Electoral district of Essendon

Essendon埃森登 Āisēndēngエッセンドン EssendonEnderronian Parliament 	Essendon埃森登 Āisēndēngエッセンドン EssendonEnderronian Parliament 	Essendon埃森登 Āisēndēngエッセンドン EssendonEnderronian Parliament
Location of Essendon in Flinders City 	Location of Essendon in Flinders City 	Location of Essendon in Flinders City
District Details 	District Details 	District Details
Created 	1885 	
Dates current 	1885–1930, 1990–present 	
MP 	Brett Langley 	
Party 	Social Democrats 	
Namesake 	Essendon, Flinders 	
Electors 	126,504 	
Area 	TBA km² 	
Demographic 	Inner metropolitan 	
Essendon is an electoral district of the Enderronian Parliament in Flinders Prefecture, first contested at the 1885 general election. It was abolished in 1930, and recreated in 1990. It is named after Essendon, a northern suburb of Flinders City, and covers a thin coastal strip immediately north of the city centre.
The sitting member, since the 2018 federal election, is Brett Langley, a member of the Social Democratic Party.
==History==
Essendon was created in time for the 1885 general election, covering what was at the time the town of Essendon, and its surrounds; it would not be until after World War II that urban development combined Essendon and Flinders City into a contiguous metropolitan area. In its first incarnation, it was a marginal seat, but tilted towards the British Mariana Liberal Party and later the Democratic Party of Enderron. Its most prominent member was Ray Dodson, a co-founder and first leader of the New Democratic Party.
The seat was recreated at the 1990 redistribution, and has generally been a marginal Social Democratic seat, being the only electorate in Flinders where the party is competitive.
==Members==
# 	Member 	Member 	Party 	Term
First incarnation (1885–1930) 	First incarnation (1885–1930) 	First incarnation (1885–1930) 	First incarnation (1885–1930) 	First incarnation (1885–1930)
1 	width="3%" 	Robert Howarth 	Conservative 	1885–1893
2 	 	Joseph Hodge 	Liberal 	1893–1900
3 	 	Archie Stonehouse 	Liberal 	1900–1901
3 	 	Archie Stonehouse 	Democratic 	1901–1908
(2) 	 	Joseph Hodge 	People's 	1908–1914
4 	 	Ray Dodson 	Democratic 	1914–1920
4 	 	Ray Dodson 	Independent 	1920
4 	 	Ray Dodson 	New Democratic 	1920–1926
5 	 	Edward Whitney 	People's 	1926–1930
Second incarnation (1990–present)	Second incarnation (1990–present)	Second incarnation (1990–present)	Second incarnation (1990–present)	Second incarnation (1990–present)
6 	 	Simon Kempton 	Social Democrats 	1990–2002
7 	 	Noah Ramsay 	Social Democrats 	2002–2006
8 	 	Tomiko Kanda 	Liberal 	2006–2018
9 	 	Brett Langley 	Social Democrats 	2018–
==Election results==
Enderronian federal election, 2018: Essendon	Enderronian federal election, 2018: Essendon	Enderronian federal election, 2018: Essendon	Enderronian federal election, 2018: Essendon	Enderronian federal election, 2018: Essendon	Enderronian federal election, 2018: Essendon
Party 	Party 	Candidate 	Votes 	% 	±%
 	Liberal 	Alice Parsons 	42,569 	36.10 	–7.51
 	Social Democrats 	Brett Langley 	39,197 	33.24 	–4.14
 	Greens 	Travis Thompson 	14,893 	12.63 	–1.39
 	Flinders Alliance 	Neil Hessenberg 	8,054 	6.83 	+1.54
 	Pirate 	Mel Kingston 	5,035 	4.27 	+4.27
 	Democrats 	Jeremy Macmillan 	4,493 	3.81 	–3.54
 	Unity 	Josephine Lin 	1,686 	1.43 	+1.43
 	Libertarian 	Ian Gagnon 	1,120 	0.95 	–0.22
 	Christian Alliance 	Andrew Pham 	873 	0.74 	+0.08
Total formal votes 	Total formal votes 	Total formal votes 	117,921 	96.05 	+1.56
Informal votes 	Informal votes 	Informal votes 	4,848 	3.95 	–1.56
Turnout 	Turnout 	Turnout 	122,769 	97.05 	+3.33
Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result
 	Social Democrats 	Brett Langley 	62,498 	53.00 	+5.72
 	Liberal 	Alice Parsons 	55,423 	47.00 	–5.72
 	Social Democrats gain from Liberal 	Social Democrats gain from Liberal 	Swing 	+5.72 	
Electoral districts of the Enderronian Parliament in Flinders Prefecture
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