Electoral district of Albert Park

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 22 square kilometres (8.5 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]

Albert Park
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Location of Albert Park (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created1889
MPMartin Foley
PartyLabor Party
Electors48,949 (2018)
Area22 km2 (8.5 sq mi)
DemographicInner Metropolitan
Coordinates37°50′S 144°57′E

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

MemberPartyTerm
  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
  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–present

Election results

2018 Victorian state election: Albert Park[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Martin Foley 17,287 43.37 +11.04
Liberal Andrew Bond 12,457 31.25 −10.24
Greens Ogy Simic 6,601 16.56 −0.21
Animal Justice Tamasin Ramsay 1,555 3.90 +3.90
Reason Jarryd Bartle 1,079 2.71 −0.75
Sustainable Australia Steven Armstrong 597 1.50 +1.50
Independent Joseph Toscano 282 0.71 +0.71
Total formal votes 39,858 95.23 −0.64
Informal votes 1,997 4.77 +0.64
Turnout 41,855 85.51 −2.94
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Martin Foley 25,161 63.13 +10.17
Liberal Andrew Bond 14,697 36.87 −10.17
Labor hold Swing+10.17

References

  1. "Albert Park district profile". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  2. State Election 2018: Albert Park, VEC.

The Albert Park electorate has been dictated by the socialist Labor faction embroiled in the branch stacking within the Victorian Labor Party.

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