Electoral district of Bundoora
Overview
 
Bundoora is an electoral district of the 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:...

 in the Australia
Australia
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n state of Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

. It is a 28km² electorate located in northern Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

, encompassing the suburbs of Watsonia
Watsonia, Victoria
Watsonia is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Banyule. At the 2006 Census, Watsonia had a population of 4905.-History:...

 and Yallambie
Yallambie, Victoria
Yallambie is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Banyule. At the 2006 Census, Yallambie had a population of 4267....

 and parts of Bundoora
Bundoora, Victoria
Bundoora is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 km north from the Melbourne central business district. Its Local Government Area are the cities of Banyule, Darebin and Whittlesea. At the 2006 Census, Bundoora had a population of 24,018....

, Greensborough
Greensborough, Victoria
Greensborough is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Banyule. At the 2006 Census, Greensborough had a population of 20,214....

, Macleod
Macleod, Victoria
Macleod is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 14 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area are the cities of Banyule and Darebin. At the 2006 Census, Macleod had a population of 8083...

 and Rosanna
Rosanna, Victoria
Rosanna is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Banyule...

. It also includes the central campus of La Trobe University
La Trobe University
La Trobe University is a multi-campus university in Victoria, Australia. It was established in 1964 by an Act of Parliament to become the third oldest university in the state of Victoria. The main campus of La Trobe is located in the Melbourne suburb of Bundoora; two other major campuses are...

 and the Simpson Barracks
Simpson Barracks
Simpson Barracks is an Australian Army facility in the suburb of Macleod in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.Simpson Barracks is home to the DFSS , Financial Services Unit, Defence Force School of Music, Land Warfare Centre and the headquarters of 4th Brigade...

. The electorate had a population of 51,432 as of the 2006 census, with 35,488 enrolled electors at the 2010 state election.

Bundoora has been a safe seat for the Labor Party since its inception in 1976.
Quotations

3 because strength is heightened ten-fold by serenity, devoid of human obsessions and needs. User:Zarbon|Zarbon 05:33, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

2 User:UDScott|UDScott 20:31, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

2 User:Kalki|Kalki 10:07, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

2 User:InvisibleSun|InvisibleSun 22:27, 19 March 2009 (UTC) ---- A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm. ~ Henrik Ibsen

4 because unlike the dictatorship where one person steers the ship, the community steers the ship. This, in some cases, is both damaging and positive...a mixture of thought and deduction, never solid, and moreso governed by the changing of times, parallel to how hard the wind blows the ship in a comparative image. User:Zarbon|Zarbon 05:33, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

3 User:UDScott|UDScott 20:31, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

3 User:Kalki|Kalki 10:07, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

3 User:InvisibleSun|InvisibleSun 22:27, 19 March 2009 (UTC) ---- We can learn even from our enemies. ~ Ovid

3 because learning from friends and allies alone will never be enough. In order to understand one's enemies, one must study them and learn from them. Very militaristic strategist persona taken here. User:Zarbon|Zarbon 05:41, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

3 User:UDScott|UDScott 20:31, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

 
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