Electoral district of Essendon

Essendon Victoria—Legislative Assembly
State or territory:	Victoria
Created:	1904
MP:	Justin Madden
Party:	Australian Labor Party
Electors:	39,853 (2010)
Area:	23 km² (9 sq mi)
Demographic:	Metropolitan

The Electoral district of Essendon is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It lies just north of Melbourne and covers the suburbs of Essendon, Moonee Ponds and Ascot Vale. It was created in 1904 after the abolition of the larger Essendon and Flemington electorate.

The seat lies in the Labor heartland of western and northern Melbourne and has in recent times been considered to be safe seat for the ALP, although this is no longer the case after the 2010 election. It was held by the Liberals during the Bolte and Hamer governments usually due to preferences from the Democratic Labor Party and they also won it at the Kennett landslide of 1992.

Judy Maddigan regained the seat for Labor at the 1996 election and retained the seat until her retirement in 2010, when it was won by MLC Justin Madden.

Members for Essendon

Member		Party	Term
	William Watt	Liberal	1904–1914
	Maurice Blackburn	Labor	1914–1917
	Thomas Ryan	Nationalist	1917–1924
	Francis Keane	Labor	1924–1927
	Arthur Drakeford	Labor	1927–1932
	James Dillon	United Australia	1932–1943
	Samuel Merrifield	Labor	1943–1945
	Arthur Drakeford Jr	Labor	1945–1947
	Allen Bateman	Liberal	1947–1950
	George Fewster	Labor	1950–1955
	Sir Kenneth Wheeler	Liberal	1958–1979
	Barry Rowe	Labor	1979–1992
	Ian Davis	Liberal	1992–1996
	Judy Maddigan	Labor	1996–2010
	Justin Madden	Labor	2010–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Essendon

Victorian state election, 2010: Essendon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rebecca Gauci	12,983	36.83	+3.53
	Labor	Justin Madden	12,867	36.50	-13.37
	Greens	Rose Iser	5,816	16.50	+4.34
	Independent	Paul Giuliano	2,540	7.21	+7.21
	Democratic Labor	Sarah Notaro	1,047	2.97	+2.97
Total formal votes			35,253	95.97	+0.72
Informal votes			1,480	4.03	-0.72
Turnout			36,733	92.17	+0.44
Two-candidate preferred result
	Labor	Justin Madden	18,224	51.66	-10.04
	Liberal	Rebecca Gauci	17,051	48.34	+10.04
	Labor hold		Swing	-10.04

See also

• Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
• List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

External links

• Electorate profile: Essendon District, Victorian Electoral Commission