Electoral district of Niddrie

The electoral district of Niddrie is a metropolitan electorate approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) northwest of Melbourne, Australia in Victoria's Legislative Assembly.^[1]

Niddrie Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Niddrie (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Created	1976
MP	Ben Carroll
Party	Labor Party
Namesake	Niddrie
Electors	44,716 (2018)
Area	39 km2 (15.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan

The Niddrie District covers an area of 39 square kilometres (15 sq mi), including the suburbs of Aberfeldie, Airport West, Avondale Heights, Essendon West, Keilor, Keilor East, Keilor Park and Niddrie and parts of the suburbs of Essendon and Taylors Lakes.

The district boundaries include Sharps Road for part of the north, Tullamarine Freeway and Roberts Street for parts of the east, Maribyrnong River in the south, and Sunshine Avenue for part of the west.

It is part of the Upper House Western Metropolitan Region.

Members for Niddrie

Member		Party	Term
	Jack Simpson	Labor	1976–1988
	Bob Sercombe	Labor	1988–1996
	Rob Hulls	Labor	1996–2012
	Ben Carroll	Labor	2012–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Niddrie

2022 Victorian state election: Niddrie^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ben Carroll	18,567	43.9	−10.9
	Liberal	Alan Youhana	14,344	34.0	−0.3
	Greens	Declan McGinness	3,117	7.4	+0.5
	Freedom	Frank Maugeri	1,899	4.5	+4.5
	Democratic Labour	Holly Kruse	1,172	2.8	+2.8
	Family First	Joanne Garcia	1,096	2.6	+2.6
	Victorian Socialists	Brad Reich	966	2.3	+2.3
	Animal Justice	Shannon Meilak	812	1.9	−1.9
	New Democrats	Georgia Grammenos	269	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			42,242	93.9	–0.4
Informal votes			2,763	6.1	+0.4
Turnout			45,005	90.0	–0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ben Carroll	23,949	56.7	−5.8
	Liberal	Alan Youhana	18,293	43.3	+5.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.8

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Niddrie.[edit]

References

1. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
2. Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
3. VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
4. Niddrie District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

External links

• Electorate profile: Niddrie District, Victorian Electoral Commission