Albert Park
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Albert Park (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created1889
MPNina Taylor
PartyLabor
NamesakeSuburb of Albert Park
Electors48,949 (2018)
Area21 km2 (8.1 sq mi)
DemographicInner metropolitan
Coordinates37°50′S 144°57′E / 37.833°S 144.950°E / -37.833; 144.950

The electoral district of Albert Park is one of the electoral districts of Victoria, Australia, for the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of 21 square kilometres (8.1 sq mi) in inner suburban Melbourne, and includes the suburbs of Albert Park, Middle Park, Port Melbourne, St Kilda West, Southbank, South Melbourne, South Wharf, and parts of St Kilda. It lies within the Southern Metropolitan Region of the upper house, the Legislative Council.[1]

It was first proclaimed in 1889, and has been held by the Labor Party without interruption since the 1950 election.

John Thwaites was the member from 1992 to 2007, serving as deputy leader of Victorian Labor from 1996 to 2007 and as Deputy Premier of Victoria from 1999 to 2007. He and Premier Steve Bracks, the member for neighbouring Williamstown, both resigned on 30 July 2007. A by-election was held on 15 September 2007, which resulted in Martin Foley retaining the seat for Labor.

Members for Albert Park

Member Party Term
  John Nimmo Liberal 1889–1892
  John White Conservative 1892–1902
  George Elmslie Labour 1902–1918
  Joseph Hannan Labor 1918–1919
  Arthur Wallace Labor 1919–1927
  Robert Cuthbertson Nationalist 1927–1929
  Arthur Wallace Labor 1929–1932
  Independent
  Harry Drew United Australia 1932–1937
  Independent
  William Haworth United Australia 1937–1944
  Liberal 1944–1945
  Frank Crean Labor 1945–1947
  Roy Schilling Liberal 1947–1950
  Keith Sutton Labor 1950–1970
  Val Doube Labor 1970–1979
  Bunna Walsh Labor 1979–1992
  John Thwaites Labor 1992–2007
Martin Foley Labor 2007–2022
Nina Taylor Labor 2022–present

Election results

See also: Electoral results for the district of Albert Park
2022 Victorian state election: Albert Park[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Nina Taylor 14,254 36.4 −7.0
Liberal Lauren Sherson 11,659 29.8 −1.6
Greens Kim Samiotis 8,178 20.9 +4.5
Independent Georgie Dragwidge 2,294 5.9 +5.9
Animal Justice Cassandra Westwood 1,207 3.1 −0.9
Liberal Democrats Lance Smart 534 1.4 +1.4
Freedom Elizabeth Antunovic 518 1.3 +1.3
Family First Viorel Bradea 466 1.2 +1.2
Total formal votes 39,110 96.6 +1.4
Informal votes 1,396 3.4 −1.4
Turnout 40,506 83.0 −0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Nina Taylor 23,916 61.2 −1.9
Liberal Lauren Sherson 15,194 38.8 +1.9
Labor hold Swing −1.9
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.
Two-candidate-preferred vote results in Albert Park since 1940

External links

References

  1. ^ "Albert Park district profile". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  2. ^ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  3. ^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  4. ^ Albert Park District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 December 2022.


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