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Victorian state election, 2018
Altona District
Western Melbourne: Altona, Altona Meadows, Laverton, Point Cook, Seabrook
Federal seats: Part of Gellibrand
Legislative Council: Western Metropolitan Region
Local government areas: Parts of Hobsons Bay, Wyndham
Enrolment 2014 election: 48,044
Enrolment 2018 election: 55,418 (up 15.3%)
Sitting member: :
Hon Jill Hennessy (Labor) Elected 2010 by-election, 2010, 2014
2010 Labor majority over Liberal: 12.0
2014 Labor majority over Liberal: 12.6
Status: Fairly safe Labor
2014 results
Candidates
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Emma-Jane Byrne
Australian Greens |
Hon Jill Hennessy
Australian Labor Party |
Christian Martinu
Liberal Party |
Christian Martinu (Liberal Party)
Tony Hooper (Independent)
Maria Aylward (Independent)
Emma-Jane Byrne (Australian Greens)
Hon Jill Hennessy (Australian Labor Party)
Altona District
Altona was created in 1991 in Melbourne's fast-growing outer western suburbs. It has been little changed by
subsequent redistributions. It has a young population, and a high proportion of families with dependent childen
paying mortgages. Many of them are recent immigrants from India and other Asian countries, taking advantage of
the areas's relatively cheap housing.
Altona has always been a safe Labor seat, being retained even in the face of the 1992 landslide Liberal victory.
Lynne Kosky won the seat in 1996 and was a minister in the Bracks and Bumbly governments. She resigned for family
reasons in 2010, and the by-election was won for Labor by Jill Hennessy, who has held the seat since.
Jill Hennessy, Labor MLA for Altona since 2010, was a solicitor and public servant before entering politics.
She was also a Senior Adviser to Premier Steve Bracks. She was elected to the shadow cabinet after the 2010
election and has been Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services since December 2014.
The Liberal candidate in 2018 is Christian Martinu, an Environmental Health Officer.
Boundaries following 2014 redistricting:
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