The electoral district of Footscray is an electoral district of the
Victorian Legislative Assembly
The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria in Australia; the upper house being the Victorian Legislative Council. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne.
The presiding ...
. It lies just north of
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
, covering the suburbs of
Footscray,
Maidstone
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,
Maribyrnong,
Seddon,
West Footscray
West Footscray is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Maribyrnong local government area. West Footscray recorded a population of 11,729 at the .
...
, and parts of
Yarraville
Yarraville is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Maribyrnong local government area. Yarraville recorded a population of 15,636 at the .
Yarraville i ...
.
The seat was first created by ''The Electoral Act Amendment Act 1876'' taking effect at the 1877 elections.
[
] 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
Election results
Graphical summary
External links
Electorate profile: Footscray District, Victorian Electoral Commission
References
Electoral districts of Victoria (Australia)
1877 establishments in Australia
1904 disestablishments in Australia
1927 establishments in Australia
City of Maribyrnong
Electoral districts and divisions of Greater Melbourne
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