Electoral district of Point Cook

Point Cook Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of electoral district boundaries from the 2022 state election
State	Victoria
Created	2022
MP	Mathew Hilakari
Party	Labor Party
Namesake	Point Cook, Victoria
Electors	48,572
Area	88 km2 (34.0 sq mi)
Demographic	Urban

The Electoral district of Point Cook is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was created in the redistribution of electoral boundaries in 2021, and came into effect at the 2022 Victorian state election. ^[1]

It largely covers the area of the abolished district of Altona, covering south western suburbs of Melbourne. It includes the suburbs of Altona Meadows, Seabrook, Point Cook, and Werribee South. ^[2]

The abolished seat of Altona was held by Labor MP Jill Hennessy from 2010 to 2022.

Members for Point Cook

Member		Party	Term
	Mathew Hilakari	Labor	2022–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Point Cook

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Point Cook.[ edit ]

2022 Victorian state election: Point Cook ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mathew Hilakari	15,657	40.0	−9.5
	Liberal	Angela Newhouse	9,651	24.7	+0.5
	Independent	Joe Garra	2,717	6.9	+6.9
	Greens	Shamsher Khan	2,656	6.8	−1.1
	Family First	Carolyn Cronkwright	1,496	3.8	+3.8
	Victorian Socialists	Alex McAulay	1,399	3.6	+3.6
	Democratic Labour	Daniel Hamman	1,369	3.5	+3.5
	Independent	Larry Zhao	814	2.1	+2.1
	Animal Justice	Terri Beech	804	2.1	+2.1
	Freedom	Adrian Abdulovski	571	1.5	+1.5
	Justice	Scott Grimley	514	1.3	+1.3
	Independent	Shwetali Sawant	467	1.2	+1.2
	Health Australia	Emma Law	383	1.0	+0.9
	New Democrats	Rakhi P. Chaudhary	358	0.9	+0.9
	Transport Matters	Lisa Jane Gatti	245	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			39,099	89.8	−4.8
Informal votes			4,448	10.2	+4.8
Turnout			43,547	87.5	+2.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mathew Hilakari	22,810	58.3	−4.4
	Liberal	Angela Newhouse	16,289	41.7	+4.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.4

See also

• Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
• List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Summary of Changes". Victorian Electoral Boundary Commission. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
2. "Map of Point Cook District" (PDF). Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission.
3. Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
4. VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
5. Point Cook District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.