Division of Melbourne

This article is about the Australian federal electorate. For the Victorian state electorate, see Electoral district of Melbourne.

Melbourne Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Melbourne (green) in Victoria
Created	1901
MP	Adam Bandt
Party	Greens
Namesake	Melbourne
Electors	99,013 (2013)
Area	46 km2 (17.8 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Melbourne is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria, represented since the 2010 election by Adam Bandt, a member of the Greens.

The Division was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. The Division of Melbourne encompasses the City of Melbourne and the suburbs of Abbotsford, Ascot Vale, Burnley, Carlton, Colllingwood, Cremorne, Docklands, East Melbourne, Fitzroy, Flemington, Kensington, North Melbourne, Parkville, Princes Hill, Richmond, Travancore and 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.

Traditionally a very safe Labor seat, Melbourne was held by Labor for 106 years from 1904 to 2010, with former Opposition Leader Arthur Calwell the highest profile member. At the 2007 election, Melbourne became a marginal seat for the first time, with the Greens candidate Adam Bandt taking second place on a two candidate preferred basis, leaving Labor with 54.71 percent of the vote. On a two party preferred basis with the Liberals, Labor finished with 72.27, an increase of 1.13 percentage points. 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, with Bandt securing victory over Labor candidate Cath Bowtell. Bandt retained his seat at the 2013 election.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Sir Malcolm McEacharn	Protectionist	1901–1904
	William Maloney	Labor	1904–1940
	Arthur Calwell	Labor	1940–1972
	Ted Innes	Labor	1972–1983
	Gerry Hand	Labor	1983–1993
	Lindsay Tanner	Labor	1993–2010
	Adam Bandt	Greens	2010–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Melbourne

Australian federal election, 2013: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Greens	Adam Bandt	36,035	42.62	+7.03
	Labor	Cath Bowtell	22,490	26.60	−11.54
	Liberal	Sean Armistead	19,301	22.83	+1.37
	Sex Party	James Mangisi	1,621	1.92	+0.06
		Anthony Main	1,140	1.35	+1.35
	Palmer United	Martin Vrbnjak	780	0.92	+0.92
	Animal Justice	Nyree Walshe	628	0.74	+0.74
	Family First	Noelle Walker	453	0.54	−1.03
	Independent	Kate Borland	443	0.52	+0.52
	Democratic Labour	Michael Murphy	442	0.52	+0.52
	Bullet Train	Josh Davidson	297	0.35	+0.35
	Secular	Royston Wilding	230	0.27	−0.43
	Independent	Frazer Kirkman	183	0.22	+0.22
	Stable Population	Michael Bayliss	173	0.20	+0.20
	Aust. Independents	Paul Cummins	170	0.20	+0.20
	Rise Up Australia	Joyce Khoo	165	0.20	+0.20
Total formal votes			84,551	94.05	−2.28
Informal votes			5,348	5.95	+2.28
Turnout			89,899	90.80	+0.71
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Cath Bowtell	58,555	69.25	−3.52
	Liberal	Sean Armistead	25,996	30.75	+3.52
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Greens	Adam Bandt	46,732	55.27	−0.64
	Labor	Cath Bowtell	37,819	44.73	+0.64
	Greens hold		Swing	−0.64

External links

• 2013 Melbourne profile: AEC
• 2013 Melbourne profile: ABC