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Originally, it was anchored in the industrial suburbs in the west of the electorate, which are part of Labor's heartland in west Melbourne. On those boundaries, for decades it was one of the safest Labor seats in the country, and Labor usually easily retained it even when Labor was heavily defeated
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The electorate, formerly working class, was much more demographically diverse on its final boundaries, with rapidly accelerating inner-city gentrification and high-density housing developments in later years. It included Port Melbourne, but also included a number of middle and upper middle class
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until 2019, when it was renamed. During this period it was held by only five members, all men, most notably
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nationally. The only times Labor's hold on the seat was even remotely threatened during this era came in
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In 2018, the Australian Electoral Commission proposed renaming Melbourne Ports as
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who prior to switching to federal politics had served as
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After it was extended eastwards to Caulfield and other
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Electoral results for the Division of Melbourne Ports
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Retired after Melbourne Ports was abolished in 2019
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Port of Melbourne
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Australian
House of Representatives
Division

Victoria
2016 federal election
Port Melbourne
Electors
2016
Australian federal electoral division
Melbourne
Victoria
Port Phillip Bay
electorate
Australian Federation
original 65 divisions
first federal election
Port Melbourne
Williamstown
Albert Park
Balaclava
Caulfield
Elwood
Middle Park
Ripponlea
South Melbourne
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