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Australian federal election, 2019
Division of Melbourne, Victoria
Central Melbourne: Carlton, Collingwood, Docklands, Kensington, Richmond
State seats: Parts of
Brunswick,
Melbourne and
Richmond
Local government areas: Parts of Melbourne and Yarra
Enrolment at close of rolls: 107,552
1999 republic referendum: Yes 70.9
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 83.7
Sitting member: Dr Adam Bandt (Green):
Elected 2010, 2013, 2016
2007 Labor majority over Greens: 4.7%
2010 Greens majority over Labor: 6.0%
2013 Greens majority over Labor: 5.3%
2016 Greens majority over Liberal: 6.9%
2016 Labor notional majority over Liberal: 16.6%
2019 Greens notional majority over Liberal: 6.9%
Status: Marginal Greens over Liberal
2016 results
Statistics and history
Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Judy Ryan
Reason Australia |
2. Dr Adam Bandt
Australian Greens |
3. Dave Blake
Independent |
4. Lawrence Pope
Animal Justice Party |
5. Lauren Sherson
Liberal Party |
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6. Luke Creasey
Australian Labor Party (disendorsed) |
7. Tony Pecora
United Australia Party |
Candidate websites:
Dr Adam Bandt
Lauren Sherson
Division of Melbourne
Melbourne has existed since Federation, its boundaries extending gradually outwards at each successive redistribution as
the inner suburbs declined (in relative terms) in population, although this trend has recently been reversed as the
inner city has been colonised by wealthy apartment-dwellers. Suburbs like Fitzroy, Richmond and Collingwood, once
slums, are now wealthy areas populated by affluent professionals. Melbourne is now in the top 20% of seats in terms of
median family income and in the top 10% in terms of people in professional occupations. It also has a high proportion of
people born in non English speaking countries. Conversely, it has very low proportions of families with dependent
children and dwellings being purchased.
Labor held Melbourne continuously for over a century. During those decades it was one of the safest Labor seats in the
country, and was held for most that time by two members: Dr Billy Maloney (the longest-serving backbencher in the
history of the Australian Parliament) and Arthur Calwell, who was Leader of the Opposition from 1960 to 1967. The last
Labor member was Lindsay Tanner, who was Minister for Finance in the Rudd Government but retired in 2010 rather than serve
under Julia Gillard.
The Greens vote in Melbourne rose from 6.6% in 1996 to 22.8 in 2007, almost all at the expense of Labor, reflecting the
rapid demographic change in the electorate. In 2010, with Tanner's personal vote gone, the Greens polled 36.2% and won
the seat on Liberal preferences. In 2013 the Greens polled 42.6%, and won without Liberal preferences. In 2016 they
polled 43.7% and Labor finished third. It is difficult
to see Labor regaining the seat, since the decline in its traditional vote is continuing. Only in parts of
Richmond does Labor still win majority support.
Dr Adam Bandt, Greens MP for Melbourne since 2010, and the first Greens candidate to win a House of Representatives seat
at a general election, was a lawyer with Slater and Gordon (long-time Labor lawyers) before his election. He has a
PhD in legal history from Monash University.
Labor's candidate in 2019 was Luke Creasey, a high-school teacher and gay rights activist. Two weeks before
the election he was disendorsed after inappropriate social media posts were released. The Liberal
candidate is Lauren Sherson, whose occupation is not stated.
Demographics:
Median weekly household income: $1,484 (Australia $1,438)
People over 65: 7.9% (Australia 15.8%)
Australian born: 44.9% (Australia 66.7%)
Ancestry: Chinese 14.7%
Non-English-speaking households: 40.9% (Australia 22.2%)
Catholics 15.2% (Australia 22.6%)
Buddhism: 5.9%
No religion 45.1% (Australia 29.6%)
University graduates: 44.8% (Australia 22.0%)
Professional and managerial employment: 55.0% (Australia 35.2%)
Employed in manufacturing and construction: 10.0% (Australia 22.9%)
Paying a mortgage: 18.7% (Australia 34.5%)
Renting: 61.5% (Australia 30.9%)
Traditional families: 13.4% (Australia 32.8%)
Members:
Hon Sir Malcolm McEacharn (Prot) 1901-04
Dr William Maloney (Lab, ALP) 1904b-40
Rt Hon Arthur Calwell (ALP) 1940-72
Ted Innes (ALP) 1972-83
Hon Gerry Hand (ALP) 1983-93
Hon Lindsay Tanner (ALP) 1993-2010
Dr Adam Bandt (Green) 2010-
Boundaries following 2018 redistribution:
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