Electoral district of Werribee

The electoral district of Werribee is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It has existed in two incarnations, first from 1976 to 2002,[1] and was created again in the 2013 redistribution and will come into effect at the 2014 state election.[2]

Werribee
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Werribee (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Dates current1976–2002, 2014–
MPTim Pallas
PartyLabor
NamesakeSuburb of Werribee
Electors46,282 (2018)
Area377 km2 (145.6 sq mi)
DemographicOuter Metropolitan

Based on the rapidly growing outer south west suburbs of Melbourne, it takes in areas from Tarneit and Lara. It covers the suburbs of Werribee, Wyndham Vale, and the rural areas surrounding these suburbs to the south and west.[3]

Werribee was estimated to be a safe Labor seat with a margin of 11.4%, and was held by Labor with a further 4.2% swing towards them at the 2014 state election.[4]

Members
First incarnation (1976–2002)
MemberPartyTerm
  Neville Hudson Liberal 1976–1979
  Ken Coghill Labor 1979–1996
  Mary Gillett Labor 1996–2002
Second incarnation (2014–present)
MemberPartyTerm
  Tim Pallas Labor 2014–present

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Werribee
2018 Victorian state election: Werribee[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Tim Pallas 17,539 45.41 −11.20
Independent Joe Garra 7,685 19.90 +19.90
Liberal Gayle Murphy 6,641 17.19 −11.55
Greens Jay Dessi 2,522 6.53 −1.96
Independent Rachel Carling-Jenkins 2,086 5.40 +5.40
Democratic Labour Kathryn Breakwell 1,175 3.04 +3.04
Independent Pratibha Sharma 628 1.63 +1.63
Independent Thanh Nga Ly 346 0.90 +0.90
Total formal votes 38,622 93.25 −0.38
Informal votes 2,796 6.75 +0.38
Turnout 41,418 89.49 −3.25
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tim Pallas 24,209 62.55 −3.10
Liberal Gayle Murphy 14,494 37.45 +3.10
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Tim Pallas 22,701 58.78 −6.88
Independent Joe Garra 15,921 41.22 +41.22
Labor hold SwingN/A

References
  1. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  2. "Summary of Changes". Victorian Electoral Boundary Commission. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  3. "Map of Werribee District". Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission.
  4. Green, Antony. "2013 Victorian Redistribution Analysis of Electoral Boundaries". ABC.
  5. State Election 2018: Werribee District, VEC.


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