Electoral district of Footscray
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| Footscray Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
| State | Victoria |
| Dates current | 1877–1904, 1927–present |
| MP | Marsha Thomson |
| Party | Australian Labor Party |
| Namesake | Footscray, Victoria |
| Electors | 40,289 (2010) |
| Area | 34 km2 (13.1 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Inner Metropolitan |
| Coordinates | 37°48′S 144°52′E / 37.800°S 144.867°ECoordinates: 37°48′S 144°52′E / 37.800°S 144.867°E |
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.
The seat was first created by "The Electoral Act Amendment Act 1876"[1] taking effect at the 1877 elections. It was abolished in 1904 and recreated in 1927. In its current incarnation it has been held by the Australian Labor Party for its entire existence, as it lies in Labor's traditional heartland of western and northern Melbourne.
Marsha Thomson retained the seat for Labor at the 2006 election after the retirement of Bruce Mildenhall.
Members for Footscray
| First incarnation (1877–1904) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Term | Member | Party | |
| 1877–1879 | Mark King | Unaligned | |
| 1879–1894 | William Clark | Unaligned | |
| 1894–1899 | John Hancock | Labor | |
| 1900–1901 | Samuel Mauger | Independent | |
| 1901–1902 | Jacob Fotheringham | Liberal | |
| 1902–1904 | Alexander McDonald | Liberal | |
| Second incarnation (1927–present) | |||
| Term | Member | Party | |
| 1927–1937 | George Prendergast | Labor | |
| 1937–1945 | Jack Mullens | Labor | |
| 1945–1955 | John Holland | Labor | |
| 1955–1958 | Roy Schintler | Labor | |
| 1958 | Ernie Shepherd | Labor | |
| 1958–1970 | William Divers | Labor | |
| 1970–1992 | Robert Fordham | Labor | |
| 1992–2006 | Bruce Mildenhall | Labor | |
| 2006–present | Marsha Thomson | Labor | |
Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Footscray
| Victorian state election, 2010: Footscray | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Marsha Thomson | 14,611 | 42.61 | -9.88 | |
| Liberal | Ken Betts | 8,703 | 25.38 | +8.67 | |
| Greens | Janet Rice | 7,126 | 20.78 | +8.67 | |
| Independent | Catherine Cumming | 3,240 | 9.45 | -5.45 | |
| Socialist Alliance | Margarita Windisch | 614 | 1.79 | +0.33 | |
| Total formal votes | 34,294 | 94.52 | +1.37 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,989 | 5.48 | -1.37 | ||
| Turnout | 36,283 | 90.06 | -0.27 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Marsha Thomson | 22,637 | 66.26 | -8.41 | |
| Liberal | Ken Betts | 11,529 | 33.74 | +8.41 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | -8.41 | |||
See also
- Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
- List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
External links
References
- ↑ "The Electoral Act Amendment Act 1876". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
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