Point Cook Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
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![]() Location of Point Cook (dark green) in Greater Melbourne | |
State | Victoria |
Created | 2022 |
MP | Mathew Hilakari |
Party | Labor Party |
Namesake | Point Cook, Victoria |
Electors | 48,572 |
Area | 88 km2 (34.0 sq mi) |
Demographic | Urban |
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]
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.
Member | Party | Term | |
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Mathew Hilakari | Labor | 2022–present |
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Point Cook |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |