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House of Representatives Updated: Thursday, 26 September 2013 04:11:47 PM

VIC DIVISION - JAGAJAGA

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Division Profile
Division Name JAGAJAGA
State Victoria
Elected Member Macklin, J (ALP) 1996-
Name Derivation Named after three principal Aboriginal elders who signed a treaty with John Batman in 1835 which intented to give the white settlers 500 000 acres of land at the north west end of Port Phillip Bay and 100 000 acres around Geelong.
First Proclaimed / Election 1984
Area 128 sq. kms
Demographic Inner Metropolitan
Pre-Election Seat Status Safe
Seat Status Marginal
Enrolment 101,205
Turnout 94.02%
Informal 3.73%
Location The Division of Jagajaga is located in Melbourne's north-eastern suburbs. It covers an area of approximately 128 sq km from Ivanhoe in the south to Kangaroo Ground in the north-east. The main suburbs include Bellfield, Briar Hill, Bundoora (part), Eaglemont, Eltham, Greensborough (part), Heidelberg, Heidelberg West, Ivanhoe, Kangaroo Ground, Macleod (part), Montmorency, Research, Rosanna, St Helena, Viewbank, North Warrandyte, Watsonia and Yallambie.
Products and Industry This is a commercial and light industrial area which contains Simpson Army Barracks and Austin Hospital.

Members
Macklin, J (ALP) 1996-
Staples, P R (ALP) 1984-1996

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