6-541: Gellibrand may refer to: Places [ edit ] Division of Gellibrand , an Australian federal electoral division in Victoria Gellibrand, Victoria , town in Australia Other uses [ edit ] Gellibrand (surname) Gellibrand River Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
12-642: A redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission . Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned. The Division has been held by the Australian Labor Party for its entire existence; it is located in Labor's traditional heartland of western Melbourne, and
18-823: Is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria . The division was created in 1949 and is named after Joseph Gellibrand , a pioneer settler of the Melbourne area. It is located in the industrial inner western suburbs of Melbourne and includes Altona , Altona North , Altona Meadows , Kingsville , Laverton , Newport , Seabrook , Seaholme , Seddon , South Kingsville , Spotswood , Williamstown , Williamstown North and Yarraville ; and parts of Brooklyn , Footscray , Laverton North , Point Cook , West Footscray and Williams Landing . Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by
24-656: Is characterised by a very diverse, multicultural population. Labor has never tallied less than 60 percent of the two-party vote, and until 2010 always won an outright majority on first preferences alone. Its most prominent members have been Ralph Willis , a Cabinet minister in the Hawke and Keating governments , and Nicola Roxon , a Cabinet minister in the Rudd government and the Gillard government and first female Attorney-General . In recent years there has been considerable gentrification in
30-526: The inner-city suburbs such as Footscray, Williamstown and Yarraville, and a consequent rise in the progressive Greens vote, which rose to 37 percent in Footscray in the 2013 election . In the west, a solid patch of working-class suburbia remain strongly Labor-leaning. For several years, Gellibrand was Labor's safest seat in the Federal Parliament. The current member for Gellibrand since the 2013 election
36-488: The title Gellibrand . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gellibrand&oldid=551135163 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Division of Gellibrand The Division of Gellibrand
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