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 came into effect at the 2014 state election.[2]

Werribee
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Location of Werribee (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Dates current1976–2002
2014–present
MPTim Pallas
PartyLabor
NamesakeSuburb of Werribee
Electors46,282 (2018)
Area339 km2 (130.9 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 edit

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

Election results edit

2022 Victorian state election: Werribee[5][6][7][8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tim Pallas 17,512 45.4 −0.6
Liberal Mia Shaw 9,779 25.3 +8.7
Greens Jack Boddeke 2,613 6.8 +0.3
Independent Paul Hopper 2,278 5.9 +5.9
Victorian Socialists Sue Munro 1,391 3.6 +3.6
Family First Matthew Emerson 964 2.5 +2.5
Democratic Labour Kathryn Breakwell 767 2.0 −1.2
Animal Justice Josh Segrave 730 1.9 +1.9
Justice Patricia Anne Wicks 709 1.8 +1.8
Freedom Mark Strother 663 1.7 +1.7
Transport Matters Trevor Russell Collins 360 0.9 +0.9
New Democrats Prashant Tandon 319 0.8 +0.8
Health Australia Karen Hogan 260 0.7 +0.7
Independent Patrizia Barcatta 213 0.6 +0.6
Independent Heni Cazlynn Kwan 45 0.1 +0.1
Total formal votes 38,603 90.3 −2.9
Informal votes 4,156 9.7 +2.9
Turnout 42,759 85.6 +4.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tim Pallas 23,517 60.9 −2.4
Liberal Mia Shaw 15,086 39.1 +2.4
Labor hold Swing −2.4

References edit

  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. ^ Green, Antony (10 January 2023). "VIC22 – Werribee – Analysis of Preferences". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  6. ^ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  7. ^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  8. ^ Werribee District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  9. ^ Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.

External links edit

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