Nation7.7%

Suburbs in La Trobe

46 suburbs and localities have residents in this electorate. 10of them also have residents in another one — the percentage is the share of that area’s Census population living here.

  • Pakenham
  • Clyde North 80%
  • Officer
  • Berwick 34%
  • Beaconsfield (Vic.) 88%
  • Emerald (Vic.) 94%
  • Cockatoo (Vic.)
  • Koo Wee Rup
  • Bunyip
  • Beaconsfield Upper
  • Gembrook
  • Lang Lang 98%
  • Garfield
  • Pakenham Upper
  • Officer South
  • Nar Nar Goon
  • Nar Nar Goon North
  • Maryknoll
  • Tynong
  • Bayles
  • Tynong North
  • Guys Hill
  • Cardinia
  • Catani
  • Yannathan
  • Garfield North
  • Iona
  • Tonimbuk
  • Pakenham South
  • Cora Lynn
  • Caldermeade
  • Mount Burnett
  • Dewhurst
  • Dalmore
  • Heath Hill 57%
  • Bunyip North
  • Lang Lang East
  • Monomeith
  • Modella 38%
  • Longwarry 2%
  • Nyora (Vic.) 4%
  • Nangana
  • Koo Wee Rup North
  • Vervale
  • Rythdale
  • Tooradin 1%

Postcodes in La Trobe

18 postcodes have residents in this electorate. 9of them also have residents in another one — the percentage is the share of that area’s Census population living here.

  • 3810
  • 3978 59%
  • 3809
  • 3806 34%
  • 3807 88%
  • 3782 70%
  • 3981 99%
  • 3781
  • 3815
  • 3808
  • 3984 39%
  • 3814
  • 3783
  • 3812
  • 3813
  • 3816 4%
  • 3987 4%
  • 3980 1%

Where this comes from

  • Results, margins and turnout are the AEC’s published 2025figures. The margin is derived — the winner’s two-candidate-preferred share minus 50 — and the seat status is the AEC’s own classification.
  • Suburbs and postcodes come from 2021 Census mesh blocks matched to CED_2025 boundaries, weighted by resident population rather than by area — otherwise a large, largely uninhabited postcode is assigned to whichever division holds the most empty land.
  • These are an approximation of the AEC’s legal boundaries, so close to a boundary they can differ. To confirm where you are enrolled, check the AEC.

Australian Statistical Geography Standard Edition 3 allocation files and 2021 Census Mesh Block Counts, © Australian Bureau of Statistics.