Electorate profile: Essendon District
Map of Essendon District showing the suburbs of Essendon and Moonee Ponds. The district boundaries include Moonee Ponds Creek in the north-east, and the Tullamarine Freeway and Maribyrnong River in the West
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Features of the District
| Location: | Essendon District is a metropolitan electorate approximately four kilometres north-west of Melbourne. |
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| Area: | 23 square kilometres. |
| Region: | Western Metropolitan Region |
| Suburbs: | Aberfeldie, Ascot Vale, Ascot Vale West, Moonee Ponds, Strathmore and Strathmore Heights.Parts of the suburbs of Essendon, Essendon North and Flemington. |
| Features: | Essendon District includes residential areas, the Moonee Valley Racecourse and Essendon Airport. |
| Member: | Judith Maddigan |
Statistical profile from the 2001 Census.
Election results
2006 State election results for Essendon District.2002 State election results for Essendon District.
Seat position within the swing.
Historical pattern
| 1904-07 | Conservative |
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| 1907-08 | Fusion |
| 1908-09 | Liberal |
| 1909-14 | Fusion Liberal/Liberal |
| 1914-17 | ALP |
| 1917-24 | NP |
| 1924-32 | ALP |
| 1932-43 | UAP |
| 1943-47 | ALP |
| 1947-50 | Liberal/LCP |
| 1950-55 | ALP |
| 1955* | Anti-Communist Labor |
| 1958-79 | LCP/Liberal |
| 1979-92 | ALP |
| 1992-96 | Liberal |
| 1996-present | ALP |
| *Abolished in 1955, and re-established in 1958 |