Electoral district of Point Cook

The Electoral district of Point Cook is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was created in the redistribution of electoral boundaries in 2021, and came into effect at the 2022 Victorian state election.[1]

Point Cook
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Location of Point Cook (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created2022
MPMathew Hilakari
PartyLabor Party
NamesakePoint Cook, Victoria
Electors48,572
Area88 km2 (34.0 sq mi)
DemographicUrban

It largely covers the area of the abolished district of Altona, covering south western suburbs of Melbourne. It includes the suburbs of Altona Meadows, Seabrook, Point Cook, and Werribee South.[2]

The abolished seat of Altona was held by Labor MP Jill Hennessy from 2010 to 2022.

Members for Point Cook

edit
Member Party Term
  Mathew Hilakari Labor 2022–present

Election results

edit
2022 Victorian state election: Point Cook[3][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Mathew Hilakari 15,657 40.0 −9.5
Liberal Angela Newhouse 9,651 24.7 +0.5
Independent Joe Garra 2,717 6.9 +6.9
Greens Shamsher Khan 2,656 6.8 −1.1
Family First Carolyn Cronkwright 1,496 3.8 +3.8
Victorian Socialists Alex McAulay 1,399 3.6 +3.6
Democratic Labour Daniel Hamman 1,369 3.5 +3.5
Independent Larry Zhao 814 2.1 +2.1
Animal Justice Terri Beech 804 2.1 +2.1
Freedom Adrian Abdulovski 571 1.5 +1.5
Justice Scott Grimley 514 1.3 +1.3
Independent Shwetali Sawant 467 1.2 +1.2
Health Australia Emma Law 383 1.0 +0.9
New Democrats Rakhi P. Chaudhary 358 0.9 +0.9
Transport Matters Lisa Jane Gatti 245 0.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 39,099 89.8 −4.8
Informal votes 4,448 10.2 +4.8
Turnout 43,547 87.5 +2.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Mathew Hilakari 22,810 58.3 −4.4
Liberal Angela Newhouse 16,289 41.7 +4.4
Labor hold Swing −4.4

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "Summary of Changes". Victorian Electoral Boundary Commission. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Map of Point Cook District" (PDF). Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission.
  3. ^ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  4. ^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  5. ^ Point Cook District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.