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Electoral district of Niddrie

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Niddrie
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Location of Niddrie (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created1976
MPBen Carroll
PartyLabor Party
NamesakeNiddrie
Electors44,716 (2018)
Area39 km2 (15.1 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan

The electoral district of Niddrie is a metropolitan electorate approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) northwest of Melbourne, Australia in Victoria's Legislative Assembly.[1]

The Niddrie District covers an area of 39 square kilometres (15 sq mi), including the suburbs of Aberfeldie, Airport West, Avondale Heights, Essendon West, Keilor, Keilor East, Keilor Park and Niddrie and parts of the suburbs of Essendon and Taylors Lakes.

The district boundaries include Sharps Road for part of the north, Tullamarine Freeway and Roberts Street for parts of the east, Maribyrnong River in the south, and Sunshine Avenue for part of the west.

It is part of the Upper House Western Metropolitan Region.

Members for Niddrie

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Member Party Term
  Jack Simpson Labor 1976–1988
  Bob Sercombe Labor 1988–1996
  Rob Hulls Labor 1996–2012
  Ben Carroll Labor 2012–present

Election results

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2022 Victorian state election: Niddrie[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ben Carroll 18,567 43.9 −10.9
Liberal Alan Youhana 14,344 34.0 −0.3
Greens Declan McGinness 3,117 7.4 +0.5
Freedom Frank Maugeri 1,899 4.5 +4.5
Democratic Labour Holly Kruse 1,172 2.8 +2.8
Family First Joanne Garcia 1,096 2.6 +2.6
Victorian Socialists Brad Reich 966 2.3 +2.3
Animal Justice Shannon Meilak 812 1.9 −1.9
New Democrats Georgia Grammenos 269 0.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 42,242 93.9 –0.4
Informal votes 2,763 6.1 +0.4
Turnout 45,005 90.0 –0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ben Carroll 23,949 56.7 −5.8
Liberal Alan Youhana 18,293 43.3 +5.8
Labor hold Swing −5.8

References

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  1. ^ "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  2. ^ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  3. ^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  4. ^ Niddrie District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
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