Electoral district of Williamstown
Williamstown is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It is a 33 km2 urban electorate in the inner south-western suburbs of Melbourne, encompassing the suburbs of Brooklyn, Newport, Spotswood, Williamstown, Williamstown North, South Kingsville, Seaholme, Altona and Yarraville. The electorate had a population of 54,426 as of the 2006 census.
| Williamstown Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
Location of Williamstown (dark green) in Greater Melbourne | |
| State | Victoria |
| Created | 1856 |
| MP | Melissa Horne |
| Party | Labor Party |
| Electors | 45,965 (2022) |
| Area | 51.54 km2 (19.9 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Inner metropolitan |
Williamstown is one of only three electorates (along with Brighton and Richmond) to have been contested at every election since 1856.[1] It is a very safe seat for the Labor Party, which has held it for all but two terms since 1889 and without interruption since 1904. Notable former members include John Lemmon,[2] who held the seat for a Victorian record 51 years until his retirement in 1955, and former Premiers Joan Kirner[3] and Steve Bracks.[4]
Steve Bracks held the seat from a by-election in 1994 until his surprise resignation on 30 July 2007. A by-election was held on 15 September 2007, resulting in the election of Labor's Wade Noonan.[5]
The seat is almost entirely within the equally safe federal seat of Gellibrand.
Members for Williamstown edit
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Foster | Independent | 1856–1857 | |
| George Perry | Independent | 1857–1859 | |
| George Verdon | Liberal | 1859–1868 | |
| Thomas Mason | Independent | 1868–1871 | |
| Alfred Clark | Liberal | 1871–1887 | |
| James Mirams | Liberal | 1887–1889 | |
| William Carter | Labor | 1889–1894 | |
| James Styles | Labor | 1894–1900 | |
| Alexander Ramsay | Commonwealth Liberal | 1900–1904 | |
| John Lemmon | Labor | 1904–1955 | |
| Larry Floyd | Labor | 1955–1973 | |
| Gordon Stirling | Labor | 1973–1988 | |
| Joan Kirner | Labor | 1988–1994 | |
| Steve Bracks | Labor | 1994–2007 | |
| Wade Noonan | Labor | 2007–2018 | |
| Melissa Horne | Labor | 2018–present | |
Election results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Melissa Horne | 16,173 | 41.5 | −8.2 | |
| Liberal | Daria Kellander | 10,928 | 28.0 | +7.7 | |
| Greens | Suzette Rodoreda | 6,013 | 15.4 | +2.1 | |
| Democratic Labour | Rochelle Fisher | 1,632 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
| Victorian Socialists | Julien Q. Macandili | 1,528 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
| Animal Justice | Patricia Mackevicius | 1,049 | 2.7 | +0.5 | |
| Freedom | Alexander Ansalone | 976 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
| Family First | Joshua Mosely | 675 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
| Total formal votes | 38,974 | 95.4 | +0.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,878 | 4.6 | −0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 40,852 | 88.9 | +2.7 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Melissa Horne | 24,726 | 63.4 | −6.5 | |
| Liberal | Daria Kellander | 14,248 | 36.6 | +6.5 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | −6.5 | |||
Historical maps edit
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Location within Greater Melbourne area, 1859
External links edit
- District profile from the Victorian Electoral Commission
- Map of the Electoral District of Williamstown, 1855
- Map of the Williamstown Electorate, 2023
References edit
- ^ "Former Members - Williamstown". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ^ "John Lemmon". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ^ "Joan Elizabeth Kirner (OAM, AC)". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ^ "Stephen Phillip Bracks". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ^ "The Hon. Wade Noonan". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ^ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ Williamstown District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.