Division of Maribyrnong

Not to be confused with City of Maribyrnong.

Maribyrnong Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Maribyrnong in Victoria, as of the 2022 federal election
Created	1906
MP	Bill Shorten
Party	Labor
Namesake	Maribyrnong River
Electors	120,339 (2022)
Area	98 km^2 (37.8 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner metropolitan

The Division of Maribyrnong (/mærəbənɒŋ/) 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
			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–)		5 March 1983 – 29 January 1996	Served as minister under Hawke and Keating. Retired
		Bob Sercombe (1949–)		2 March 1996 – 17 October 2007	Previously held the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Niddrie. Retired
		Bill Shorten (1967–)		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

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Maribyrnong

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
	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

Alluvial diagram for preference flows in the seat of Maribyrnong in the 2022 federal election. Y indicates at what stage the winning candidate had over 50% of the votes and was declared the winner.

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.

External links

• Maribyrnong Covered Suburbs - Australian Electoral Commission

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