Electoral district of Footscray

Footscray
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Footscray; Victoria—Legislative Assembly
	Location of Footscray (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Dates current	1877–1904; 1927–present
MP	Katie Hall
Party	Labor Party
Namesake	Footscray, Victoria
Electors	51,602 (2018)
Area	23 km2 (8.9 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner metropolitan
Coordinates	37°48′S 144°52′E / 37.800°S 144.867°E

The electoral district of Footscray is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It lies just north of Melbourne, covering the suburbs of Footscray, Maidstone, Maribyrnong, Seddon, West Footscray, and parts of Yarraville.

The seat was first created by The Electoral Act Amendment Act 1876 taking effect at the 1877 elections.^[1] It was abolished in 1904 and recreated in 1927. In its current incarnation it has been held by the Labor Party for its entire existence. It has usually been a comfortably safe Labor seat, as it lies in Labor's traditional heartland of western and northern Melbourne.

Members for Footscray

First incarnation (1877–1904)
Member		Party	Term
	Mark Last King	Unaligned	1877–1879
	William Clark	Unaligned	1879–1894
	John Hancock	Labor	1894–1899
	Samuel Mauger	Independent	1900–1901
	Jacob Fotheringham	Liberal	1901–1902
	Alexander McDonald	Liberal	1902–1904
Second incarnation (1927–present)
Member		Party	Term
	George Prendergast	Labor	1927–1937
	Jack Mullens	Labor	1937–1945
	Jack Holland	Labor	1945–1955
	Roy Schintler	Labor	1955–1958
	Ernie Shepherd	Labor	1958
	Bill Divers	Labor	1958–1970
	Robert Fordham	Labor	1970–1992
	Bruce Mildenhall	Labor	1992–2006
	Marsha Thomson	Labor	2006–2018
	Katie Hall	Labor	2018–present

Election results

2022 Victorian state election: Footscray^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Katie Hall	17,387	43.1	−11.8
	Greens	Elena Pereyra	9,045	22.4	+2.2
	Liberal	Emete Joesika	7,214	17.9	+0.8
	Victorian Socialists	Jorge Jorquera	3,769	9.3	+9.3
	Democratic Labour	Alan Williams	1,098	2.7	+2.7
	Animal Justice	Shohre Mansouri Jajaee	989	2.5	−3.5
	Family First	Russell Muir	838	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			40,340	96.1	+1.5
Informal votes			1,654	3.9	−1.5
Turnout			41,994	86.0	+0.4
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Labor	Katie Hall	30,523	75.7	−3.0
	Liberal	Emete Joesika	9,817	24.3	+3.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Katie Hall	21,880	54.2	−13.9
	Greens	Elena Pereyra	18,460	45.8	+13.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−13.9

Graphical summary

First preference vote history in Footscray since 1927 (Candidates under 5 per cent are excluded unless there are significance of candidacies at a given year)

Distribution of preference results in Footscray.

External links

Electorate profile: Footscray District, Victorian Electoral Commission

References

^ "The Electoral Act Amendment Act 1876". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
^ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
^ Footscray District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.