Division of Melbourne

This article is about the Australian federal electorate. For the Victorian state electorate, see Electoral district of Melbourne.
Melbourne
Australian House of Representatives Division

Division of Melbourne in Victoria, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created 1901
MP Adam Bandt
Party Greens
Namesake Melbourne
Electors 111,628 (2016)
Area 46 km2 (17.8 sq mi)
Demographic Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Melbourne is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria, represented since the 2010 election by Adam Bandt, a member of the Greens.

The Division was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. The Division of Melbourne encompasses the City of Melbourne and the suburbs of Abbotsford, Ascot Vale, Burnley, Carlton, Carlton North, Collingwood, Cremorne, Docklands, East Melbourne, Fitzroy, Fitzroy North, Flemington, Kensington, North Melbourne, Parkville, Princes Hill, Richmond, Travancore and West Melbourne. The area has heavy and light engineering, extensive manufacturing, commercial and retail activities (including Melbourne markets and central business district), dockyards, clothing and footwear industries, warehousing and distributing of whitegoods, building and other general goods. This capital city electorate's northern boundary is formed by Maribyrnong Road, Ormond Road, Park Street, Sydney Road and Glenlyon Road between the Yarra River, Maribyrnong River and Merri Creek.

Traditionally a very safe Labor seat, Melbourne was held by Labor for 106 years from 1904 to 2010, with former Opposition Leader Arthur Calwell the highest profile member. At the 2007 election, Melbourne became a marginal seat for the first time, with the Greens candidate Adam Bandt taking second place on a two candidate preferred basis, leaving Labor with 54.71 percent of the vote. On a two party preferred basis with the Liberals, Labor finished with 72.27, an increase of 1.13 percentage points.[1] At the 2010 election however, following the retirement of former member and Minister for Finance and Deregulation Lindsay Tanner, Labor lost Melbourne to the Greens, with Bandt securing victory over Labor candidate Cath Bowtell.[2] Bandt retained his seat at the 2013 and 2016 elections.

Members

MemberPartyTerm
  Sir Malcolm McEacharn Protectionist 1901–1904
  William Maloney Labor 1904–1940
  Arthur Calwell Labor 1940–1972
  Ted Innes Labor 1972–1983
  Gerry Hand Labor 1983–1993
  Lindsay Tanner Labor 1993–2010
  Adam Bandt Greens 2010–present

Election results

Australian federal election, 2016: Melbourne[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Greens Adam Bandt 41,377 43.75 +1.13
Liberal Philip Le Liu 23,878 25.25 +2.42
Labor Sophie Ismail 23,130 24.46 −2.14
Sex Party Lewis Freeman-Harrison 3,265 3.45 +1.53
Animal Justice Miranda Smith 1,742 1.84 +1.10
Drug Law Reform Matt Riley 1,187 1.26 +1.26
Total formal votes 94,579 97.52 +3.47
Informal votes 2,404 2.48 −3.47
Turnout 96,983 86.88 −3.81
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Sophie Ismail 62,963 66.57 −2.68
Liberal Philip Le Liu 31,616 33.43 +2.68
Two-candidate-preferred result
Greens Adam Bandt 64,771 68.48 +13.21
Liberal Philip Le Liu 29,808 31.52 +31.52
Greens hold Swing N/A

References

  1. ↑ Division of Melbourne - AEC
  2. ↑ "Historic win for Greens". The Age. Fairfax Media. 22 August 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  3. ↑ Melbourne, VIC, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

External links

Coordinates: 37°48′00″S 144°57′47″E / 37.800°S 144.963°E / -37.800; 144.963

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