Division of Gellibrand

Gellibrand Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Gellibrand (green) in Victoria
Created:	1949
MP:	Nicola Roxon
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Joseph Gellibrand
Area:	91 km² (35 sq mi)
Demographic:	Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Gellibrand is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1949 and is named for Joseph Gellibrand, a pioneer settler of the Melbourne area. It is located in the inner western suburbs of Melbourne and includes Footscray, Maidstone, Newport, Altona and Williamstown.

It has been in the hands of the Australian Labor Party for its entire existence; it is located in Labor's traditional heartland of western Melbourne. Labor has never tallied less than 60 percent of the two-party vote. Its most prominent members have been Ralph Willis, a Cabinet minister in the Hawke and Keating governments, and Nicola Roxon, a Cabinet minister in the Rudd Government and the first and second Gillard Governments. It is currently the safest Labor seat in the Federal Parliament, with a 24 percent swing required for the Liberals to win it.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	John Mullens	Labor	1949–1955
		Labor (Anti-Communist)	1955–1955
	Hector McIvor	Labor	1955–1972
	Ralph Willis	Labor	1972–1998
	Nicola Roxon	Labor	1998–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Gellibrand

Australian federal election, 2010: Gellibrand
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Nicola Roxon	48,971	58.81	-1.41
	Liberal	David McConnell	19,070	22.90	+0.06
	Greens	Rodney Solin	12,779	15.35	+5.97
	Family First	Liz Mumby	1,440	1.73	-0.29
	Socialist Alliance	Ben Courtice	528	0.63	-0.96
	Socialist Equality	Tania Baptist	475	0.57	+0.57
Total formal votes			83,263	95.00	-0.78
Informal votes			4,378	5.00	+0.78
Turnout			87,641	91.66	-2.50
Two-candidate preferred result
	Labor	Nicola Roxon	61,531	73.90	+2.44
	Liberal	David McConnell	21,732	26.10	-2.44
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.44

References

• Division of Gellibrand, Australian Electoral Commission