Electoral district of Albert Park

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

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 km^2 (8.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner metropolitan
Coordinates	37°50′S 144°57′E

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

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	%	±%
	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

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

External links

• Electorate profile: Albert Park District, Victorian Electoral Commission

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.