Electoral district of Melbourne

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Melbourne
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Electoral district of Melbourne (Victoria) 2022.svg
Location of Melbourne (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State Victoria
Dates current1856–1859
1889–present
MP Ellen Sandell
Party Greens
Electors 54,533 (2022)
Area25 km2 (9.7 sq mi)
DemographicCentral Metropolitan
Coordinates 37°48′14″S144°56′28″E / 37.80389°S 144.94111°E / -37.80389; 144.94111
Electorates around Melbourne:
Essendon Brunswick Brunswick
Footscray Melbourne Richmond
Footscray Albert Park Prahran

The electoral district of Melbourne is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It currently includes the localities of Docklands, Carlton, Melbourne, East Melbourne, West Melbourne, North Melbourne, Parkville, Newmarket, Kensington and Flemington, and includes Melbourne University. The district has been in existence since 1856 (it was abolished in 1859 and reestablished in 1889).

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Melbourne, 1855

The electorate was won in 2014 for the first time by Greens candidate Ellen Sandell.

History

Melbourne was one of the inaugural districts of the first Assembly in 1856. [1] Its area was defined by the 1855 Act as:

Commencing at a Point in the Yarra Yarra River due South from the South-western Angle of Gisborne Street, thence to Gisborne Street, and by the Western Side of that Street to Victoria Parade, thence by the South Side of Victoria Parade to the Western Side of Nicholson Street, thence by the said Western Side of Nicholson Street Northwards to the Boundary Line of the Corporate Limits of Melbourne, thence by the last-mentioned Boundary Line bearing West to the Moonee Ponds, by the said Moonee Ponds downwards to the Site of Main’s Bridge, [a] thence by a Line bearing South to the Yarra Yarra River, and on the South by the Yarra Yarra River to the commencing Point. [1]

anow Flemington Bridge

Melbourne was abolished in 1859, its area was split into the new electoral districts of East Melbourne and West Melbourne, each having two members. [2]

Melbourne was re-created as a single-member electorate by the Electoral Act Amendment Act 1888 [3] which took effect at the 1889 elections.

Since 1908 the seat had been traditional Labor territory since 1908, but had become increasingly marginal against the Greens since 2002. Senior Labor minister Bronwyn Pike successfully held the seat against strong Greens challenges at three subsequent elections, defeating future Greens Senator Richard Di Natale in 2002 and 2006, and prominent lawyer Brian Walters in 2010. Pike resigned in 2012, and Labor candidate and City of Melbourne councillor Jennifer Kanis retained the seat after a closely contested by-election, which saw her finish second on primary votes to Greens candidate Cathy Oke but win on preferences. Kanis lost the seat to Greens candidate Ellen Sandell at the 2014 election. Along with the seat of Prahran it was the first win for the Greens in the Victorian Legislative Assembly.

Members

First incarnation (1856–1859, 5 members) [4]
Member 1PartyTermMember 2PartyTermMember 3PartyTermMember 4PartyTermMember 5PartyTerm
  Archibald Michie None1856–1859  David Moore None1856–1859  John Smith [5] None1856–1859  William Stawell None1856–1857  John O'Shanassy [6] # None1856
  James Service None1857–1859  Henry Langlands None1857–1859
Second incarnation (1889–present, 1 member)
MemberPartyTerm
  Godfrey Carter None1889–1900
  Edward Findley Labour 1900–1901
  James Boyd Ministerialist1901–1908
  Alexander Rogers Labor 1908–1924
  Tom Hayes Labor 1924–1955
  Labor (Anti-Communist) 1955–1955
  Arthur Clarey Labor 1955–1972
  Barry Jones Labor 1972–1977
  Keith Remington Labor 1977–1988
  Neil Cole Labor 1988–1999
  Bronwyn Pike Labor 1999–2012
  Jennifer Kanis Labor 2012–2014
  Ellen Sandell Greens 2014–present

Election results

2022 Victorian state election: Melbourne [7] [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Greens Ellen Sandell 15,85537.3−1.3
Labor Rebecca Thistleton13,03330.6−5.1
Liberal George Palackalody7,52217.7+0.3
Victorian Socialists Colleen Bolger2,3235.5+5.5
Reason Nicola Foxworthy1,6013.80.0
Animal Justice Rabin Bangaar7011.6−0.3
Family First Michael Janson5351.3+1.3
Freedom Steven J. Smith5211.2+1.2
Independent (Indigenous) [10] Laylah Al-Saimary4281.0+1.0
Total formal votes42,51996.6+1.3
Informal votes1,4853.4−1.3
Turnout 44,00480.7+0.1
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Rebecca Thistleton31,89575.0+0.6
Liberal George Palackalody10,62425.0-0.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Greens Ellen Sandell 25,59360.2+8.5
Labor Rebecca Thistleton16,92639.8−8.5
Greens hold Swing +8.5

Historical maps

Notes

^# O'Shanassy won both Melbourne and Kilmore districts, he decided to represent the latter resulting in a by-election for Melbourne. [11]

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