Williamstown is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly

Victorian Legislative Assembly

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 in the Australia

Australia

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n state of Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

. It is a 33 km² urban electorate in the inner south-western suburbs of Melbourne, encompassing the suburbs of Brooklyn

Brooklyn, Victoria

Brooklyn is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 km west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area are the Cities of Hobsons Bay and Brimbank. At the 2006 Census, Brooklyn had a population of 1583.-Industry:...

, Newport

Newport, Victoria

Newport is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 7 km south-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hobsons Bay. At the 2006 Census, Newport had a population of 11,244.-History:...

, Spotswood

Spotswood, Victoria

Spotswood is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 7 km south-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hobsons Bay...

, Williamstown

Williamstown, Victoria

Williamstown is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 km south-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hobsons Bay. At the 2006 Census, Williamstown had a population of 12,733....

 and Yarraville

Yarraville, Victoria

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. The electorate had a population of 54,426 as of the 2006 census.

Williamstown was first proclaimed in 1856 and it is a very safe seat for the Australian Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

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 who have held it uninterrupted for over a century. Notable former members include John Lemmon

John Lemmon (Australian politician)

John Lemmon was an Australian politician. He served the longest ever term as a member of the Victorian Parliament, being an MLA for over fifty years....

, who held the seat for a Victorian record 51 years until his retirement in 1955, and former Premiers Joan Kirner

Joan Kirner

Joan Elizabeth Kirner AM , Australian politician, was the 42nd Premier of Victoria, the first woman to hold the position, which she held for two years prior to a landslide election defeat.-Biography:...

 and Steve Bracks

Steve Bracks

Stephen Philip Bracks AC is a former Australian politician and the 44th Premier of Victoria. He first won the electoral district of Williamstown in 1994 for the Australian Labor Party, and was party leader and Premier from 1999 to 2007....

. http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=123

Steve Bracks held the seat from a by-election in 1994 until his surprise resignation on 30 July 2007. A by-election was held on 15 September 2007, resulting in the election of Labor

Australian Labor Party

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's Wade Noonan

Wade Noonan

Wade Noonan is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since September 2007, representing the electorate of Williamstown. He entered parliament in a by-election caused by the retirement of sitting Premier Steve Bracks.Noonan...

.

Members for Williamstown

Member		Party	Term
	John Foster	Unaffiliated	1856–1857
	George Perry	Unaffiliated	1857–1859
	George Frederic Verdon George Frederic Verdon Sir George Frederic Verdon was an English Australian politician and public figure.Verdon was a son of the Rev. Edward Verdon, he was born at Bury, Lancaster, England. He was educated at Rossall School, and when 17 years of age emigrated to Melbourne...	Liberal	1859–1868
	Thomas Mason	Unaffiliated	1868–1871
	Alfred Clark	Liberal	1871–1887
	James Mirams James Mirams James Mirams was an Australian politician.Born in Lambeth, London, the son of Rev. James Mirams, he became an ironmonger and had a business in Essex before he migrated to Melbourne in 1857, becoming a dairy farmer at Braybrook. He was later a schoolteacher at Fitzroy and a bookseller at...	Liberal	1887–1889
	William Carter	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1889–1894
	James Styles James Styles James Styles was an English-born Australian politician.Born in Croydon, Surrey, Styles migrated to Australia in 1849 with his family, where he was educated at private schools in Melbourne. He became a civil engineer and railway contractor, and sat on Williamstown Council...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1894–1900
	Alexander Ramsay Alexander Ramsay (Australian politician) Alexander Gordon Culbert Ramsay was an Australian politician.Born in Williamstown to Scottish-born engineer Alexander Culbert Ramsay and Mary Jane Whan, he worked as a mechanical engineer in Western Australia before returning to Victoria to work for the Vacuum Oil Company...	Commonwealth Liberal	1900–1904
	John Lemmon John Lemmon (Australian politician) John Lemmon was an Australian politician. He served the longest ever term as a member of the Victorian Parliament, being an MLA for over fifty years....	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1904–1955
	Larry Floyd	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1955–1973
	Gordon Stirling Gordon Stirling Gordon Stirling was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Williamstown in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1973 to 1988.-Career:...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1973–1988
	Joan Kirner Joan Kirner Joan Elizabeth Kirner AM , Australian politician, was the 42nd Premier of Victoria, the first woman to hold the position, which she held for two years prior to a landslide election defeat.-Biography:...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1988–1994
	Steve Bracks Steve Bracks Stephen Philip Bracks AC is a former Australian politician and the 44th Premier of Victoria. He first won the electoral district of Williamstown in 1994 for the Australian Labor Party, and was party leader and Premier from 1999 to 2007....	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1994–2007
	Wade Noonan Wade Noonan Wade Noonan is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since September 2007, representing the electorate of Williamstown. He entered parliament in a by-election caused by the retirement of sitting Premier Steve Bracks.Noonan...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	2007–present

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