Division of Maribyrnong

The Division of Maribyrnong is an Australian electoral division in the state of Victoria. It is located in the inner north-western suburbs of Melbourne. It covers the suburbs of Aberfeldie, Airport West, Avondale Heights, Braybrook, Essendon, Gowanbrae, Kealba, Keilor East, Maribyrnong, Moonee Ponds, Niddrie, St Albans and Sunshine North. Due to redistributions, the division has been slowly moving west. It originally included the suburbs of Footscray and North Melbourne. 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.

Maribyrnong
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Maribyrnong in Victoria, as of the 2019 federal election.
Created1906
MPBill Shorten
PartyLabor
NamesakeMaribyrnong River
Electors112,879 (2019)
Area64 km2 (24.7 sq mi)
DemographicInner Metropolitan

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
  Commonwealth 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
  Dr Moss Cass
(1927–)		 Labor 25 October 1969 –
4 February 1983		 Served as minister under Whitlam. Retired
  Alan Griffiths
(1952–)		 Labor 5 March 1983 –
29 January 1996		 Served as minister under Hawke and Keating. Retired
  Bob Sercombe
(1949–)		 Labor 2 March 1996 –
17 October 2007		 Previously held the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Niddrie. Retired
  Bill Shorten
(1967–)		 Labor 24 November 2007 –
present		 Served as minister under Rudd and Gillard. Served as Opposition Leader from 2013 to 2019. Incumbent

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Maribyrnong
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 Australian federal election in Victoria § Maribyrnong[edit]
2019 Australian federal election: Maribyrnong[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Shorten 47,487 47.05 +4.99
Liberal Christine Stow 34,877 34.56 +0.83
Greens James Williams 14,943 14.81 −2.42
United Australia MD Sarwar Hasan 3,617 3.58 +3.58
Total formal votes 100,924 97.10 +1.07
Informal votes 3,014 2.90 −1.07
Turnout 103,938 92.09 +2.72
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Shorten 61,767 61.20 +0.80
Liberal Christine Stow 39,157 38.80 −0.80
Labor hold Swing+0.80

References
  1. Maribyrnong, VIC, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.

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