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Melbourne
Australian House of Representatives Division
Melbourne; Australian House of Representatives Division
	Division of Melbourne in Victoria, as of the 2022 federal election
Created	1901
MP	Adam Bandt
Party	Greens
Namesake	Melbourne
Electors	114,447 (2022)
Area	40 km2 (15.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner metropolitan

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The Division of Melbourne is an Australian electoral division in the State of Victoria, represented since the 2010 election by Adam Bandt, leader of the Australian Greens.

The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first federal election. The Division of Melbourne encompasses the City of Melbourne and the suburbs of Abbotsford, Burnley, Carlton, Carlton North, Clifton Hill, Collingwood, Cremorne, Docklands, East Melbourne, Fitzroy, Fitzroy North, North Melbourne, Parkville, Princes Hill, Richmond, West Melbourne and parts of Brunswick East. The area has heavy and light engineering, extensive manufacturing, commercial and retail activities (including Melbourne markets and central business district), dockyards, clothing and footwear industries, warehousing and distributing of whitegoods, building and other general goods. This capital city electorate's northern boundary is formed by Maribyrnong Road, Ormond Road, Park Street, Sydney Road and Glenlyon Road between the Yarra River, Maribyrnong River and Merri Creek. The division also contains the main Parkville Campus of the University of Melbourne.

Melbourne has the highest proportion of Greens first party preferences relative to any other federal division. Melbourne also has a higher than average university education rate, with 44.8% of electors holding a bachelor's degree or above.^[1]

Geography

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.^[2]

History

Melbourne was held by the Australian Labor Party for almost all of its history. Labor first won the seat at a 1904 by-election, and held it for over a century, with former Opposition Leader Arthur Calwell the highest profile member. For most of the time from 1907 to 2004, it was one of Labor's safest seats. During this time, Labor's hold on the seat was only remotely threatened once, when Calwell saw his majority trimmed to 57.2 percent amidst the Coalition's landslide victory in 1966. This is still the closest that the conservative parties have come to winning the seat in over a century.

At the 2007 election, Melbourne became a marginal seat for the first time in a century, even as Labor won a decisive victory nationally. Greens candidate Adam Bandt taking second place on a two candidate preferred basis, leaving Labor with 54.71 percent of the vote. On a "traditional" two party preferred basis with the Liberals, Labor finished with 72.27, an increase of 1.13 percentage points.^[3]

At the 2010 election however, following the retirement of former member and Minister for Finance and Deregulation Lindsay Tanner, Labor lost Melbourne to the Greens on a large swing, with Bandt far outpolling the Liberals and securing victory over Labor candidate Cath Bowtell.^[4] Bandt retained his seat in 2013, 2016 and 2019, with an increase in his primary vote share on each occasion. In 2016 and 2019, he actually pushed Labor into third place.

In 2017, the division had the highest percentage of "Yes" responses in the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey, with 83.7% of the electorate's respondents to the survey responding "Yes" in favour of same-sex marriage. Additionally, in the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum, the division had the highest percentage of "Yes" responses of any Australian division, with 78.04% of votes cast responding "Yes" in favour of the proposal.

Members

Member	Party	Term	Notes
Sir Malcolm McEacharn (1852–1910)	Protectionist	29 March 1901 – 10 March 1904	1903 election results declared void. Lost seat in subsequent by-election
William Maloney (1854–1940)	Labor	30 March 1904 – 27 August 1940	Previously held the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of West Melbourne. Retired
Arthur Calwell (1896–1973)		21 September 1940 – 2 November 1972	Served as minister under Curtin, Forde and Chifley. Served as Opposition Leader from 1960 to 1967. Retired
Ted Innes (1925–2010)		2 December 1972 – 4 February 1983	Lost preselection and retired
Gerry Hand (1942–2023)		5 March 1983 – 8 February 1993	Served as minister under Hawke and Keating. Retired
Lindsay Tanner (1956–)		13 March 1993 – 19 July 2010	Served as minister under Rudd and Gillard. Retired
Adam Bandt (1972–)	Greens	21 August 2010 – present	Incumbent. Currently Leader of the Greens

Election results

2022 Australian federal election: Melbourne^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Greens	Adam Bandt	47,883	49.62	+1.58
	Labor	Keir Paterson	24,155	25.03	+3.91
	Liberal	James Damches	14,660	15.19	−6.01
	Victorian Socialists	Colleen Bolger	3,156	3.27	+3.27
	United Australia	Justin Borg	1,709	1.77	+0.60
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Peppard	1,596	1.65	+1.65
	Animal Justice	Bruce Poon	1,316	1.36	−0.68
	Independent	Scott Robson	1,094	1.13	+1.13
	One Nation	Walter Stragan	937	0.97	+0.97
Total formal votes			96,506	96.99	+0.01
Informal votes			2,993	3.01	−0.01
Turnout			99,499	86.98	−2.64
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Labor	Keir Paterson	75,191	77.91	+10.11
	Liberal	James Damches	21,315	22.09	−10.11
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Greens	Adam Bandt	58,050	60.15	−12.44
	Labor	Keir Paterson	38,456	39.85	+39.85
	Greens hold

Primary vote results in Melbourne (Parties that did not get 5% of the vote are omitted)

Liberal

Labor

Australian Democrats

Greens

Reason

Two-candidate-preferred results in Melbourne

References

^ "2016 Melbourne, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
^ Muller, Damon (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
^ "Division of Melbourne - AEC". Archived from the original on 29 June 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2008.
^ "Historic win for Greens". The Age. Fairfax Media. 22 August 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
^ Melbourne, VIC, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.

External links

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[1] "2016 Melbourne, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.

[2] Muller, Damon (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2022.

[3] "Division of Melbourne - AEC". Archived from the original on 29 June 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2008.

[4] "Historic win for Greens". The Age. Fairfax Media. 22 August 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2013.

[5] Melbourne, VIC, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.

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 The '''Division of Melbourne''' is an [[Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives|Australian electoral division]] in the [[states and territories of Australia|State]] of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], represented since the [[2010 Australian federal election|2010 election]] by [[Adam Bandt]], leader of the [[Australian Greens]].
-The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the [[List of Australian electorates contested at every election|original 65 divisions]] to be contested at the [[1901 Australian federal election|first federal election]]. The Division of Melbourne encompasses the [[City of Melbourne]] and the suburbs of [[Abbotsford, Victoria|Abbotsford]], [[Ascot Vale, Victoria|Ascot Vale]], [[Burnley, Victoria|Burnley]], [[Carlton, Victoria|Carlton]], [[Carlton North, Victoria|Carlton North]], [[Collingwood, Victoria|Collingwood]], [[Cremorne, Victoria|Cremorne]], [[Docklands, Victoria|Docklands]], [[East Melbourne, Victoria|East Melbourne]], [[Fitzroy, Victoria|Fitzroy]], [[Fitzroy North, Victoria|Fitzroy North]], [[Flemington, Victoria|Flemington]], [[Kensington, Victoria|Kensington]], [[North Melbourne, Victoria|North Melbourne]], [[Parkville, Victoria|Parkville]], [[Princes Hill, Victoria|Princes Hill]], [[Richmond, Victoria|Richmond]], [[Travancore, Victoria|Travancore]] and [[West Melbourne, Victoria|West Melbourne]]. The area has heavy and light engineering, extensive manufacturing, commercial and retail activities (including Melbourne markets and central business district), dockyards, clothing and footwear industries, warehousing and distributing of whitegoods, building and other general goods. This capital city electorate's northern boundary is formed by Maribyrnong Road, Ormond Road, Park Street, Sydney Road and Glenlyon Road between the [[Yarra River]], [[Maribyrnong River]] and [[Merri Creek]]. The division also contains the main Parkville Campus of the [[University of Melbourne]].
+The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the [[List of Australian electorates contested at every election|original 65 divisions]] to be contested at the [[1901 Australian federal election|first federal election]]. The Division of Melbourne encompasses the [[City of Melbourne]] and the suburbs of [[Abbotsford, Victoria|Abbotsford]], [[Burnley, Victoria|Burnley]], [[Carlton, Victoria|Carlton]], [[Carlton North, Victoria|Carlton North]], [[Clifton Hill, Victoria|Clifton Hill]], [[Collingwood, Victoria|Collingwood]], [[Cremorne, Victoria|Cremorne]], [[Docklands, Victoria|Docklands]], [[East Melbourne, Victoria|East Melbourne]], [[Fitzroy, Victoria|Fitzroy]], [[Fitzroy North, Victoria|Fitzroy North]], [[North Melbourne, Victoria|North Melbourne]], [[Parkville, Victoria|Parkville]], [[Princes Hill, Victoria|Princes Hill]], [[Richmond, Victoria|Richmond]], [[West Melbourne, Victoria|West Melbourne]] and parts of [[Brunswick East, Victoria |Brunswick East]]. The area has heavy and light engineering, extensive manufacturing, commercial and retail activities (including Melbourne markets and central business district), dockyards, clothing and footwear industries, warehousing and distributing of whitegoods, building and other general goods. This capital city electorate's northern boundary is formed by Maribyrnong Road, Ormond Road, Park Street, Sydney Road and Glenlyon Road between the [[Yarra River]], [[Maribyrnong River]] and [[Merri Creek]]. The division also contains the main Parkville Campus of the [[University of Melbourne]].
-Melbourne has the highest proportion of Greens first party preferences relative to any other federal division. Melbourne also has a higher than average university education rate, with 44.8% of electors holding a [[bachelor's degree]] or above.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2016 Melbourne, Census All persons QuickStats {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/CED231#:~:text=Of%20these%2048.5%25%20were%20male,up%200.4%25%20of%20the%20population.&text=The%20median%20age%20of%20people,up%207.9%25%20of%20the%20population. |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=www.abs.gov.au}}</ref>
+Melbourne has the highest proportion of Greens first party preferences relative to any other federal division. Melbourne also has a higher than average university education rate, with 44.8% of electors holding a [[bachelor's degree]] or above.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2016 Melbourne, Census All persons QuickStats {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/CED231#:~:text=Of%20these%2048.5%25%20were%20male,up%200.4%25%20of%20the%20population.&text=The%20median%20age%20of%20people,up%207.9%25%20of%20the%20population. |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=www.abs.gov.au |archive-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527195222/https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/CED231#:~:text=Of%20these%2048.5%25%20were%20male,up%200.4%25%20of%20the%20population.&text=The%20median%20age%20of%20people,up%207.9%25%20of%20the%20population. |url-status=live }}</ref>
 ==Geography==
-Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the [[Australian Electoral Commission]]. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Muller |first1=Damon |title=The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide |url=https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp1718/Quick_Guides/FederalRedistributions |website=Parliament of Australia |access-date=19 April 2022 |date=14 November 2017}}</ref>
+Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the [[Australian Electoral Commission]]. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Muller |first1=Damon |title=The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide |url=https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp1718/Quick_Guides/FederalRedistributions |website=Parliament of Australia |access-date=19 April 2022 |date=14 November 2017 |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523135724/https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp1718/Quick_Guides/FederalRedistributions |url-status=live }}</ref>
 ==History==
 [[File:Flying over Melbourne 2.jpg|thumb|left|The city of [[Melbourne]], the division's namesake]]
-Melbourne was held by the [[Australian Labor Party]] for the better part of its history. Labor first won the seat at a [[1904 Melbourne by-election|1904 by-election]], and held it for over a century, with former [[List of Australian Leaders of the Opposition|Opposition Leader]] [[Arthur Calwell]] the highest profile member. For most of the time from 1907 to 2004, it was one of Labor's safest seats. During this time, Labor's hold on the seat was only remotely threatened once, when Calwell saw his majority trimmed to 57.2 percent amidst the [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]]'s landslide victory in [[1966 Australian federal election|1966]]. This is still the closest that the conservative parties have come to winning the seat in over a century.
+Melbourne was held by the [[Australian Labor Party]] for almost all of its history. Labor first won the seat at a [[1904 Melbourne by-election|1904 by-election]], and held it for over a century, with former [[List of Australian Leaders of the Opposition|Opposition Leader]] [[Arthur Calwell]] the highest profile member. For most of the time from 1907 to 2004, it was one of Labor's safest seats. During this time, Labor's hold on the seat was only remotely threatened once, when Calwell saw his majority trimmed to 57.2 percent amidst the [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]]'s landslide victory in [[1966 Australian federal election|1966]]. This is still the closest that the conservative parties have come to winning the seat in over a century.
-At the [[2007 Australian federal election|2007 election]], Melbourne became a marginal seat for the first time in a century, even as Labor won a decisive victory nationally. Greens candidate [[Adam Bandt]] taking second place on a two candidate preferred basis, leaving Labor with 54.71 percent of the vote. On a "traditional" [[two-party-preferred vote|two party preferred]] basis with the Liberals, Labor finished with 72.27, an increase of 1.13 percentage points.<ref>[http://results.aec.gov.au/13745/website/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-13745-228.htm Division of Melbourne - AEC]</ref>
+At the [[2007 Australian federal election|2007 election]], Melbourne became a marginal seat for the first time in a century, even as Labor won a decisive victory nationally. Greens candidate [[Adam Bandt]] taking second place on a two candidate preferred basis, leaving Labor with 54.71 percent of the vote. On a "traditional" [[two-party-preferred vote|two party preferred]] basis with the Liberals, Labor finished with 72.27, an increase of 1.13 percentage points.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://results.aec.gov.au/13745/website/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-13745-228.htm |title=Division of Melbourne - AEC |access-date=30 May 2008 |archive-date=29 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100629163236/http://results.aec.gov.au/13745/Website/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-13745-228.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
 At the [[2010 Australian federal election|2010 election]] however, following the retirement of former member and [[Minister for Finance and Deregulation (Australia)|Minister for Finance and Deregulation]] [[Lindsay Tanner]], Labor lost Melbourne to the Greens on a large swing, with Bandt far outpolling the Liberals and securing victory over Labor candidate Cath Bowtell.<ref>{{cite news|title=Historic win for Greens|url=http://www.theage.com.au/federal-election/historic-win-for-greens-20100821-13a46.html|newspaper=[[The Age]]|publisher=[[Fairfax Media]]|date=22 August 2010|access-date=31 March 2013}}</ref> Bandt retained his seat in [[2013 Australian federal election|2013]], [[2016 Australian federal election|2016]] and [[2019 Australian federal election|2019]], with an increase in his primary vote share on each occasion. In 2016 and 2019, he actually pushed Labor into third place.
-In 2017, the division had the highest percentage of "Yes" responses in the [[Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey]], with 83.7% of the electorate's respondents to the survey responding "Yes" in favour of [[same-sex marriage]].
+In 2017, the division had the highest percentage of "Yes" responses in the [[Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey]], with 83.7% of the electorate's respondents to the survey responding "Yes" in favour of [[same-sex marriage]]. Additionally, in the [[2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum]], the division had the highest percentage of "Yes" responses of any Australian division, with 78.04% of votes cast responding "Yes" in favour of the proposal.
 ==Members==
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-| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
+| rowspan="5" | [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
 | nowrap | [[1904 Melbourne by-election|30 March 1904]] –<br/>[[1940 Australian federal election|27 August 1940]]
 | Previously held the [[Victorian Legislative Assembly]] seat of [[Electoral district of West Melbourne|West Melbourne]]. Retired
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 | [[Arthur Calwell]]<br />{{small|(1896–1973)}}
-| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
 | nowrap | [[1940 Australian federal election|21 September 1940]] –<br/>[[1972 Australian federal election|2 November 1972]]
 | Served as minister under [[Curtin Government|Curtin]], [[Frank Forde|Forde]] and [[Chifley Government|Chifley]]. Served as [[List of Australian Leaders of the Opposition|Opposition Leader]] from 1960 to 1967. Retired
 |-
 | {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
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+| [[File:Ted_Innes.jpg|100px]]
 | [[Ted Innes]]<br />{{small|(1925–2010)}}
-| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
 | nowrap | [[1972 Australian federal election|2 December 1972]] –<br/>[[1983 Australian federal election|4 February 1983]]
+| Lost preselection and retired
-| Retired
 |-
 | {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
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+| [[File:Labor Placeholder.png|100px]]
-| [[Gerry Hand]]<br />{{small|(1942–)}}
+| [[Gerry Hand]]<br />{{small|(1942–2023)}}
-| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
 | nowrap | [[1983 Australian federal election|5 March 1983]] –<br/>[[1993 Australian federal election|8 February 1993]]
 | Served as minister under [[Hawke Government|Hawke]] and [[Keating Government|Keating]]. Retired
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 | [[Lindsay Tanner]]<br />{{small|(1956–)}}
-| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
 | nowrap | [[1993 Australian federal election|13 March 1993]] –<br/>[[2010 Australian federal election|19 July 2010]]
 | Served as minister under [[Rudd Government (2007–2010)|Rudd]] and [[Gillard Government|Gillard]]. Retired

v t e Electoral divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in Victoria
Labor (25)	Aston Ballarat Bendigo Bruce Calwell Chisholm Cooper Corangamite Corio Dunkley Fraser Gellibrand Gorton Hawke Higgins Holt Hotham Isaacs Jagajaga Lalor Macnamara Maribyrnong McEwen Scullin Wills
Liberal (6)	Casey Deakin Flinders La Trobe Menzies Wannon
Nationals (3)	Gippsland Mallee Nicholls
Independent (4)	Goldstein Indi Kooyong Monash
Greens (1)	Melbourne
Abolished	Balaclava Batman Bourke Burke (1949–1955) Burke (1969–2004) Corinella (1901–1906) Corinella (1990–1996) Darebin Diamond Valley Echuca Fawkner Grampians Henty Higinbotham Hoddle Isaacs (1949–1969) Laanecoorie McMillan Melbourne Ports Mernda Moira Murray Northern Melbourne Scullin (1955–1969) Southern Melbourne Streeton Wimmera Yarra
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