Electoral district of Werribee

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Werribee
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Electoral district of Werribee (Victoria) 2022.svg
Electoral district of Werribee
Interactive map of electoral district boundaries from the 2022 state election
State Victoria
Dates current1976–2002
2014–present
MP John Lister
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]

Following a 2025 by-election Werribee became an ultra-marginal seat with a 10.1% swing to the Liberal candidate.

Members for Werribee

First incarnation (1976–2002)
MemberPartyTerm
  Neville Hudson Liberal 1976–1979
  Ken Coghill Labor 1979–1996
  Mary Gillett Labor 1996–2002
Second incarnation (2014–present)
MemberPartyTerm
  Tim Pallas Labor 2014–2025
  John Lister Labor 2025–present

Election results

2025 Werribee state by-election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Steve Murphy12,20728.98+3.65
Labor John Lister 12,16828.89−16.47
Independent Paul Hopper6,13414.56+8.66
Greens Rifai A. Raheem3,1907.57+0.80
Victorian Socialists Sue Munro3,0087.14+3.54
Legalise Cannabis Xavier Menta2,3165.50+5.50
Family First Matt Emerson1,8274.34+1.84
Animal Justice Shohre Mansouri Jajaee4010.95−0.94
Independent Munish Joshi3520.84+0.84
Independent Aidan McLindon 2700.64+0.64
Independent Aijaz Moinuddin1640.39+0.39
Independent Kodei Mulcahy800.19+0.19
Total formal votes42,11793.34+3.06
Informal votes3,0036.66−3.06
Turnout 45,12079.91−5.67
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Lister 21,40550.82−10.10
Liberal Steve Murphy20,71249.18+10.10
Labor hold Swing −10.10

References

  1. "Find a Member". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  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. "Werribee District results". Werribee District by-election. Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC). Retrieved 19 February 2025.

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