Werribee – Victoria 2014

ALP 11.4%

Incumbent MP
Werribee is a new seat with no incumbent MP, but Labor MP Tim Pallas, Member for Tarneit since 2006, is running in Werribee.

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.

Map of Werribee's 2010 and 2014 boundaries. 2010 boundaries marked as red lines, 2014 boundaries marked as white area. Click to enlarge.
Map of Werribee’s 2010 and 2014 boundaries. 2010 boundaries marked as red lines, 2014 boundaries marked as white area. Click to enlarge.

Redistribution
Werribee is a new electorate, taking in the southern half of Tarneit and eastern parts of Lara.

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.

Candidates

Assessment
Werribee is a very safe Labor seat.

2010 election result

Party Post-redistribution estimate %
Labor 48.58
Liberal 32.39
Greens 9.39
Family First 5.75
Democratic Labor 3.11
Country Alliance 0.78

2010 two-party-preferred result

Party Post-redistribution estimate %
Labor 61.40
Liberal 38.60
Polling places in Werribee at the 2010 Victorian state election. Outer in green, Werribee North in orange, Werribee South in blue. Click to enlarge.
Polling places in Werribee at the 2010 Victorian state election. Outer in green, Werribee North in orange, Werribee South in blue. Click to enlarge.

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”.

The ALP won a two-party-preferred majority in all three areas, winning a slim 51.3% in the outer areas and 61-66% in the Werribee area.

Voter group GRN % ALP 2PP % Total % of votes
Werribee South 9.63 61.59 11,296 34.46
Werribee North 9.47 65.93 9,757 29.76
Outer 8.58 51.27 3,020 9.21
Other votes 9.28 60.28 8,710 26.57
Two-party-preferred votes in Werribee at the 2010 Victorian state election.
Two-party-preferred votes in Werribee at the 2010 Victorian state election.
Two-party-preferred votes in central Werribee at the 2010 Victorian state election.
Two-party-preferred votes in central Werribee at the 2010 Victorian state election.