Английская Википедия:Electoral district of Melbourne

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:About Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox Australian electorate The electoral district of Melbourne is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It currently includes the localities of Docklands, Carlton, Melbourne, East Melbourne, West Melbourne, North Melbourne, Parkville, Newmarket, Kensington and Flemington, and includes Melbourne University. The district has been in existence since 1856 (it was abolished in 1859 and reestablished in 1889).

Файл:Melbourne map 1855.jpeg

Melbourne, 1855

The electorate was won in 2014 for the first time by Greens candidate Ellen Sandell.

History

Melbourne was one of the inaugural districts of the first Assembly in 1856. Its area was defined by the 1855 Act as: Шаблон:Cquote

Шаблон:Note label now Flemington Bridge

Melbourne was abolished in 1859, its area was split into the new electoral districts of East Melbourne and West Melbourne, each having two members.

Melbourne was re-created as a single-member electorate by the Electoral Act Amendment Act 1888 which took effect at the 1889 elections.

Since 1908 the seat had been traditional Labor territory since 1908, but had become increasingly marginal against the Greens since 2002. Senior Labor minister Bronwyn Pike successfully held the seat against strong Greens challenges at three subsequent elections, defeating future Greens Senator Richard Di Natale in 2002 and 2006, and prominent lawyer Brian Walters in 2010. Pike resigned in 2012, and Labor candidate and City of Melbourne councillor Jennifer Kanis retained the seat after a closely contested by-election, which saw her finish second on primary votes to Greens candidate Cathy Oke but win on preferences. Kanis lost the seat to Greens candidate Ellen Sandell at the 2014 election. Along with the seat of Prahran it was the first win for the Greens in the Victorian Legislative Assembly.

Members

First incarnation (1856–1859, 5 members)
Member 1		Party	Term	Member 2		Party	Term	Member 3		Party	Term	Member 4		Party	Term	Member 5		Party	Term
rowspan="2" Шаблон:Australian party style|	Archibald Michie	None	1856–1859	rowspan="2" Шаблон:Australian party style|	David Moore	None	1856–1859	rowspan="2" Шаблон:Australian party style|	John Smith	None	1856–1859	Шаблон:Australian party style|	William Stawell	None	1856–1857	Шаблон:Australian party style|	John O'ShanassyШаблон:Ref	None	1856
Шаблон:Australian party style|				James Service				None				1857–1859	Шаблон:Australian party style|	Henry Langlands	None	1857–1859

Second incarnation (1889–present, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
Шаблон:Australian party style|	Godfrey Carter	None	1889–1900
Шаблон:Australian party style|	Edward Findley	Labour	1900–1901
Шаблон:Australian party style|	James Boyd	Ministerialist	1901–1908
Шаблон:Australian party style|	Alexander Rogers	Labor	1908–1924
Шаблон:Australian party style|	Tom Hayes	Labor	1924–1955
Шаблон:Australian party style|		Labor (Anti-Communist)	1955–1955
Шаблон:Australian party style|	Arthur Clarey	Labor	1955–1972
Шаблон:Australian party style|	Barry Jones	Labor	1972–1977
Шаблон:Australian party style|	Keith Remington	Labor	1977–1988
Шаблон:Australian party style|	Neil Cole	Labor	1988–1999
Шаблон:Australian party style|	Bronwyn Pike	Labor	1999–2012
Шаблон:Australian party style|	Jennifer Kanis	Labor	2012–2014
Шаблон:Australian party style|	Ellen Sandell	Greens	2014–present

Historical maps

• Location of Melbourne district in 1856

  Location of Melbourne district in 1856

Notes

Шаблон:Note O'Shanassy won both Melbourne and Kilmore districts, he decided to represent the latter resulting in a by-election for Melbourne.

External links

• Victorian Electoral Commission profile of the district of Melbourne
• Map of the district of Melbourne (.pdf file) Шаблон:Webarchive 2013
• Electoral District of Melbourne, 1855
• Article "Seat of many faces, many landmarks" from The Age

References

Шаблон:VictoriaAU-gov-stub