Electoral district of Point Cook

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Point Cook
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Electoral district of Point Cook (Victoria) 2022.svg
Location of Point Cook (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State Victoria
Created2022
MP Mathew Hilakari
Party Labor Party
Namesake Point Cook, Victoria
Electors 48,572
Area88 km2 (34.0 sq mi)
DemographicUrban

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]

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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

MemberPartyTerm
  Mathew Hilakari Labor 2022–present

Election results

2022 Victorian state election: Point Cook [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Mathew Hilakari 15,65740.0−9.5
Liberal Angela Newhouse9,65124.7+0.5
Independent Joe Garra2,7176.9+6.9
Greens Shamsher Khan2,6566.8−1.1
Family First Carolyn Cronkwright1,4963.8+3.8
Victorian Socialists Alex McAulay1,3993.6+3.6
Democratic Labour Daniel Hamman1,3693.5+3.5
Independent Larry Zhao8142.1+2.1
Animal Justice Terri Beech8042.1+2.1
Freedom Adrian Abdulovski5711.5+1.5
Justice Scott Grimley5141.3+1.3
Independent Shwetali Sawant4671.2+1.2
Health Australia Emma Law3831.0+0.9
New Democrats Rakhi P. Chaudhary3580.9+0.9
Transport Matters Lisa Jane Gatti2450.6+0.6
Total formal votes39,09989.8−4.8
Informal votes4,44810.2+4.8
Turnout 43,54787.5+2.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Mathew Hilakari 22,81058.3−4.4
Liberal Angela Newhouse16,28941.7+4.4
Labor hold Swing −4.4

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References

  1. "Summary of Changes". Victorian Electoral Boundary Commission. 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.