Electoral district of Albert Park

State electoral district of Victoria, Australia

This article is about the Victorian state electorate. For the historical South Australian state electorate, see Electoral district of Albert Park (South Australia).

Australian electorate

Albert Park
Victoria—Legislative Assembly

Location of Albert Park (dark green) in Greater Melbourne

State| Victoria
Created| 1889
MP| Nina Taylor
Party| Labor
Namesake| Suburb of Albert Park
Electors| 48,949 (2018)
Area| 21 km2 (8.1 sq mi)
Demographic| Inner metropolitan
Coordinates| 37°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

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Member | Party | Term

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| 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

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See also: Electoral results for the district of Albert Park

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Albert Park.[edit]

2022 Victorian state election: Albert Park[2][3][4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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 |

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Two-candidate-preferred vote results in Albert Park since 1940

## External links

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* Electorate profile: Albert Park District, Victorian Electoral Commission

## References

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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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Electoral districts of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

Labor (54)|

* Albert Park
* Ashwood
* Bass
* Bayswater
* Bellarine
* Bendigo East
* Bendigo West
* Bentleigh
* Box Hill
* Broadmeadows
* Bundoora
* Carrum
* Clarinda
* Cranbourne
* Dandenong
* Eltham
* Essendon
* Eureka
* Footscray
* Frankston
* Geelong
* Glen Waverley
* Greenvale
* Hastings
* Ivanhoe
* Kalkallo
* Kororoit
* Lara
* Laverton
* Macedon
* Melton
* Mill Park
* Monbulk
* Mordialloc
* Mulgrave
* Narre Warren North
* Narre Warren South
* Niddrie
* Northcote
* Oakleigh
* Pakenham
* Pascoe Vale
* Point Cook
* Preston
* Ripon
* St Albans
* Sunbury
* Sydenham
* Tarneit
* Thomastown
* Wendouree
* Werribee
* Williamstown
* Yan Yean

Coalition (28)|

| Liberal (19)|

* Benambra
* Berwick
* Brighton
* Bulleen
* Caulfield
* Croydon
* Eildon
* Evelyn
* Hawthorn
* Kew
* Malvern
* Mornington
* Narracan
* Nepean
* Polwarth
* Rowville
* Sandringham
* South-West Coast
* Warrandyte

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National (9)|

* Euroa
* Gippsland East
* Gippsland South
* Lowan
* Mildura
* Morwell
* Murray Plains
* Ovens Valley
* Shepparton

Greens (3)|

* Brunswick
* Melbourne
* Richmond

Independent (1)|

* Ringwood

Independent Labor (1)|

* South Barwon

Vacant (1)|

* Prahran

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Electoral districts of the Southern Metropolitan Region

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* Albert Park
* Ashwood
* Bentleigh
* Brighton
* Caulfield
* Hawthorn
* Kew
* Malvern
* Oakleigh
* Prahran
* Sandringham

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