Division of Gellibrand

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Gellibrand
Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory: Victoria
Created: 1949
MP: Nicola Roxon
Party: Labor
Namesake: Joseph Gellibrand
Electors: 93,277
Area: 91 km² (35.1 sq mi)
Demographic: Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Gellibrand is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1949 and is named for Joseph Gellibrand, a pioneer settler of the Melbourne area. It is located in the western suburbs of Melbourne and includes Footscray, Maidstone, Altona and Williamstown. It has always been one of the safest seats in Australia for the Australian Labor Party. 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.

[edit] Members

Member Party Term
  John Mullens Labor 1949—1955
  Labor (Anti-Communist) 1955—1955
  Hector McIvor Labor 1955—1972
  Ralph Willis Labor 1972—1998
  Nicola Roxon Labor 1998—present

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Gellibrand[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Nicola Roxon 50,681 60.22 +5.60
Liberal Wayne Tseng 19,220 22.84 -8.73
Greens Robert Gibson 7,898 9.38 +0.30
Independent Dave O'Neil 1,950 2.32 +2.32
Family First Mukesh Garg 1,700 2.02 +0.18
Socialist Alliance Ben Courtice 1,334 1.59 +0.95
Democrats Rachel Richards 1,088 1.29 -0.01
Citizens Electoral Council Rodney Doel 285 0.34 +0.15
Total formal votes 84,156 95.78 +2.35
Informal votes 3,712 4.22 -2.35
Turnout 87,868 94.20 +0.80
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Labor Nicola Roxon 60,134 71.46 +6.51
Liberal Wayne Tseng 24,022 28.54 -6.51
Labor hold Swing +6.51
Australian federal election, 2004: Gellibrand
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Nicola Roxon 43,383 54.62 -4.78
Liberal David McConnell 25,069 31.57 +5.38
Greens Nam Bui 7,210 9.08 +2.78
Family First Michael Lee 1,463 1.84 +1.84
Democrats Max Grarock 1,032 1.30 -5.91
Independent Wajde Assaf 606 0.76 +0.76
Socialist Alliance Linda Waldron 508 0.64 +0.64
Citizens Electoral Council Kel Isherwood 149 0.19 +0.19
Total formal votes 79,420 93.43 -1.90
Informal votes 5,587 6.57 +1.90
Turnout 85,007 93.40 -0.47
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Labor Nicola Roxon 51,587 64.95 -5.46
Liberal David McConnell 27,833 35.05 +5.46
Labor hold Swing -5.46

[edit] References

  1. ^ AEC 2007 Results
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