Adam Carr's Election Archive
Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of Melbourne, Victoria
The Division of Melbourne was created in 1901. It is named for the City of Melbourne (after Rt Hon William Lamb, Viscount Melbourne (1779-1848), British Prime Minister 1834, 1835-41).
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1901: Bourke, East Melbourne, Lonsdale, West Melbourne
1906: Carlton, Carlton South, East Melbourne, West Melbourne
1913: Carlton South, East Melbourne, North Melbourne, West Melbourne
1922: Carlton South, Melbourne East, Melbourne West, Newmarket
1937: Carlton, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Newmarket
1949: Carlton South, Melbourne, Newmarket, Parkville
1955: Ascot Vale, Melbourne, Newmarket, Parkville
1969: Carlton, Melbourne, Newmarket, Richmond
1977: Ascot Vale, Brunswick, Carlton, Collingwood
1984: Ascot Vale, Carlton, Collingwood, North Melbourne
1990: Ascot Vale, Carlton, Collingwood, Richmond
1996: Ascot Vale, Carlton, Collingwood, Richmond
2004: Ascot Vale, Carlton, Collingwood, Richmond
2013: Ascot Vale, Carlton, Collingwood, Richmond
2018: Carlton, Collingwood, Kensington, Richmond
2021: Carlton, Collingwood, Docklands, Richmond
2025: Collingwood, Prahran, Richmond, South Yarra
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1901: Protectionist 10.8
1903: Protectionist 00.2
1904b: Labor 02.6
1906: Labor 10.4
1910: Labor 17.0
1913: Labor 21.9 *1
1914: Labor 19.3
1917: Labor 10.3
1919: Labor 15.6
1922: Labor 27.2
1925: Labor 17.0
1928: Labor 24.4
1929: Labor unopposed
1931: Labor 12.0
1934: Labor 09.4
1937: Labor unopposed
1940: Labor 21.1
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1943: Labor 25.2
1946: Labor 23.4
1949: Labor 20.9
1951: Labor 16.6
1954: Labor 20.6
1955: Labor 09.5
1958: Labor 11.4
1961: Labor 14.5
1963: Labor 09.5
1966: Labor 07.5
1969: Labor 06.7
1972: Labor 15.5
1974: Labor 22.1
1975: Labor 12.7
1977: Labor 11.8
1980: Labor 18.1
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1983: Labor 20.2
1984: Labor 20.0
1987: Labor 19.4
1990: Labor 16.5
1993: Labor 23.7
1996: Labor 20.2
1998: Labor 21.8
2001: Labor 20.1
2004: Labor 21.1
2007: Labor 04.7 *2
2010: Greens 06.0 *3
2013: Greens 05.3 *3
2016: Greens 06.9 *4
2019: Greens 21.8 *4
2022: Greens 10.1 *3
2025: Labor 03.0 *2
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*1 Majority over independent
*2 Majority over Greens
*3 Majority over Labor
*4 Majority over Liberal
ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1901-2025
Click here to see full results for Melbourne at every election since 1901.
MEMBERS FOR MELBOURNE
Hon Sir Malcolm McEacharn (Prot) 1901-04
Dr William Maloney (Lab, ALP) 1904b-40
Rt Hon Arthur Calwell (ALP) 1940-72
Ted Innes (ALP) 1972-83
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Hon Gerry Hand (ALP) 1983-93
Hon Lindsay Tanner (ALP) 1993-2010
Dr Adam Bandt (Green) 2010-25
Sarah Witty (ALP) 2025-
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| Hon Sir Malcolm McEacharn (Prot) 1901-04 |
Dr William Maloney (Lab, ALP) 1904-40 |
Rt Hon Arthur Calwell (ALP) 1940-72 |
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| Ted Innes (ALP) 1972-83 |
Hon Gerry Hand (ALP) 1983-93 |
Hon Lindsay Tanner (ALP) 1993-2010 |
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| Dr Adam Bandt (Greens) 2010-25 |
Sarah Witty (ALP) 2025- |
CURRENT BOUNDARIES
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EARLIER BOUNDARIES
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