At the federal election held on 18 May 2019, Josh Burns (ALP) was elected as the first member for the newly named seat of Macnamara with a swing of 6.64%.
The two party preferred result (at 23 May 2019) was
Kate Ashmor, Liberal, 30,617 votes or 42.15%
Josh Burns, Australian Labor Party, 42,017 or 57.85%
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As the 2019 federal election looms, Margaret Bride gives an overview of the history of the electorate
Melbourne Ports was one of the original eight metropolitan electoral districts contested in the first federal election in 1901. At that time, the electorate of Melbourne Ports included both the port suburb of Williamstown and that of Port Melbourne. Numerous changes of electorate…