Division of Macnamara

Macnamara
Australian House of Representatives Division
Created 2018
Namesake Jean Macnamara
Electors TBC (Next)
Area 41 km2 (15.8 sq mi)
Demographic Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Macnamara is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria, which will be contested for the first time at the next federal election. The division is named in honour of Jean Macnamara, a medical researcher and doctor who specialised in the polio virus and was involved in children's health initiatives.

History

The Division of Macnamara was created in 2018 after the Australian Electoral Commission oversaw a mandatory redistribution of divisions in Victoria.[1] Macnamara is located in most of what was previously the Division of Melbourne Ports, which it replaced in the redistribution.[2] The division is located in Melbourne's south around the eastern shores of Port Phillip Bay and takes in the suburbs of Port Melbourne, Albert Park, Balaclava, Caulfield, Elwood, Middle Park, Ripponlea, South Melbourne and St Kilda.[3] It also includes the suburb of Windsor, which had previously been located in the neighbouring division of Higgins.[2]

The seat is notionally held by the Labor Party on a 1.3% margin over the Liberal Party.[2] Macnamara is regarded as a three-cornered contest, with Labor, the Liberals and the Greens all considered reasonable prospects of securing the seat at the next election.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Names and boundaries of federal electoral divisions in Victoria decided". Australian Electoral Commission. 20 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "2017-18 Federal Redistributions - Victoria". ABC Elections. 20 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Map: Division of Macnamara" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission.
  4. ↑ Tim Colebatch (22 June 2018). "Change of name, change of party in Melbourne Ports?". Inside Story.
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