Electoral district of Footscray

Footscray
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Footscray (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Dates current1877–1904
1927–present
MPKatie Hall
PartyLabor Party
NamesakeFootscray, Victoria
Electors51,602 (2018)
Area23 km2 (8.9 sq mi)
DemographicInner metropolitan
Coordinates37°48′S 144°52′E / 37.800°S 144.867°E / -37.800; 144.867

The electoral district of Footscray is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It lies just north of Melbourne, covering the suburbs of Footscray, Maidstone, Maribyrnong, Seddon, West Footscray, and parts of Yarraville.

The seat was first created by The Electoral Act Amendment Act 1876 taking effect at the 1877 elections.[1] It was abolished in 1904 and recreated in 1927. In its current incarnation it has been held by the Labor Party for its entire existence. It has usually been a comfortably safe Labor seat, as it lies in Labor's traditional heartland of western and northern Melbourne.

Members for Footscray

First incarnation (1877–1904)
Member Party Term
  Mark Last King Unaligned 1877–1879
  William Clark Unaligned 1879–1894
  John Hancock Labor 1894–1899
  Samuel Mauger Independent 1900–1901
  Jacob Fotheringham Liberal 1901–1902
  Alexander McDonald Liberal 1902–1904
Second incarnation (1927–present)
Member Party Term
  George Prendergast Labor 1927–1937
  Jack Mullens Labor 1937–1945
  Jack Holland Labor 1945–1955
  Roy Schintler Labor 1955–1958
  Ernie Shepherd Labor 1958
  Bill Divers Labor 1958–1970
  Robert Fordham Labor 1970–1992
  Bruce Mildenhall Labor 1992–2006
  Marsha Thomson Labor 2006–2018
  Katie Hall Labor 2018–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Footscray
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Footscray.[edit]
2022 Victorian state election: Footscray[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Katie Hall 17,387 43.1 −11.8
Greens Elena Pereyra 9,045 22.4 +2.2
Liberal Emete Joesika 7,214 17.9 +0.8
Victorian Socialists Jorge Jorquera 3,769 9.3 +9.3
Democratic Labour Alan Williams 1,098 2.7 +2.7
Animal Justice Shohre Mansouri Jajaee 989 2.5 −3.5
Family First Russell Muir 838 2.1 +2.1
Total formal votes 40,340 96.1 +1.5
Informal votes 1,654 3.9 −1.5
Turnout 41,994 86.0 +0.4
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Katie Hall 30,523 75.7 −3.0
Liberal Emete Joesika 9,817 24.3 +3.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Katie Hall 21,880 54.2 −13.9
Greens Elena Pereyra 18,460 45.8 +13.9
Labor hold Swing −13.9

Graphical summary

First preference vote history in Footscray since 1927 (Candidates under 5 per cent are excluded unless there are significance of candidacies at a given year)
Distribution of preference results in Footscray.

References

  1. ^ "The Electoral Act Amendment Act 1876". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  2. ^ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  3. ^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  4. ^ Footscray District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.


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