Electoral district of Footscray
| Footscray Victoria—Legislative Assembly |
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Location of Footscray (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
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| State | Victoria |
| Dates current | 1877–1904, 1927–present |
| MP | Marsha Thomson |
| Party | Australian Labor Party |
| Namesake | Footscray, Victoria |
| Electors | 46,116 (2014) |
| Area | 39 km2 (15.1 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Inner Metropolitan |
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The Electoral district of Footscray is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It lies just north of Melbourne and covers the suburbs of Footscray, Maribyrnong and Seddon.
The seat was first created by "The Electoral Act Amendment Act 1876"[1] taking effect at the 1877 elections. It was abolished in 1904 and recreated in 1927. In its current incarnation it has been held by the Australian Labor Party for its entire existence, as it lies in Labor's traditional heartland of western and northern Melbourne.
Marsha Thomson retained the seat for Labor at the 2006 election after the retirement of Bruce Mildenhall.
Members for Footscray
| First incarnation (1877–1904) | |||
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| Member | Party | Term | |
| Mark King | Unaligned | 1877–1879 | |
| William Clark | Unaligned | 1879–1894 | |
| John Hancock | Labor | 1894–1899 | |
| Samuel Mauger | Independent | 1900–1901 | |
| Jacob Fotheringham | Liberal | 1901–1902 | |
| Alexander McDonald | Liberal | 1902–1904 | |
| Second incarnation (1927–present) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| George Prendergast | Labor | 1927–1937 | |
| Jack Mullens | Labor | 1937–1945 | |
| Jack Holland | Labor | 1945–1955 | |
| Roy Schintler | Labor | 1955–1958 | |
| Ernie Shepherd | Labor | 1958 | |
| William Divers | Labor | 1958–1970 | |
| Robert Fordham | Labor | 1970–1992 | |
| Bruce Mildenhall | Labor | 1992–2006 | |
| Marsha Thomson | Labor | 2006–present | |
Election results
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labor | Marsha Thomson | 17,542 | 45.1 | −1.4 | |
| Liberal | Kim Vu | 10,386 | 26.7 | +1.9 | |
| Greens | Rod Swift | 6,682 | 17.2 | −0.6 | |
| Independent | Catherine Cumming | 2,985 | 7.7 | +0.5 | |
| Voice for the West | Ken Betts | 1,272 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 38,867 | 94.1 | +0.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,422 | 5.9 | −0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 41,289 | 89.5 | +2.2 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Marsha Thomson | 25,065 | 64.5 | −1.4 | |
| Liberal | Kim Vu | 13,802 | 35.5 | +1.4 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | −1.4 | |||
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References
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