Electoral district of Niddrie

Niddrie Victoria—Legislative Assembly
File:VIC Niddrie District 2014.png Location of Niddrie (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Created	1976
MP	Ben Carroll
Party	Australian Labor Party
Electors	42,548 (2014)
Area	35 km2 (13.5 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan

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

The Niddrie District covers an area of 35 square kilometres (14 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

Victorian state election, 2014: Niddrie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ben Carroll	17,342	46.2	+2.8
	Liberal	Rebecca Gauci Maurici	14,101	37.5	+0.6
	Greens	Sarah Roberts	3,045	8.1	+0.0
	Independent	Andrea Surace	1,002	2.7	+2.7
	Voice for the West	Paddy Dewan	892	2.4	+2.4
	Independent	Andrew Gunter	478	1.3	+1.3
	Christians	John Warner	394	1.1	+1.0
	Independent	Appollo Yianni	323	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			37,577	93.6	+1.3
Informal votes			2,572	6.4	−1.3
Turnout			40,149	94.4	+1.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ben Carroll	21,686	57.7	+3.2
	Liberal	Rebecca Gauci Maurici	15,891	42.3	−3.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.2

External links

• Electorate profile: Niddrie District, Victorian Electoral Commission