Electoral district of Melbourne

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Melbourne, 1855

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

History

Melbourne was one of the inaugural districts of the first Assembly in 1856.[1] Its area was defined by the 1855 Act as: <templatestyles src="Template:Blockquote/styles.css" />

Commencing at a Point in the Yarra Yarra River due South from the South-western Angle of Gisborne Street, thence to Gisborne Street, and by the Western Side of that Street to Victoria Parade, thence by the South Side of Victoria Parade to the Western Side of Nicholson Street, thence by the said Western Side of Nicholson Street Northwards to the Boundary Line of the Corporate Limits of Melbourne, thence by the last-mentioned Boundary Line bearing West to the Moonee Ponds, by the said Moonee Ponds downwards to the Site of Main’s Bridge,<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[a] thence by a Line bearing South to the Yarra Yarra River, and on the South by the Yarra Yarra River to the commencing Point.[1]

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Melbourne was abolished in 1859, its area was split into the new electoral districts of East Melbourne and West Melbourne, each having two members.[2]

Melbourne was re-created as a single-member electorate by the Electoral Act Amendment Act 1888[3] which took effect at the 1889 elections.

Since 1908 the seat had been traditional Labor 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 Richard Di Natale in 2002 and 2006, and prominent lawyer Brian Walters in 2010. Pike resigned in 2012, and Labor candidate and City of Melbourne councillor Jennifer Kanis 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 Ellen Sandell at the 2014 election. Along with the seat of Prahran it was the first win for the Greens in the Victorian Legislative Assembly.

Members

First incarnation (1856–1859, 5 members)[4]
Member 1 Party Term Member 2 Party Term Member 3 Party Term Member 4 Party Term Member 5 Party Term
rowspan="2" Template:Australian party style|  Archibald Michie None 1856–1859 rowspan="2" Template:Australian party style|  David Moore None 1856–1859 rowspan="2" Template:Australian party style|  John Smith[5] None 1856–1859 Template:Australian party style|  William Stawell None 1856–1857 Template:Australian party style|  John O'Shanassy[6]# None 1856
Template:Australian party style|  James Service None 1857–1859 Template:Australian party style|  Henry Langlands None 1857–1859
Second incarnation (1889–present, 1 member)
Member Party Term
Template:Australian party style|  Godfrey Carter None 1889–1900
Template:Australian party style|  Edward Findley Labour 1900–1901
Template:Australian party style|  James Boyd Ministerialist 1901–1908
Template:Australian party style|  Alexander Rogers Labor 1908–1924
Template:Australian party style|  Tom Hayes Labor 1924–1955
Template:Australian party style|  Labor (Anti-Communist) 1955–1955
Template:Australian party style|  Arthur Clarey Labor 1955–1972
Template:Australian party style|  Barry Jones Labor 1972–1977
Template:Australian party style|  Keith Remington Labor 1977–1988
Template:Australian party style|  Neil Cole Labor 1988–1999
Template:Australian party style|  Bronwyn Pike Labor 1999–2012
Template:Australian party style|  Jennifer Kanis Labor 2012–2014
Template:Australian party style|  Ellen Sandell Greens 2014–present

Election results

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Historical maps

Notes

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External links

References

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