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 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
StateVictoria
Created1856
MPMelissa Horne
PartyLabor Party
Electors50,919 (2018)
Area34 km2 (13.1 sq mi)
DemographicInner 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, who held the seat for a Victorian record 51 years until his retirement in 1955, and former Premiers Joan Kirner and Steve Bracks.

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.

The seat is almost entirely within the equally safe federal seat of Gellibrand.

Members for Williamstown
MemberPartyTerm
  John Foster Unaffiliated 1856–1857
  George Perry Unaffiliated 1857–1859
  George Verdon Liberal 1859–1868
  Thomas Mason Unaffiliated 1868–1871
  Alfred Clark Liberal 1871–1887
  James Mirams Liberal 1887–1889
  William Carter Labour 1889–1894
  James Styles Labour 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
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Williamstown
2018 Victorian state election: Williamstown[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Melissa Horne 21,839 50.36 +5.72
Liberal Pallavee Joshi 7,832 18.06 −9.98
Greens Sam Long 6,960 16.05 −4.67
Independent Peter Hemphill 4,407 10.16 +10.16
Animal Justice Virginia Saint-James 1,251 2.88 +2.88
Independent Lisa Bentley 1,081 2.49 +2.49
Total formal votes 43,370 95.23 +0.24
Informal votes 2,173 4.77 −0.24
Turnout 45,543 89.44 −2.65
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Melissa Horne 31,273 72.07 +5.53
Liberal Pallavee Joshi 12,118 27.93 −5.53
Labor hold Swing+5.53

Historical maps
  • Location within Greater Melbourne area, 1859
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References
  1. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  2. State Election 2018: Williamstown District, VEC.


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