The Electoral district of Brunswick is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

Victorian Legislative Assembly

The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the Parliament of Victoria in Australia. Together with the Victorian Legislative Council, the upper house, it sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Melbourne.-History:...

. It is located in the northern suburbs of Melbourne and is based around the suburb of Brunswick

Brunswick, Victoria

Brunswick is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moreland...

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The seat has had three periods of existence. The seat was first formed in 1904 and abolished in 1955 before being reestablished in 1976. It was abolished again in 1992 only to be reestablished again in 2002. It has always been held by the Australian Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...

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On 3 June 2009 Carlo Carli

Carlo Carli

Carlo Carli is an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1994 to 2010, representing the electorate of Brunswick. He is chair of the Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee of the Victorian Parliament.-Early life:Carlo was born...

 announced his intention to retire at the end of his term in November 2010. City of Yarra

City of Yarra

The City of Yarra is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located in the inner eastern and northern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 19.5 square kilometres, and at the 2006 census it had a population of 69,330...

 Councillor Jane Garrett was successful in retaining the seat for Labor at the 2010 election.

Members for Brunswick

First incarnation (1904–1955)
Member		Party	Term
	Frank Anstey Frank Anstey Frank Anstey , Australian politician, served 38 years as a Labor member of the Victorian and Commonwealth parliaments....	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1904–1910
	James Jewell	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1910–1949
	Peter Randles	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1949–1955
		Anti-Communist ALP Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist) The Australian Labor Party was the name initially used by the right-wing group which split away from the Australian Labor Party in 1955, and which later became the Democratic Labor Party in 1957....
Second incarnation (1976–1992)
Member		Party	Term
	Tom Roper	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1976–1992
Third incarnation (2002–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Carlo Carli Carlo Carli Carlo Carli is an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1994 to 2010, representing the electorate of Brunswick. He is chair of the Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee of the Victorian Parliament.-Early life:Carlo was born...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	2002–2010
	Jane Garrett Jane Garrett Jane Furneaux Garrett is an Australian politician. She has been the member for Brunswick in the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2010.Garrett is a candidate on the Left ticket for the position of ALP National President. -References:...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	2010–present

Election results

See also

• Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
  Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
  The Parliaments of the Australian states and territories are legislative bodies within the federal framework of the Commonwealth of Australia. Before the formation of the Commonwealth in 1901, the six Australian colonies were self-governing, with parliaments which had come into existence at various...
  
  
• List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

External links

• Electorate profile: Brunswick, Victorian Electoral Commission