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Williamstown Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Williamstown (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Created	1856
MP	Melissa Horne
Party	Labor Party
Namesake	Williamstown
Electors	45,965 (2022)
Area	51.54 km (19.9 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner metropolitan

Williamstown is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It is a 33 km urban electorate in the inner south-western suburbs of Melbourne, encompassing the suburbs of Brooklyn, Newport, Spotswood, Williamstown, Williamstown North, South Kingsville, Seaholme, Altona and Yarraville. The electorate had a population of 54,426 as of the 2006 census.

Williamstown is one of only three electorates (along with Brighton and Richmond) to have been contested at every election since 1856. It is a very safe seat for the Labor Party, which has held it for all but two terms since 1889 and without interruption since 1904. Notable former members include John Lemmon, who held the seat for a Victorian record 51 years until his retirement in 1955, and former Premiers Joan Kirner and Steve Bracks.

Steve Bracks held the seat from a by-election in 1994 until his surprise resignation on 30 July 2007. A by-election was held on 15 September 2007, resulting in the election of Labor's Wade Noonan.

The seat is almost entirely within the equally safe federal seat of Gellibrand.

Members for Williamstown

Election results

Historical maps

• Location within Greater Melbourne area, 1859

External links

• District profile from the Victorian Electoral Commission
• Map of the Electoral District of Williamstown, 1855
• Map of the Williamstown Electorate, 2023

References

1. "Former Members - Williamstown". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
2. "John Lemmon". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
3. "Joan Elizabeth Kirner (OAM, AC)". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
4. "Stephen Phillip Bracks". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
5. "The Hon. Wade Noonan". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
6. Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
7. VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
8. Williamstown District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

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