Electoral district of Williamstown

state electoral district of Victoria, Australia

Willamstown is an electoral district of Victoria. It was created in 1856. It is in the Western Metropolitan Region.

Williamstown
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Location of Williamstown (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created1856
MPMelissa Horne
PartyLabor Party
Electors45,965 (2022)
Area51.54 km2 (19.9 sq mi)
DemographicInner metropolitan

Williamstown is in Melbourne. It is one of only three Victorian state electorates to have been contested at every election, the other two being Brighton and Richmond.

Election results

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2022 Victorian state election: Williamstown[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Melissa Horne 16,173 41.5 −8.2
Liberal Daria Kellander 10,928 28.0 +7.7
Greens Suzette Rodoreda 6,013 15.4 +2.1
Democratic Labour Rochelle Fisher 1,632 4.2 +4.2
Victorian Socialists Julien Q. Macandili 1,528 3.9 +3.9
Animal Justice Patricia Mackevicius 1,049 2.7 +0.5
Freedom Alexander Ansalone 976 2.5 +2.5
Family First Joshua Mosely 675 1.7 +1.7
Total formal votes 38,974 95.4 +0.3
Informal votes 1,878 4.6 −0.3
Turnout 40,852 88.9 +2.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Melissa Horne 24,726 63.4 −6.5
Liberal Daria Kellander 14,248 36.6 +6.5
Labor hold Swing −6.5

References

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  1. Williamstown District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.