Williamstown
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Williamstown (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created1856
MPMelissa Horne
PartyLabor Party
Electors45,965 (2022)
Area51.54 km2 (19.9 sq mi)
DemographicInner metropolitan

Williamstown is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It is a 33 km2 urban electorate in the inner south-western suburbs of Melbourne, encompassing the suburbs of Brooklyn, Newport, Spotswood, Williamstown, Williamstown North, South Kingsville, Seaholme, Altona and Yarraville. The electorate had a population of 54,426 as of the 2006 census.

Williamstown is one of only three electorates (along with Brighton and Richmond) to have been contested at every election since 1856.[1] It is a very safe seat for the Labor Party, which has held it for all but two terms since 1889 and without interruption since 1904. Notable former members include John Lemmon,[2] who held the seat for a Victorian record 51 years until his retirement in 1955, and former Premiers Joan Kirner[3] and Steve Bracks.[4]

Steve Bracks held the seat from a by-election in 1994 until his surprise resignation on 30 July 2007. A by-election was held on 15 September 2007, resulting in the election of Labor's Wade Noonan.[5]

The seat is almost entirely within the equally safe federal seat of Gellibrand.

Members for Williamstown

MemberPartyTerm
  John Foster Independent 1856–1857
  George Perry Independent 1857–1859
  George Verdon Liberal 1859–1868
  Thomas Mason Independent 1868–1871
  Alfred Clark Liberal 1871–1887
  James Mirams Liberal 1887–1889
  William Carter Labor 1889–1894
  James Styles Labor 1894–1900
  Alexander Ramsay Commonwealth Liberal 1900–1904
  John Lemmon Labor 1904–1955
  Larry Floyd Labor 1955–1973
  Gordon Stirling Labor 1973–1988
  Joan Kirner Labor 1988–1994
  Steve Bracks Labor 1994–2007
  Wade Noonan Labor 2007–2018
  Melissa Horne Labor 2018–present

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Williamstown.[edit]
2022 Victorian state election: Williamstown[6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Melissa Horne 16,173 41.5 −8.2
Liberal Daria Kellander 10,928 28.0 +7.7
Greens Suzette Rodoreda 6,013 15.4 +2.1
Democratic Labour Rochelle Fisher 1,632 4.2 +4.2
Victorian Socialists Julien Q. Macandili 1,528 3.9 +3.9
Animal Justice Patricia Mackevicius 1,049 2.7 +0.5
Freedom Alexander Ansalone 976 2.5 +2.5
Family First Joshua Mosely 675 1.7 +1.7
Total formal votes 38,974 95.4 +0.3
Informal votes 1,878 4.6 −0.3
Turnout 40,852 88.9 +2.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Melissa Horne 24,726 63.4 −6.5
Liberal Daria Kellander 14,248 36.6 +6.5
Labor hold Swing−6.5

Historical maps

References

  1. ↑ "Former Members - Williamstown". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "John Lemmon". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Joan Elizabeth Kirner (OAM, AC)". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Stephen Phillip Bracks". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "The Hon. Wade Noonan". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  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. ↑ Williamstown District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.


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