The electorate, traditionally working class, is much more demographically diverse on its current boundaries. It still includes Port Melbourne, but now also includes the alternative lifestyle suburb of St Kilda, and middle class Caulfield, the home of Australia's largest Jewish community. The electorate is believed to be about 20% Jewish. It also has a large gay and lesbian community.
Melbourne Ports has been held by the Australian Labor Party since 1906. Since its extension eastwards to Caulfield, however, it has become much less secure for Labor, and is now a marginal seat. The current member is Michael Danby, first elected at the 1998 federal election.
At the 2004 federal election, the Liberal Party ran a Jewish candidate, David Southwick, against Danby, hoping to win Jewish votes that had previously gone to Labor. This tactic failed, with the Liberals securing a two-party swing of about 1.5 percent.
MelbournePorts is an Australian federal electoraldivision in the inner south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
It is named for the fact that at the time of its creation it was centred on PortMelbourne and Williamstown, both major ports.
It still includes PortMelbourne, but now also includes the alternative lifestyle suburb of St Kilda, and middle class Caulfield, the home of Australia's largest Jewish community.
He was born in Melbourne, Victoria and was educated at Melbourne University.
Danby was President of the Melbourne University Student Union as well as President of the Australasian Union of Jewish Students[1].
In a letter to the Australian Jewish News, Danby called in the book's publisher, Melbourne University Press, to "drop this whole disgusting project." he also called on the Jewish community to boycott the book.
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