Electoral district of Werribee

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Werribee
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Electoral district of Werribee (Victoria) 2022.svg
Location of Werribee (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State Victoria
Dates current1976–2002
2014–present
MP Vacant
Party Labor
NamesakeSuburb of Werribee
Electors 46,282 (2018)
Area339 km2 (130.9 sq mi)
DemographicOuter 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]

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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)

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

Second incarnation (2014–present)

ImageMemberPartyTermNotes
  Tim Pallas.jpg 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

2022 Victorian state election: Werribee [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tim Pallas 17,51245.4−0.6
Liberal Mia Shaw9,77925.3+8.7
Greens Jack Boddeke2,6136.8+0.3
Independent Paul Hopper2,2785.9+5.9
Victorian Socialists Sue Munro1,3913.6+3.6
Family First Matthew Emerson9642.5+2.5
Democratic Labour Kathryn Breakwell7672.0−1.2
Animal Justice Josh Segrave7301.9+1.9
Justice Patricia Anne Wicks7091.8+1.8
Freedom Mark Strother6631.7+1.7
Transport Matters Trevor Russell Collins3600.9+0.9
New Democrats Prashant Tandon3190.8+0.8
Health Australia Karen Hogan2600.7+0.7
Independent Patrizia Barcatta2130.6+0.6
Independent Heni Cazlynn Kwan450.1+0.1
Total formal votes38,60390.3−2.9
Informal votes4,1569.7+2.9
Turnout 42,75985.6+4.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tim Pallas 23,51760.9−2.4
Liberal Mia Shaw15,08639.1+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.

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