Division of Maribyrnong

Maribyrnong
Australian House of Representatives Division
Maribyrnong; Australian House of Representatives Division
	Division of Maribyrnong (green) in Victoria
Created	1906
MP	Bill Shorten
Party	Labor
Namesake	Maribyrnong River
Electors	88,413 (2010)
Area	71 km2 (27.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Maribyrnong is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It is in the north-western suburbs of Melbourne. It includes Moonee Ponds, Essendon, Niddrie, Keilor East, Avondale Heights, Tullamarine, Airport West, Sunshine and Brooklyn.^[1] Over the years the boundaries have been redrawn and the Division has been slowly moving west. It originally included the suburbs of Footscray and North Melbourne. According to the 2006 census, this electorate has the most Catholics in Australia with 44.4% of population.

The Division was set up in 1906 and named after the Maribyrnong River, which runs through it.^[1] Maribynong is an Indigenous Australian word for yam or edible root.^[1]

Members

	Party	Term
Samuel Mauger	Protectionist	1906–1909
Samuel Mauger	Commonwealth Liberal	1909–1910
James Fenton	Labor	1910–1931
James Fenton	United Australia	1931–1934
Arthur Drakeford	Labor	1934–1955
Philip Stokes	Liberal	1955–1969
Moss Cass	Labor	1969–1983
Alan Griffiths	Labor	1983–1996
Bob Sercombe	Labor	1996–2007
Bill Shorten	Labor	2007–present

Samuel Mauger was the Post-Master General in 1908. James Fenton was the Minister for Trade and Customs in the Scullin Government, and Post-Master General in the Lyons Government. Arthur Drakeford was the Minister for the Air, Minister for Civil Aviation, and for a short time Minister for the Navy during the Curtin and Chifley Governments. Moss Cass was the Minister for the Environment and Conservation in the Hawke Government. Alan Griffiths was the Minister for Resources in 1990, the Minister for Tourism in 1991 and the Minister for Industry, Technology and Regional Development in 1993. Bill Shorten is the former National Secretary of the Australian Workers' Union. He was Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Education during the Gillard and Rudd governments. In 2013 he became the leader of the Australian Labor Party, and the Leader of the Opposition.

Election results

2022 Australian federal election: Maribyrnong^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Shorten	39,792	42.35	−2.38
	Liberal	Mira D'Silva	25,493	27.13	−7.64
	Greens	Rhonda Pryor	15,278	16.26	+0.59
	Liberal Democrats	Cameron Smith	3,577	3.81	+3.81
	United Australia	Darren Besanko	3,433	3.65	+0.30
	One Nation	Jodie Tindal	2,227	2.37	+2.37
	Victorian Socialists	Daniel Dadich	1,837	1.95	+1.62
	Great Australian	Mark Hobart	1,741	1.85	+1.85
	Australian Federation	Alexander Ansalone	590	0.63	+0.63
Total formal votes			93,968	95.03	−1.40
Informal votes			4,917	4.97	+1.40
Turnout			98,885	90.77	−2.73
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Shorten	58,679	62.45	+2.14
	Liberal	Mira D'Silva	35,289	37.55	−2.14
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.14

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Profile of the electoral division of Maribyrnong (Vic)". Australian Electoral Commission. 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
↑ Maribyrnong, VIC, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.