Division of Maribyrnong

Maribyrnong Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Maribyrnong in Victoria, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created	1906
MP	Bill Shorten
Party	Labor
Namesake	Maribyrnong River
Electors	110,313 (2016)
Area	73 km² (28.2 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Maribyrnong is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It is located in the inner north-western suburbs of Melbourne. It covers the suburbs of Aberfeldie, Airport West, Avondale Heights, Braybrook, Essendon, Kealba, Keilor East, Maribyrnong, Moonee Ponds, Niddrie, St. Albans and Sunshine North. Due to redistributions, the Division has been slowly moving west. It originally covered the suburbs of Footscray and North Melbourne. According to the 2011 census, Maribyrnong has the highest proportion of Catholics in any Commonwealth Electoral Division in Australia with 41.6% of the population.

The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 13 July 1906, and was first contested at the 1906 election. The Division was named after the Maribyrnong River, which runs through it. The Division is a safe Labor seat.

The current member for Maribyrnong since the 2007 election is the former National Secretary of the Australian Workers' Union and current Opposition Leader Bill Shorten.

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

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Maribyrnong

Australian federal election, 2016: Maribyrnong^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bill Shorten	47,402	50.52	+2.62
	Liberal	Ted Hatzakortzian	30,283	32.27	−0.76
	Greens	Olivia Ball	9,151	9.75	−0.15
	Independent	Catherine Cumming	3,172	3.38	+3.38
	Animal Justice	Fiona McRostie	2,176	2.32	+2.32
	Christians	Anthony O'Neill	1,650	1.76	+0.77
Total formal votes			93,834	95.36	+1.54
Informal votes			4,568	4.64	−1.54
Turnout			98,402	89.20	−2.34
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Shorten	58,465	62.31	+0.92
	Liberal	Ted Hatzakortzian	35,369	37.69	−0.92
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.92

References

↑ Maribyrnong, VIC, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

External links

Division of Maribyrnong - Australian Electoral Commission

Electoral divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in Victoria

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Coordinates: 37°45′11″S 144°51′32″E / 37.753°S 144.859°E / -37.753; 144.859

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