By CASEY NEILL
THE Lyndhurst electorate will be no more under proposed changes to state electoral boundaries.
Victoria’s Electoral Boundaries Commission (EBC) on 27 June released recommendations to even out the number of voters in each seat.
The EBC’s role is to make sure each Victorian electorate has about the same number of voters to ensure equal representation in the State Parliament.
A by-election in April saw Martin Pakula elected the Lyndhurst representative following Tim Holding’s resignation in February.
But the electorate will no longer exist at the next election according to the EBC recommendations.
Lyndhurst includes a residential area in the north west (Keysborough and parts of Noble Park, Springvale and Springvale South), a residential pocket in the south east (Lyndhurst, Lynbrook and Hampton Park), and virtually empty green wedge and industrial land in between.
The report said the electorate should be divided among neighbouring districts and a new Keysborough district.
The Cranbourne district is set to take in Lyndhurst and Lynbrook, and Narre Warren South would take in Hampton Park.
The Dandenong district would expand south to Bangholme Road to include the Dandenong South industrial area, and Carrum would expand north to meet it.
The Mordialloc district would include the triangle of Bangholme between Pillars Road and the Patterson River.
The new Keysborough district would be centred on the suburb of Keysborough, cross Springvale Road to take Dingley Village, Braeside and Waterways from Mordialloc, and take the area between Chandler Road and Eastlink from Dandenong.
All 88 Legislative Assembly (lower house) seats and eight Legislative Council (upper house) regions are included in the review.
Visit ebc.vic.gov.au to view the proposed changes, make a suggestion or lodge an objection by 29 July.
The EBC will announce the final boundaries in early October and they’ll apply to next year’s State Election.
