Maribyrnong
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Maribyrnong in Victoria, as of the 2022 federal election
Created1906
MPBill Shorten
PartyLabor
NamesakeMaribyrnong River
Electors120,339 (2022)
Area98 km2 (37.8 sq mi)
DemographicInner metropolitan

The Division of Maribyrnong is an Australian electoral division in the state of Victoria. It is located in the inner north-western suburbs of Melbourne. Suburbs include Aberfeldie, Airport West, Avondale Heights, Essendon, Footscray, Gowanbrae, Keilor East, Maribyrnong, Moonee Ponds, Niddrie, West Footscray and Tullamarine.[1][2] Due to redistributions, the division has been slowly moving west and changed with the introduction of the Division of Fraser in 2018. According to the 2011 census, Maribyrnong has the highest proportion of Catholics in any Commonwealth Electoral Division in Australia with 41.6% of the population.

Geography

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.[3]

History

Maribyrnong River, the division's namesake

The division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 13 July 1906, and was first contested at the 1906 election. The division was named after the Maribyrnong River, which runs through it. A safe Labor seat for most of the first half of the 20th century, it became a marginal Liberal seat for most of the 1950s and 1960s, in part due to the influence of the Democratic Labor Party. Labor retook the seat in 1969, and for most of the time since then, it has been a comfortably safe Labor seat.

Prominent former members include James Fenton, a minister under James Scullin and Joseph Lyons; Arthur Drakeford, a minister under John Curtin, Frank Forde and Ben Chifley; and Moss Cass, a minister under Gough Whitlam. The current member for Maribyrnong since the 2007 election is the former National Secretary of the Australian Workers' Union and former Opposition Leader Bill Shorten.

Members

Image Member Party Term Notes
  Samuel Mauger
(1857–1936)		 Protectionist 12 December 1906 –
26 May 1909		 Previously held the Division of Melbourne Ports. Served as minister under Deakin. Lost seat
  Commonwealth Liberal 26 May 1909 –
13 April 1910
  James Fenton
(1864–1950)		 Labor 13 April 1910 –
March 1931		 Served as minister under Scullin and Lyons. Lost seat
  Independent March 1931 –
7 May 1931
  United Australia 7 May 1931 –
15 September 1934
  Arthur Drakeford
(1878–1957)		 Labor 15 September 1934 –
10 December 1955		 Served as minister under Curtin, Forde and Chifley. Lost seat
  Philip Stokes
(1906–1983)		 Liberal 10 December 1955 –
25 October 1969		 Lost seat
  Moss Cass
(1927–2022)		 Labor 25 October 1969 –
4 February 1983		 Served as minister under Whitlam. Retired
  Alan Griffiths
(1952–)		 Labor 5 March 1983 –
29 January 1996		 Served as minister under Hawke and Keating. Retired
  Bob Sercombe
(1949–)		 Labor 2 March 1996 –
17 October 2007		 Previously held the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Niddrie. Retired
  Bill Shorten
(1967–)		 Labor 24 November 2007 –
present		 Served as minister under Rudd and Gillard. Served as Opposition Leader from 2013 to 2019. Incumbent. Currently a minister under Albanese

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Victoria § Maribyrnong.[edit]
2022 Australian federal election: Maribyrnong[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Shorten 39,792 42.35 −2.38
Liberal Mira D'Silva 25,493 27.13 −7.64
Greens Rhonda Pryor 15,278 16.26 +0.59
Liberal Democrats Cameron Smith 3,577 3.81 +3.81
United Australia Darren Besanko 3,433 3.65 +0.30
One Nation Jodie Tindal 2,227 2.37 +2.37
Victorian Socialists Daniel Dadich 1,837 1.95 +1.62
Great Australian Mark Hobart 1,741 1.85 +1.85
Australian Federation Alexander Ansalone 590 0.63 +0.63
Total formal votes 93,968 95.03 −1.40
Informal votes 4,917 4.97 +1.40
Turnout 98,885 90.77 −2.73
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Shorten 58,679 62.45 +2.14
Liberal Mira D'Silva 35,289 37.55 −2.14
Labor hold Swing+2.14

References

  1. ↑ "Localities". electorate.aec.gov.au. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  2. ↑ Division of Maribyrnong - Australian Electoral Commission
  3. ↑ Muller, Damon (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  4. ↑ Maribyrnong, VIC, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.

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