New electorates this November

With the state election coming up on Saturday 26 November, the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) is reminding Victorians of some new electoral boundaries – including one that affects Moorabool.

Around 21 per cent of voters will be affected by changes to the electoral districts at the 2022 state election, which are the result of a state redivision conducted in 2021 by the Electoral Boundaries Commission (EBC).

The main change impacting Moorabool is the creation of the District of Eureka – the seat replaces the District of Buninyong and includes most of Moorabool Shire, including Ballan and Bacchus Marsh, Golden Plains Shire, as well as parts of east Ballarat.

It will not include Coimadai, Blackwood, Dales Creek, or Korweinguboora, which remain in the District of Macedon.

The 2021 redivision was the first redivision of both Houses of the Victorian Parliament since 2013.

“The VEC has updated the register of electors with the new district and region boundary changes,” Electoral Commissioner Warwick Gately AM said.

“Voters are now able to check whether their electorates are changing using ‘Check my enrolment’ on the VEC website, at vec.vic.gov.au/enrolment/check-my-enrolment.”

The changes to Victoria’s state electorates will officially come into effect when the writs for the election are issued on Tuesday 1 November.

You can compare the new and existing boundaries on the EBC’s interactive map at maps.ebc.vic.gov.au.