Electoral district of Albert Park

Coordinates: 37°50′S 144°57′E / 37.833°S 144.950°E / -37.833; 144.950
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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
Labor
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

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