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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

Enrolment 2022 election: 48,860
Enrolment November 2025: 50,660

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

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

Status: Very safe Labor versus Liberal, marginal versus Greens

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. Recent members: Bob Fordham 1970-92, Bruce Mildenhall 1992-2006, Marsha Thomson 2006-18, Katie Hall since 2018.

  • 2022 results
  • Boundaries following
    2021 redistricting

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  • Candidates:
    Katie Hall
    Australian Labor Party

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