Politics Computer

Victorian state district

Footscray

In the Western Metropolitan region. Votes on Saturday 28 November, in 15 days. The advertiser we follow here has spent $600–$1.5K on Facebook and Instagram ads.

Sitting member

On the ballot: 15 candidates

In ballot-paper order, as the Victorian Electoral Commission published them.

  1. 1Hai DinhIndependent
  2. 2Elena PereyraGreens
  3. 3Minh Quan NguyenThe West Party
  4. 4Andualem FelateThe Republican
  5. 5Kristina HessI'm Voting to Avoid the Fine
  6. 6Alexander LopezOne Nation
  7. 7Daniel LewisFree Palestine
  8. 8Marcus IbrahimIndependent
  9. 9Ana FloresFamily First
  10. 10Katie HallLabor
  11. 11Jess MarshIndependent
  12. 12Daryle CalderClimate Action Now
  13. 13Catherine CummingIndependent
  14. 14Tim ChangLiberal
  15. 15Jasmine DuffVictorian Socialists

Source: Victorian Electoral Commission nominations (© Victorian Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0). Linked names are sitting members.

About

About Footscray

Footscray is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in the Western Metropolitan region, just west of Melbourne. It covers Footscray, Maidstone, Maribyrnong, Seddon, West Footscray and parts of Yarraville. Katie Hall of the Australian Labor Party is the sitting member. Her Facebook and Instagram ads focus on health.

Created
Created by the Electoral Act Amendment Act 1876, first used at the 1877 elections
Abolished and recreated
Abolished in 1904 and recreated in 1927
Party history
Held by the Labor Party for its entire existence in its current form
Sitting member
Katie Hall, Australian Labor Party

Summarised by AI from Wikipedia, plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026.

Who's advertising

MPs and candidates for Footscray whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent.

  1. Katie HallMP, Labor
    $600–$1.5K9 ads, 9 running

At leastUp to (Meta only publishes ranges)

What they're promising in Footscray

Promises from the ads of the MPs and candidates above, most repeated first. Each one links to the ad it's quoted from.

Every Victorian promise
  1. LaborDental care

    That’s Labor’s plan for free dental clinics.

    See the adIn 2 ads from Katie Hall

Their biggest ads

Other districts in Western Metropolitan