Electoral district of Footscray

Footscray
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Footscray; Victoria—Legislative Assembly
	Location of Footscray (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Dates current	1877–1904, 1927–present
MP	Katie Hall
Party	Labor Party
Namesake	Footscray, Victoria
Electors	51,602 (2018)
Area	39 km2 (15.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner metropolitan
Coordinates	37°48′S 144°52′E / 37.800°S 144.867°ECoordinates: 37°48′S 144°52′E / 37.800°S 144.867°E

The electoral district of Footscray is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It lies just north of Melbourne and covers the suburbs of Footscray, Maribyrnong and Seddon.

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
		Unaligned	1877–1879
		Unaligned	1879–1894
		Labor	1894–1899
	Samuel Mauger	Independent	1900–1901
		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
	William 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[]

2018 Victorian state election: Footscray^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Katie Hall	23,877	57.12	+11.98
	Liberal	Emete Joesika	7,753	18.55	−8.18
	Greens	Angus McAlpine	6,996	16.74	−0.46
	Animal Justice	Shan Sun	3,177	7.60	+7.60
Total formal votes			41,803	93.96	−0.17
Informal votes			2,686	6.04	+0.17
Turnout			44,489	86.22	−3.32
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Katie Hall	32,642	78.11	+13.62
	Liberal	Emete Joesika	9,147	21.89	−13.62
	Labor hold		Swing	+13.62

External links[]

Electorate profile: Footscray District, Victorian Electoral Commission

References[]

^ "The Electoral Act Amendment Act 1876". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
^ State Election 2018: Footscray District, VEC.

[1] "The Electoral Act Amendment Act 1876". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 8 February 2014.

[2] State Election 2018: Footscray District, VEC.

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