Division of Melbourne

This article is about the Australian federal electorate. For the Victorian state electorate, see Electoral district of Melbourne.

Melbourne Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Melbourne (green) in Victoria
Created:	1900
MP:	Adam Bandt
Party:	Greens
Namesake:	Melbourne, Victoria
Area:	53 km² (20 sq mi)
Demographic:	Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Melbourne is an Australian Electoral Division of Victoria. It is represented by Adam Bandt of the Australian Greens.

Created at Federation in 1900 the division was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. Melbourne division encompasses the City of Melbourne and the suburbs of Abbotsford, Ascot Vale, Carlton, Clifton Hill, Colllingwood, Docklands, North Melbourne, West Melbourne, East Melbourne, Fitzroy, Fitzroy North, Flemington, Kensington, Parkville and Richmond. Brunswick and Brunswick East are shared with the Division of Wills. The area has heavy and light engineering, extensive manufacturing, commercial and retail activities (including Melbourne markets and central business district), dockyards, clothing and footwear industries, warehousing and distributing of whitegoods, building and other general goods.

This capital city electorate's northern boundary is formed by Maribyrnong Road, Ormond Road, Park Street, Sydney Road and Glenlyon Road between the Yarra River, Maribyrnong River and Merri Creek.

Traditionally a very safe Labor seat, Melbourne was held by the ALP from 1904 to 2010, with former Opposition Leader Arthur Calwell the highest profile member. At the 2007 election, Melbourne became a marginal seat for the first time, with the Greens candidate Adam Bandt taking second place on a two candidate preferred basis, leaving Labor with 54.71 percent of the vote. On a two party preferred basis with the Liberals, Labor finished with 72.27, an increase of 1.13 percentage points.^[1][2] At the 2010 federal election however, following the retirement of former member and Minsiter for Finance Lindsay Tanner, Labor lost the division of Melbourne to the Greens, with Bandt securing victory over Labor candidate Cath Bowtell.^[3]

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Malcolm McEacharn	Protectionist	1901–1904
	William Maloney	Labor	1904–1940
	Arthur Calwell	Labor	1940–1972
	Ted Innes	Labor	1972–1983
	Gerry Hand	Labor	1983–1993
	Lindsay Tanner	Labor	1993–2010
	Adam Bandt	Greens	2010–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Melbourne

Australian federal election, 2010: Melbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Cath Bowtell	34,022	38.09	-11.42
	Greens	Adam Bandt	32,308	36.17	+13.37
	Liberal	Simon Olsen	18,760	21.00	-2.49
	Sex Party	Joel Murray	1,633	1.83	+1.83
	Family First	Georgia Pearson	1,389	1.55	+0.55
	Secular	Penelope Green	613	0.69	+0.69
	Democrats	David Collyer	602	0.67	-0.76
Total formal votes			89,327	96.38	-0.82
Informal votes			3,356	3.62	+0.82
Turnout			92,683	90.09	-1.41
Two-candidate preferred result
	Greens	Adam Bandt	50,059	56.04	+10.75
	Labor	Cath Bowtell	39,268	43.96	-10.75
	Greens gain from Labor		Swing	+10.75

References

1. ^ The Two Party Preferred distribution for the division of Melbourne was published on the VTR at 12pm, Thursday, 10/1/2008. The Two Party Preferred percentage and swing for Melbourne, Victoria and Nationally has changed to reflect this data.[1]
2. ^ Division of Melbourne - AEC
3. ^ "Sky News: Momentous Melbourne win for Greens". skynews.com.au. 2010-08-21. http://www.skynews.com.au/politics/article.aspx?id=502608&articleID=. Retrieved 2010-08-21. 

Bibliography

• Division of Melbourne, Australian Electoral Commission

Coordinates: 37°48′00″S 144°57′47″E / 37.800°S 144.963°E / -37.800; 144.963