Electoral district of Werribee

Werribee Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Werribee (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Dates current	1976–2002 2014–present
MP	Vacant
Party	Labor
Namesake	Suburb of Werribee
Electors	46,282 (2018)
Area	339 km2 (130.9 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer metropolitan

The electoral district of Werribee is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It has existed in two incarnations, first from 1976 to 2002, ^[1] and was created again in the 2013 redistribution and came into effect at the 2014 state election. ^[2]

Based on the rapidly growing outer south west suburbs of Melbourne, it takes in areas from Tarneit and Lara. It covers the suburbs of Werribee, Wyndham Vale, and the rural areas surrounding these suburbs to the south and west. ^[3]

Werribee was estimated to be a safe Labor seat with a margin of 11.4%, and was held by Labor with a further 4.2% swing towards them at the 2014 state election. ^[4]

Members for Werribee

First incarnation (1976–2002)

Image		Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Neville Hudson (1923–1980)	Liberal	20 March 1976 – 5 May 1979
		Ken Coghill (1944–)	Labor	5 May 1979 – 30 March 1996	Speaker of the Legislative Assembly between 1988 and 1992. Retired [5]
		Mary Gillett (1958–)	Labor	30 March 1996 – 30 November 2002	Moved to Tarneit after seat abolished

Second incarnation (2014–present)

Image		Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Tim Pallas (1960–)	Labor	29 November 2014 – 6 January 2025	Previously member for Tarneit. [6] Treasurer of Victoria from 2014 until 2024. [7] Resigned [8]

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Werribee

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

2022 Victorian state election: Werribee ^{[9] [10] [11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tim Pallas	17,512	45.4	−0.6
	Liberal	Mia Shaw	9,779	25.3	+8.7
	Greens	Jack Boddeke	2,613	6.8	+0.3
	Independent	Paul Hopper	2,278	5.9	+5.9
	Victorian Socialists	Sue Munro	1,391	3.6	+3.6
	Family First	Matthew Emerson	964	2.5	+2.5
	Democratic Labour	Kathryn Breakwell	767	2.0	−1.2
	Animal Justice	Josh Segrave	730	1.9	+1.9
	Justice	Patricia Anne Wicks	709	1.8	+1.8
	Freedom	Mark Strother	663	1.7	+1.7
	Transport Matters	Trevor Russell Collins	360	0.9	+0.9
	New Democrats	Prashant Tandon	319	0.8	+0.8
	Health Australia	Karen Hogan	260	0.7	+0.7
	Independent	Patrizia Barcatta	213	0.6	+0.6
	Independent	Heni Cazlynn Kwan	45	0.1	+0.1
Total formal votes			38,603	90.3	−2.9
Informal votes			4,156	9.7	+2.9
Turnout			42,759	85.6	+4.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tim Pallas	23,517	60.9	−2.4
	Liberal	Mia Shaw	15,086	39.1	+2.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.4

References

1. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
2. "Summary of Changes". Victorian Electoral Boundary Commission. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
3. "Map of Werribee District". Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission.
4. Green, Antony. "2013 Victorian Redistribution Analysis of Electoral Boundaries". ABC.
5. "Kenneth Coghill". Swinburne University of Technology. Archived from the original on 17 January 2025. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
6. Raue, Ben. "Tarneit – Victoria 2014". The Tally Room. Archived from the original on 14 September 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
7. Kolovos, Benita (16 December 2024). "Labor's old hand treasurer Tim Pallas departs, leaving a dilemma for Jacinta Allan". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 26 December 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
8. "State by-election super Saturday announced for February 2025". Victorian Electoral Commission. 6 January 2025. Archived from the original on 17 January 2025. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
9. Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
10. VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
11. Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.
12. Green, Antony (10 January 2023). "VIC22 – Werribee – Analysis of Preferences". Antony Green's Election Blog. Archived from the original on 18 December 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
13. "Werribee District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 25 October 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.

External links

• District profile from the Victorian Electoral Commission

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