Division of Gellibrand

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Gellibrand
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Gellibrand 2022.png
Division of Gellibrand in Victoria, as of the 2022 federal election.
Created1949
MP Tim Watts
Party Labor
Namesake Joseph Gellibrand
Electors 108,169 (2022)
Area146 km2 (56.4 sq mi)
DemographicInner metropolitan

The Division of Gellibrand is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1949 and is named after Joseph Gellibrand, a pioneer settler of the Melbourne area. It is located in the industrial inner western suburbs of Melbourne and includes Altona, Altona North, Altona Meadows, Kingsville, Laverton, Newport, Seabrook, Seaholme, Seddon, South Kingsville, Spotswood, Williamstown, Williamstown North and Yarraville; and parts of Brooklyn, Footscray, Laverton North, Point Cook, West Footscray and Williams Landing.

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Geography

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned. [1]

History

Joseph Gellibrand, the division's namesake Joseph Gellibrand.jpg
Joseph Gellibrand, the division's namesake

The Division has been held by the Australian Labor Party for its entire existence; it is located in Labor's traditional heartland of western Melbourne, and is characterised by a very diverse, multicultural population. Labor has never tallied less than 60 percent of the two-party vote, and until 2010 always won an outright majority on first preferences alone.

Its most prominent members have been Ralph Willis, a Cabinet minister in the Hawke and Keating Governments, and Nicola Roxon, a Cabinet minister in the Rudd Government and the Gillard Government and first female Attorney-General.

In recent years there has been considerable gentrification in the inner-city suburbs such as Footscray, Williamstown and Yarraville, and a consequent rise in the progressive Greens vote, which rose to 37 percent in Footscray in the 2013 election. In the west, a solid patch of working-class suburbia remain strongly Labor-leaning.

For several years, Gellibrand was Labor's safest seat in the Federal Parliament. The current member for Gellibrand since the 2013 election is Labor's Tim Watts.

Members

ImageMemberPartyTermNotes
  JackMullens1950.jpg Jack Mullens
(1896–1978)		 Labor 10 December 1949 –
April 1955 		Previously held the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Footscray. Did not contest.

Failed to win the Division of Melbourne in 1955.

  Labor (Anti-Communist) April 1955 –
10 December 1955
  HectorMcIvor1965.jpg Hector McIvor
(1900–1992)		 Labor 10 December 1955 –
2 November 1972 		Retired
  No image.svg Ralph Willis
(1938–)		 Labor 2 December 1972 –
31 August 1998 		Served as minister under Hawke and Keating. Retired
  Nicola Roxon Portrait 2012.jpg Nicola Roxon
(1967–)		 Labor 3 October 1998 –
5 August 2013 		Served as minister under Rudd and Gillard. Retired
  Tim Watts 2016.jpg Tim Watts
(1982–)		 Labor 7 September 2013 –
present		Incumbent

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Victoria § Gellibrand.[ edit ]
2022 Australian federal election: Gellibrand [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tim Watts 39,38242.72−6.30
Liberal Monica Clark24,86926.97−3.80
Greens Suzette Rodoreda15,24116.53+2.67
United Australia Abraham Isac5,0805.51−0.14
One Nation Rob Braddock2,8023.04+3.04
Liberal Democrats Chloe Glasson2,1852.37+2.37
Victorian Socialists Andrew Charles1,5031.63+1.63
Australian Federation Sharynn Moors1,1351.23+1.23
Total formal votes92,19795.12−1.25
Informal votes4,7294.88+1.25
Turnout 96,92689.67−1.22
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tim Watts 56,73861.54−1.48
Liberal Monica Clark35,45938.46+1.48
Labor hold Swing −1.48
Two-candidate-preferred results in Gellibrand

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References

  1. ↑ Muller, Damon (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  2. ↑ Gellibrand, VIC, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.

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