ALP 15.7%
Incumbent MP
Tim Pallas, since 2014. Previously member for Tarneit, 2006-2014.
Geography
Western Victoria. Werribee covers the suburbs of Werribee, Werribee South and Wyndham Vale, and areas to the west of Werribee. The entire electorate lies in Wyndham City.
History
Werribee previously existed as an electorate from 1976 to 2002.
Werribee was won in 1976 by Liberal candidate Neville Hudson, but he lost in 1979 to the ALP’s Ken Coghill.
Coghill held Werribee from 1979 to 1996, and served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 1988 to 1992.
Labor’s Mary Gillett won Werribee in 1996, and was re-elected in 1999.
In 2002, Werribee was replaced by Tarneit, and Gillett was re-elected in the newly named seat.
Tarneit was won in 2006 by Labor candidate Tim Pallas, and he was re-elected in 2010.
Werribee was restored in 2014, and Pallas shifted to the restored seat, winning re-election comfortably.
Candidates
- Tim Pallas (Labor)
- Thanh Nga Ly (Independent)
- Pratibha Sharma (Independent)
- Rachel Carling-Jenkins (Independent)
- Joe Garra (Independent)
- Jay Dessi (Greens)
- Kathryn Breakwell (Democratic Labour)
- Gayle Murphy (Liberal)
Assessment
Werribee is a safe Labor seat.
2014 result
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
Tim Pallas | Labor | 20,338 | 56.6 | +8.1 |
Tarun Singh | Liberal | 10,327 | 28.7 | -3.7 |
Bro Sheffield-Brotherton | Greens | 3,049 | 8.5 | -0.9 |
Anne Okumu | Australian Christians | 1,167 | 3.2 | +3.2 |
Nhan Hoang Tran | Voice For The West | 1,045 | 2.9 | +2.9 |
Informal | 2,446 | 6.4 |
2014 two-party-preferred result
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
Tim Pallas | Labor | 23,607 | 65.7 | +4.2 |
Tarun Singh | Liberal | 12,349 | 34.3 | -4.2 |
Booth breakdown
Booths in Werribee have been divided into three parts. Most of the electorate lies in a small cluster around Werribee, Wyndham Vale and Hoppers Crossing. Polling places in this area have been divided into Werribee North and Werribee South. The small number of polling places outside this area have been grouped as “Outer”.
Labor won a large majority of the two-party-preferred vote in all three areas, ranging from 59.7% in outer parts of the electorate to 72.4% in northern Werribee.
Voter group | ALP 2PP % | Total votes | % of votes |
Werribee South | 68.3 | 10,224 | 28.5 |
Werribee North | 72.4 | 6,077 | 16.9 |
Outer | 59.7 | 3,355 | 9.3 |
Other votes | 66.1 | 3,952 | 11.0 |
Pre-poll | 61.8 | 12,318 | 34.3 |
Two-party-preferred votes in Werribee at the 2014 Victorian state election
My prediction: Easy Labor hold.