The electoral district of Melbourne is an electorate of the

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. It currently includes the localities of Docklands,

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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 ...

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, West Melbourne,

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, Parkville, Newmarket, Kensington and Flemington, and includes

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. The district has been in existence since 1856 (it was abolished in 1859 and reestablished in 1889). Melbourne_map_1855

The electorate was won in 2014 for the first time by Greens candidate

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History

Melbourne was one of the inaugural districts of the first Assembly in 1856. Its area was defined by the 1855 Act as: : now Flemington Bridge Melbourne was abolished in 1859, its area was split into the new electoral districts of

and West Melbourne, each having two members. Melbourne was re-created as a single-member electorate by the Electoral Act Amendment Act 1888 which took effect at the 1889 elections. Since 1908 the seat had been traditional

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territory since 1908, but had become increasingly marginal against the Greens since 2002. Senior Labor minister Bronwyn Pike successfully held the seat against strong Greens challenges at three subsequent elections, defeating future Greens Senator

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in 2002 and 2006, and prominent lawyer

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in 2010. Pike resigned in 2012, and Labor candidate and City of Melbourne councillor

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retained the seat after a closely contested by-election, which saw her finish second on primary votes to Greens candidate Cathy Oke but win on preferences. Kanis lost the seat to Greens candidate

at the 2014 election. Along with the seat of

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it was the first win for the Greens in the

Members

Election results

Historical maps

Electoral_district_of_Melbourne_1856.png, Location of Melbourne district in 1856

Notes

O'Shanassy won both Melbourne and Kilmore districts, he decided to represent the latter resulting in a by-election for Melbourne.

External links

Victorian Electoral Commission profile of the district of Melbourne

Map of the district of Melbourne (.pdf file)
2013 *Electoral District of Melbourne, 1855

References

Electoral districts of Victoria (Australia) 1856 establishments in Australia 1859 disestablishments in Australia 1889 establishments in Australia

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Melbourne City Centre East Melbourne, Victoria Electoral districts and divisions of Greater Melbourne {{VictoriaAU-gov-stub