Division of Gellibrand

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Gellibrand
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Gellibrand (green) in Victoria
Created1949
MPTim Watts
PartyLabor
NamesakeJoseph Gellibrand
Electors95,571 (2010)
Area91 km2 (35.1 sq mi)
DemographicInner Metropolitan

The Division of Gellibrand is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. Created in 1949, it is named after Joseph Gellibrand, a lawyer and explorer.[1] It covers an area of 102 km² in the inner western suburbs of Melbourne.[1] It includes Footscray, Maidstone, Newport, Altona and Williamstown.[1]

Members[change | change source]

Member Party Term
  Jack Mullens Labor 1949–1955
  Labor (Anti-Communist) 1955–1955
  Hector McIvor Labor 1955–1972
  Ralph Willis Labor 1972–1998
  Nicola Roxon Labor 1998–2013
  Tim Watts Labor 2013–present

Famous members have included Ralph Willis, a Cabinet minister in the Hawke and Keating Governments. Nicola Roxon was a Cabinet minister in the first Rudd Government and the Gillard Government. She was Australia's first female Attorney General.

Election results[change | change source]

2022 Australian federal election: Gellibrand[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tim Watts 39,382 42.72 −6.30
Liberal Monica Clark 24,869 26.97 −3.80
Greens Suzette Rodoreda 15,241 16.53 +2.67
United Australia Abraham Isac 5,080 5.51 −0.14
One Nation Rob Braddock 2,802 3.04 +3.04
Liberal Democrats Chloe Glasson 2,185 2.37 +2.37
Victorian Socialists Andrew Charles 1,503 1.63 +1.63
Australian Federation Sharynn Moors 1,135 1.23 +1.23
Total formal votes 92,197 95.12 −1.25
Informal votes 4,729 4.88 +1.25
Turnout 96,926 89.67 −1.22
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tim Watts 56,738 61.54 −1.48
Liberal Monica Clark 35,459 38.46 +1.48
Labor hold Swing −1.48

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Profile of the electoral division of Gellibrand (Vic)". Australian Electoral Commission. 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  2. Gellibrand, VIC, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.

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