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Victorian state election, 28 November 2026
Footscray District

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Location: Footscray, Maidstone, Yarraville
Legislative Council: Western Metropolitan Region

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Enrolment 2022 election: 48,860
Enrolment June 2026: 51,221 (up 4.8%)

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Relevant demographics (2021 census)

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High income: 21.9% (Aust average 22.6%)
Renting: 42.1% (Aust average 30.6%)
Paying a mortgage: 31.0% (Aust average 35.0%)
Couples with children: 54.0% (Aust average 43.7%)
Born overseas: 44.9% (Aust average 27.7%)
Born in Vietnam: 12.0% (Aust average 1.0%)
Vietnamese speakers: 16.1% (Aust average 1.3%)
Chinese speakers: 5.9% (Aust average 3.9%)
No religion: 36.3% (Aust average 38.9%)
Buddhism: 10.0% (Aust average 2.4%)
University graduate: 34.1% (Aust average 26.3%)
Professional / managerial: 39.7% (Aust average 37.7%)

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Sitting member: Katie Hall (Labor): Elected 2018, 2022

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2018 Labor majority over Liberal: 28.1%
2021 redistricting: Labor majority over Liberal 28.7%
2022 Labor majority over Greens 04.2%

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Status: Very safe Labor versus Liberal, marginal versus Greens

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Footscray was created in 1877, abolished in 1904 and re-created in 1927. It has always been a working-class seat, although it is now being gentrified. It has also become heavily multi-cultural, with waves of European, Vietnamese and most recently African immigrants. Labor has held it continously since 1927, but Labor is now under threat from the Greens. The 2021 redistricting removed the western parts of the seat (Braybrook and Sunshine), and added more inner-city areas such as Seddon and Yarraville. This has rendered the seat less multi-cultural than was shown in the 2021 census, and weakened Labor's position relative to the Greens. Recent members: Bob Fordham 1970-92, Bruce Mildenhall 1992-2006, Marsha Thomson 2006-18, Katie Hall since 2018.

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2022 results

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Boundaries following 2021 redistricting

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Candidates:

Jasmine Duff Victorian Socialists	Katie Hall Australian Labor Party	Jess Marsh Independent

Minh Quan Nguyen West Party	Elena Pereyra Australian Greens

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