Electoral district of Footscray
The electoral district of Footscray is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It lies just north of Melbourne and covers the suburbs of Footscray, Maribyrnong and Seddon.
| Footscray Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
 Location of Footscray (dark green) in Greater Melbourne | |
| State | Victoria |
| Dates current | 1877–1904, 1927–present |
| MP | Katie Hall |
| Party | Labor Party |
| Namesake | Footscray, Victoria |
| Electors | 51,602 (2018) |
| Area | 39 km2 (15.1 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Inner Metropolitan |
| Coordinates | 37°48′S 144°52′E |
The seat was first created by The Electoral Act Amendment Act 1876 taking effect at the 1877 elections.[1] It was abolished in 1904 and recreated in 1927. In its current incarnation it has been held by the Labor Party for its entire existence. It has usually been a comfortably safe Labor seat, as it lies in Labor's traditional heartland of western and northern Melbourne.
Members for Footscray
| First incarnation (1877–1904) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Mark King | Unaligned | 1877–1879 | |
| William Clark | Unaligned | 1879–1894 | |
| John Hancock | Labor | 1894–1899 | |
| Samuel Mauger | Independent | 1900–1901 | |
| Jacob Fotheringham | Liberal | 1901–1902 | |
| Alexander McDonald | Liberal | 1902–1904 | |
| Second incarnation (1927–present) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| George Prendergast | Labor | 1927–1937 | |
| Jack Mullens | Labor | 1937–1945 | |
| Jack Holland | Labor | 1945–1955 | |
| Roy Schintler | Labor | 1955–1958 | |
| Ernie Shepherd | Labor | 1958 | |
| William Divers | Labor | 1958–1970 | |
| Robert Fordham | Labor | 1970–1992 | |
| Bruce Mildenhall | Labor | 1992–2006 | |
| Marsha Thomson | Labor | 2006–2018 | |
| Katie Hall | Labor | 2018–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Katie Hall | 23,877 | 57.12 | +11.98 | |
| Liberal | Emete Joesika | 7,753 | 18.55 | −8.18 | |
| Greens | Angus McAlpine | 6,996 | 16.74 | −0.46 | |
| Animal Justice | Shan Sun | 3,177 | 7.60 | +7.60 | |
| Total formal votes | 41,803 | 93.96 | −0.17 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,686 | 6.04 | +0.17 | ||
| Turnout | 44,489 | 86.22 | −3.32 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Katie Hall | 32,642 | 78.11 | +13.62 | |
| Liberal | Emete Joesika | 9,147 | 21.89 | −13.62 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +13.62 | |||
References
- "The Electoral Act Amendment Act 1876". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- State Election 2018: Footscray District, VEC.
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