Division of Gellibrand

Gellibrand Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory:	Victoria
Created:	1949
MP:	Nicola Roxon
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Joseph Gellibrand
Electors:	93,277
Area:	91 km² (35.1 sq mi)
Demographic:	Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Gellibrand is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1949 and is named for Joseph Gellibrand, a pioneer settler of the Melbourne area. It is located in the western suburbs of Melbourne and includes Footscray, Maidstone, Altona and Williamstown. It has always been one of the safest seats in Australia for the Australian Labor Party. Its most prominent members have been Ralph Willis, a Cabinet minister in the Hawke and Keating governments, and Nicola Roxon, a Cabinet minister in the Rudd government.

[edit] Members

Australian federal election, 2007: Gellibrand^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Nicola Roxon	50,681	60.22	+5.60
	Liberal	Wayne Tseng	19,220	22.84	-8.73
	Greens	Robert Gibson	7,898	9.38	+0.30
	Independent	Dave O'Neil	1,950	2.32	+2.32
	Family First	Mukesh Garg	1,700	2.02	+0.18
	Socialist Alliance	Ben Courtice	1,334	1.59	+0.95
	Democrats	Rachel Richards	1,088	1.29	-0.01
	Citizens Electoral Council	Rodney Doel	285	0.34	+0.15
Total formal votes			84,156	95.78	+2.35
Informal votes			3,712	4.22	-2.35
Turnout			87,868	94.20	+0.80
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Labor	Nicola Roxon	60,134	71.46	+6.51
	Liberal	Wayne Tseng	24,022	28.54	-6.51
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.51

Australian federal election, 2004: Gellibrand
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Nicola Roxon	43,383	54.62	-4.78
	Liberal	David McConnell	25,069	31.57	+5.38
	Greens	Nam Bui	7,210	9.08	+2.78
	Family First	Michael Lee	1,463	1.84	+1.84
	Democrats	Max Grarock	1,032	1.30	-5.91
	Independent	Wajde Assaf	606	0.76	+0.76
	Socialist Alliance	Linda Waldron	508	0.64	+0.64
	Citizens Electoral Council	Kel Isherwood	149	0.19	+0.19
Total formal votes			79,420	93.43	-1.90
Informal votes			5,587	6.57	+1.90
Turnout			85,007	93.40	-0.47
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Labor	Nicola Roxon	51,587	64.95	-5.46
	Liberal	David McConnell	27,833	35.05	+5.46
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.46

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