Division of Gellibrand

The Division of Gellibrand is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1949 and is named after Joseph Gellibrand, a pioneer settler of the Melbourne area. It is located in the industrial inner western suburbs of Melbourne and includes Altona, Altona North, Altona Meadows, Kingsville, Laverton, Newport, Seabrook, Seaholme, Seddon, South Kingsville, Spotswood, Williamstown, Williamstown North and Yarraville; and parts of Brooklyn, Footscray, Laverton North, Point Cook, West Footscray and Williams Landing.

Gellibrand
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Gellibrand in Victoria, as of the 2019 federal election.
Created1949
MPTim Watts
PartyLabor
NamesakeJoseph Gellibrand
Electors111,217 (2019)
Area124 km2 (47.9 sq mi)
DemographicInner Metropolitan

History
Joseph Gellibrand, the division's namesake

The Division has been held by the Australian Labor Party for its entire existence; it is located in Labor's traditional heartland of western Melbourne, and is characterised by a very diverse, multicultural population. Labor has never tallied less than 60 percent of the two-party vote, and until 2010 always won an outright majority on first preferences alone.

Its most prominent members have been Ralph Willis, a Cabinet minister in the Hawke and Keating Governments, and Nicola Roxon, a Cabinet minister in the Rudd Government and the Gillard Government and first female Attorney-General.

In recent years there has been considerable gentrification in the inner-city suburbs such as Footscray, Williamstown and Yarraville, and a consequent rise in the progressive Greens vote, which rose to 37 percent in Footscray in the 2013 election. In the west, a solid patch of working-class suburbia remain strongly Labor-leaning.

For several years, Gellibrand was Labor's safest seat in the Federal Parliament. It is currently Labor's fourth-safest seat, with an 18.2 percent swing needed for the Liberals to win it. The current member for Gellibrand since the 2013 election is Labor's Tim Watts.

Members
Image Member Party Term Notes
  Jack Mullens
(1896–1978)		 Labor 10 December 1949 –
April 1955		 Previously held the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Footscray. Lost seat
  Labor (Anti-Communist) April 1955 –
10 December 1955
  Hector McIvor
(1900–1992)		 Labor 10 December 1955 –
2 November 1972		 Retired
  Ralph Willis
(1938–)		 Labor 2 December 1972 –
31 August 1998		 Served as minister under Hawke and Keating. Retired
  Nicola Roxon
(1967–)		 Labor 3 October 1998 –
5 August 2013		 Served as minister under Rudd and Gillard. Retired
  Tim Watts
(1982–)		 Labor 7 September 2013 –
present		 Incumbent

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Gellibrand
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 Australian federal election in Victoria § Gellibrand[edit]
2019 Australian federal election: Gellibrand[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Tim Watts 47,942 48.66 +2.43
Liberal Anthony Mitchell 28,895 29.33 −0.46
Greens Bernadette Thomas 16,303 16.55 −2.40
United Australia Lisa Bentley 5,391 5.47 +5.47
Total formal votes 98,531 96.49 +0.40
Informal votes 3,582 3.51 −0.40
Turnout 102,113 91.83 +2.77
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tim Watts 63,878 64.83 −0.29
Liberal Anthony Mitchell 34,653 35.17 +0.29
Labor hold Swing−0.29

References
  1. Gellibrand, VIC, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.

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