The electoral district of Werribee is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It has existed in two incarnations, first from 1976 to 2002, and was created again in the 2013 redistribution and came into effect at the 2014 state election.
| Werribee Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
Location of Werribee (dark green) in Greater Melbourne | |
| State | Victoria |
| Dates current | 1976–2002 2014–present |
| MP | John Lister |
| Party | Labor |
| Namesake | Suburb of Werribee |
| Electors | 46,282 (2018) |
| Area | 339 km2 (130.9 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Outer metropolitan |
Based on the rapidly growing outer south west suburbs of Melbourne, it takes in areas from Tarneit and Lara. It covers the suburbs of Werribee, Wyndham Vale, and the rural areas surrounding these suburbs to the south and west.
Werribee was estimated to be a safe Labor seat with a margin of 11.4%, and was held by Labor with a further 4.2% swing towards them at the 2014 state election.
Following a 2025 by-election Werribee became an ultra-marginal seat with a 10.1% swing to the Liberal candidate.
Members for Werribee
| First incarnation (1976–2002) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Neville Hudson | Liberal | 1976–1979 | |
| Ken Coghill | Labor | 1979–1996 | |
| Mary Gillett | Labor | 1996–2002 | |
| Second incarnation (2014–present) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Tim Pallas | Labor | 2014–2025 | |
| John Lister | Labor | 2025–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Steve Murphy | 12,207 | 28.98 | +3.65 | |
| Labor | John Lister | 12,168 | 28.89 | −16.47 | |
| Independent | Paul Hopper | 6,134 | 14.56 | +8.66 | |
| Greens | Rifai A. Raheem | 3,190 | 7.57 | +0.80 | |
| Victorian Socialists | Sue Munro | 3,008 | 7.14 | +3.54 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | Xavier Menta | 2,316 | 5.50 | +5.50 | |
| Family First | Matt Emerson | 1,827 | 4.34 | +1.84 | |
| Animal Justice | Shohre Mansouri Jajaee | 401 | 0.95 | −0.94 | |
| Independent | Munish Joshi | 352 | 0.84 | +0.84 | |
| Independent | Aidan McLindon | 270 | 0.64 | +0.64 | |
| Independent | Aijaz Moinuddin | 164 | 0.39 | +0.39 | |
| Independent | Kodei Mulcahy | 80 | 0.19 | +0.19 | |
| Total formal votes | 42,117 | 93.34 | +3.06 | ||
| Informal votes | 3,003 | 6.66 | −3.06 | ||
| Turnout | 45,120 | 79.91 | −5.67 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | John Lister | 21,405 | 50.82 | −10.10 | |
| Liberal | Steve Murphy | 20,712 | 49.18 | +10.10 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | −10.10 | |||
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