title: Electoral district of Footscray
text: # Electoral district of Footscray
  
  The electoral district of Footscray is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It lies just north of Melbourne, covering the suburbs of Footscray, Maidstone, Maribyrnong, Seddon, West Footscray, and parts of Yarraville.
  
  The seat was first created by The Electoral Act Amendment Act 1876 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 Labor Party for its entire existence. It has usually been a comfortably safe Labor seat, as it lies in Labor's traditional heartland of western and northern Melbourne.
  
  ## Members for Footscray
  
  First incarnation (1877–1904) :
  
  | Member | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Mark Last 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 | 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 |
  | | Bill Divers | Labor | 1958–1970 |
  | | Robert Fordham | Labor | 1970–1992 |
  | | Bruce Mildenhall | Labor | 1992–2006 |
  | | Marsha Thomson | Labor | 2006–2018 |
  | | Katie Hall | Labor | 2018–present |
  
  ## Election results
  
  2022 Victorian state election: Footscray :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Katie Hall | 17,387 | 43.1 | −11.8 |
  | | Greens | Elena Pereyra | 9,045 | 22.4 | +2.2 |
  | | Liberal | Emete Joesika | 7,214 | 17.9 | +0.8 |
  | | Victorian Socialists | Jorge Jorquera | 3,769 | 9.3 | +9.3 |
  | | Democratic Labour | Alan Williams | 1,098 | 2.7 | +2.7 |
  | | Animal Justice | Shohre Mansouri Jajaee | 989 | 2.5 | −3.5 |
  | | Family First | Russell Muir | 838 | 2.1 | +2.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 40,340 | 96.1 | +1.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,654 | 3.9 | −1.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,994 | 86.0 | +0.4 |
  | Notional two-party-preferred count ||||||
  | | Labor | Katie Hall | 30,523 | 75.7 | −3.0 |
  | | Liberal | Emete Joesika | 9,817 | 24.3 | +3.0 |
  | Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Katie Hall | 21,880 | 54.2 | −13.9 |
  | | Greens | Elena Pereyra | 18,460 | 45.8 | +13.9 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | −13.9 | |
  